Sprachreisen sind toll

The first week of the autumn holidays in Oberwesel was one to remember! Starting off with a walk through the old town of Oberwesel we heard about the history of the town, saw the church of St. Mary and got to walk on the old town wall next to the Rhine River.
One highlight of the week was on Wednesday with the trip to castle Rheinfels near the city St. Goar. The castle was enormous and our guide was very funny and entertaining. Learning about the castle, its history and parts we were guided through the big area and got to walk through the many underground tunnels of the centuries old castle. Being at some points only a little more than one meter high, the tunnels were exciting and scary at the same time and were the highlight of the tour of the castle.

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Chichester’s last Open Stage event was held on 12th of August and was most certainly a night to remember!  All the acts were prepared during the afternoon workshops we offered. These covered acting, singing, dancing and arts and crafts. The vast majority of our students participated and they all contributed some brilliant and very imaginative pieces!

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The Cross-Dressing Party on Friday was the perfect goodbye party for all of the students who left us last weekend. This event illustrated just how comfortable all the students had become with one another during their stay with us and highlighted the perfect melting-pot we had succeeded in creating within our multinational student community.
All the students were exceedingly enthusiastic about the theme of this rather special party and some had clearly put a lot of time and effort into designing their “look” for the evening. Both our male and female students let their imaginations run wild as they traded tips and swapped clothes. When they finally reached Oaklands House, many of them fashionably late, they strode in in some very daring outfits. Their confidence allowed them to pull off absolutely everything!

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Week five in Teignmouth and sadly almost the last one
Since August, the weather has been changed drastically and so far, most of the days are sunny and warm. We are enjoying the beach almost every day with swimming, digging in the sand, building sand castles and having a lot of ice cream there.

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Spanish Farewell Party
4 weeks has gone by so fast. It seems our Spanish friends have just arrived and now it is actually time to say goodbye. This month has had everything; “adventures while exploring South of England”, “new international friendships”, “Arguments” and of course “love”.
To make this farewell as nice as possible we organised together with all the students help an awesome evening event. That evening presented all the things the students liked most in the last couple of weeks. After a great Casino Night à la “Casino Royale” everybody got prepared for the Spanish party with non alcoholic Sangria, Macarena and the Ketchup Song. The Ocean was glimmering in the colours red and yellow and was full of happy chatter and laughs while pictures, collected from everybody, were projected at the wall.

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Friendship Bracelets Workshop

Nobody could have anticipated the number of students who turned up to participate in Wednesday afternoon’s Friendship Bracelets Workshop!  Running alongside the various sporting activities on offer, we had decided to hold the workshop in question as a quieter alternative to cater for all our students’ varied interests.
We knew that it had been a great idea when we saw all the students sitting waiting for us in the Ocean, waiting to let their creative juices flow!

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One more week has passed, and the half-way point reached! With students, group leaders, and IP team members leaving, it really does feel very different each week. Leonie, Luisa, Nicolas and Fabian – we will truly miss you!! Leaving that aside, what else happened in Bournemouth as we left the month of July and entered August?
Our Flower Power welcome party was a huge success. Students came dressed in bright and colourful hippy clothes, and all sorts of flowers lined the walls of the Ocean. In the afternoon, several students had helped us with the party preparation, and they also made flower chains for themselves to wear in the evening. Before everyone entered the hall, each person became the centre of their very own special IP flower !

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On Monday, we had a great evening event. The theme of the party was ‘BAD TASTE’ and the students all dressed up in a very interesting mix of clothes. To welcome the students was our very own home-made Fabian (our Swiss group leader) – dressed by our IP team in a colourful and interesting outfit. A gorgeous and healthy banquet of crocodile eyes (popcorn) and jungle pizzas (watermelon and kiwis) was also provided for the students. After an evening filled with dancing, Mr and Miss Bad Taste 2009 were elected by the students.
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Thursday night Italy was dominating the “Ocean” in Exeter.
We had an Italian Party and everything was decorated in the colours of this beautiful, sunny and in general dry and warm country. Green, white and red everywhere!

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On Monday, we celebrated Christmas for our Welcome Party. The Ocean was garnished with lots of festive decorations – not forgetting the all-important Christmas tree complete with presents underneath which the students had made during the afternoon workshop. When students entered, they had to fulfil the tradition of kissing under the mistletoe, which was caught on camera – of course!

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