German Language Tour

Tag Zwölf (Day Twelve) by Indya Rossato

Today we had a later start to the morning, 8:30 was a much better start in my opinion

Breakfast was the same, what a surprise! Although it was sehr lecker. We caught a train to Potsdam and Seb entertained the trains people with the wonders of Maths After an hour on the train, we reached Potsdam We were all very excited to reach Potsdam as most of us didn’t know the beauty that was to surprise us.

We began our 4km tour through the wonderful Potsdam castle and botanical gardens area We saw the Neues Castle, Potsdam University, Orangerieschloss, the botanical gardens in their glory and the Sans Souci palace. In my opinion, the Orangerieschloss was my favourite as it had beautiful gardens, water fountains and sculptures.

After the visit to the castle, we went into town and enjoyed some free time and lunch I shared a huge Döner Kebab with Charlotte that was so big it was impossible to consume. Others enjoyed other German treats such as Currywurst, Marzipan and Pommes. Charlotte, Ronja and I enjoyed shopping for sunglasses and exploring the wide and strange collection of hats Including a cap that doesn’t have a brim! After we spent money on chocolate and ice cream, we kept walking to the Dutch Quarter within we enjoyed the cobblestone paths, the cute little boutiques and the cool architecture. Our final hour in Potsdam we spent dancing to a busking band and enjoying our time all together After 13km of walking, we made our way back to The Pegasus

For dinner, we had Pizza with no chips although it was still very good! We finished off the night with a game of trivia Although the game was named trivia, Oscar's version of trivia wasn’t very trivial!

The Trivia consisted of three groups: Nice Agnes, Einstein's Bedtime and SNOTS and we had 38 questions. There was a range of questions regarding the trip, German translations, tongue twisters and sayings Congratulations to the winners Nice Agnes on 17 points, which consisted of Mrs Wyatt, Charlotte, Sarah, Elsa and myself Big shoutout to Oscar for the research for the game and for hosting an awesome night!

Time to enjoy our prizes!

Bis Bald!