GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES 2017/2018
PHOTO CALENDER
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Today was the day we would leave Canada and go to Germany to see out German exchange partners and their families! In this picture is everyone getting ready to go on the bus to the airport and saying goodbye to family. In the foreground are The Liam McKee and Mackenzie Mosey.
A must-see tourist attraction this is the local park located behind the school in Germany. Home to a slide, trampolines, and castle with its own moat this park is home to many memories and countless laughs. Beware of getting stuck in the slide it’s smaller and sticker than it looks!!!
Germans and Canadians playing a game of volleyball at a barbecue
A couple of the German/Canadian pairs went strawberry picking at the Zweibrucken strawberry field. Later they all made milkshakes with the berries they picked
It was our first proper day in Germany where we met at the school with our classmates and teacher to be givena tour. On the tour of Zweibrucken we all stopped at this church that has a statue of a man in front of it.
Today we went to Trier where we got to explore the city take in the history and the sites including Porta Nigra. It was beautiful and we were allowed to go inside.
Today we enjoyed a nice hike through the german country side and enjoyed a classical German lunch at a lodge overlooking the valley
Today with my German family we went laser tagging Kaiserslautern and then walked around the city!! It was a beautiful and hot day so we grabbed some ice cream, took pictures and admired the town.
This picture is of what is called “spaghetti ice”. It is basically just vanilla ice cream pressed to look like spaghetti noodles. There is strawberry sauce and fresh strawberries on the ice cream as well. This desert is a classic treat in Zweibrucken and it is not found anywhere in North America. This ice cream is tasty and sweet, and is loved by all Canadians :))
This photo was taken right after a day spent in Paris, France. My partner and I had just made great memories visiting places such as L'arc de Triomphe, Notre Dame, and the Eiffel Tower. We had spent the day walking the streets of Paris, whilst taking the, “metro,” to different locations. I will forever remember this day, as I would not have wanted to experience such amazing historical sites with anyone else.
This photo was taken at a music festival called world club dome on Sunday June 3rd 2018. IIt is Maeve Winter and Gaby Johnston in the photo. This photo was taken just after the concerts were over and we were leaving but stopped at the amusement park to enjoy the lights.
On June 4th Global perspectives traveled by train to the iconic city of Berlin to begin our Four day trip. On arrival we visited Potsdam plats, an important public square in the middle of Berlin where had our first view of the Berlin Wall, shown in this picture.
We visited the Berlin Wall. Here, we were able to reflect on the damage and capability a wall had that divided and tore apart families and also ruined relationships.
Three global travellers( not tourists) attempt to embrace Berlin culture with a dysfunctional picture with buddy bear.
The day I was chosen to take a picture for was June 7, 2018. We were coming back to Zweibrücken from our big trip in Berlin and had been on trains all day. After our train got stopped for two hours and we almost missed our connection we were all exhausted, most us fell asleep on the small (and very crowded) connection train. Mr. Babcock took this as the perfect opportunity to take selfies with Caleb as he was asleep to show him when he woke up for a laugh. Needless to say it brightened everyone’s long and tiring day.
Today is the day that all of the Canadian global students joined their German partners in their classes at Hemholtz Gymnasium. The German students have a different schedule during their school day then here in Canada. Essentially they spend the whole day with the same group of people moving from class to class. The school day is only 5 and a half hours long and the Canadians spent that time in class observing the dynamics of a high school classroom in a different continent. Although the classes were taught in German which made it difficult to understand the lesson, we still learned a lot about high school in Germany and had a great day.
This is the "marktplatz" or "marketplace" of a small nearby town called Homburg. The marketplace is home to a few restaurants and the local public library.
This picture was taken at ‘Fun Forest‘ in Homburg Germany after an exhausting and exhilarating 3 hours of climbing in the trees. The course includes zip-lining across a lake and going through many obstacles high in the air, the weather was perfect and I could not ask for a better day of fun.
This picture was taken from the top of the Heidelberg Castle in Germany. After a very, very, very, long walk up a hill - all of the students were mesmerized by the view at the end of our journey that day.
Our trip to Mainz, Germany focused on the old historical aspect of the town. The students toured the museum of Johanne Gutenberg, who introduced the printing press to Europe, consequently helping the reformation of the Roman Catholic Church. As a way to further the students’ understanding of this period in history, the teenagers watched a demonstration of the process of a printing press, as well as viewing the original 15th century book made by Gutenberg.
This picture was taken in Natzwiller, France while
visiting the Struthof concentration camp. Struthof is set on a mountain with a beautiful view of surrounding mountain ranges and valleys and is surrounded by forests and greenery.
On this day the Global Program was taken on a hike through the woods in Kirkel led by Mr. Eifler and saw the old Kirkel Castle. Following the castle the students took a long journey through the woods to hear an old fairy tale from the area and found their way to an old monastery.
This is Luc and I as we enjoyed a treetop hammock in the middle of the garden of peace while visiting the citadel in Bitche.
This is Saarschleife, everybody was doing their own thing on Saturday so Lucas, myself, and our partners went to this beautiful lookout point 43 meters high overlooking the Saar river.
The Germany trip is all about having new experiences. Today, I had the opportunity to try a new food known as "stick bread". Prior to today, I had never even realized that this was something that could be done.
It’s funny because it started as a simple walk to the park as we waited to go into the EU Parliament is Strasbourg, France. But the heat took over everyone’s decision apparently, and suddenly we all found ourselves sitting under the tree, in the shade, having a small (unplanned) picnic.
On June 19th, the class went on a day trip to one of the oldest cities in Germany, Koblenz. This picture is of the Schängelbrunnen, a statue that is an icon of Koblenz. The statue depicts a little prankster who periodically spits on passerby’s.
This was our last full day in germany, both the Canadians and the Germans had rocked out their goodbye parties. Now only tears to follow.
The last day of Germany and the ending of Global 2018. Today all Germans and Canadians came together for an early morning breakfast before the dreaded moment of leaving. After a tearful goodbye all the Canadians made their way to the Frankfurt airport ready to be reunited with their families and country.