Stephanie returned home two weeks ago. She loved her year in Germany with her favourite part the old buildings, also the train system. She was surprised at how much the German's like their sausage, many varieties. The German's are very practical, they do everything a certain way. She had two host families. School was hard and the students were very serious, they study hard and their is no extra curricular activities. The German's speak very good english. In October she went on her first tour of Germany. She met many exchange students and these became very good friends. She had some home sickness at Christmas. Her host mom had a small tree and they celebrate on Christmas eve, Christmas day was a let down, everything done the day before. In February she went on a ski trip to Austria and became a big fan. In April she took a three week tour of Europe. She loved Italy. She was able to visit her parents who came to Amserterdam for a visit. Alex offered a few memories of his East Coast Trip - They visited Toronto, Niagara, Ottawa on Canada Day and endured 4 hour wait in line, Montreal, Quebec City, Moncton, Charlettetown. He loved PEI and the seafood. They saw Halifax andPeggy's Cove. Two weeks went by fast, like 3 days it felt like. There were about 50 students on the trip. He has really enjoyed his year in Canada, all good, no bad times, no home sickness, the best year of his life.
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