In the afternoon of Wednesday we arrived in Palermo. Our host families already waited for us and they took us home. In the evening some of us already went to interesting places like the Massimo theatre. All of us got used to their host families.

In the morning of the next day we went to school and met the other Comenius-twins. In the school we had to research information about Palermo’s sights, while the other half made a guided tour of the city. Our results were shown to the other half of the group. Round about 3 p.m. we had free time, but our Italian twins planned something for us. In the afternoon we visited a kind of beach were we relaxed.

In the evening the whole group kind of split: we met in two groups. So we were at Riccardo’s house with the Spanish people and a part of the English group. On the next day we met again in the school in the morning. We worked out ways of presenting information well and we practiced these ways through presenting information about the town where we live. After that a tourist guide showed us interesting places of Palermo. In addition to that a few Italian twins showed us a Popart museum.

In the evening we met again with half of the people at Irene’s house.

On Saturday we had the biggest event: We went to Cefalu with everybody. They showed us a big Cathedral and gave us the opportunity to go up to a rock or to relax on the beach. The teachers went to see the rock. We, the teenagers, stayed on the beach. In the evening we all met at the Massimo theatre for the last time because all exept us left on Sunday. But we visited a little village where Vito, Paula’s twin, lives. On Monday morning we also left.

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On Wednesday, 16/01/2013, we met at 9:30 clock at the airport in Bremen and took the machine to Tampere at 11:00 clock. After a two hour flight we arrived in Tampere. There our host children were waiting for us. We went to those back home, where our host families were waiting. In the evening we met in the city of Tampere and our guest children showed us the town. Tampere is a bit smaller than Bremen.

The next morning, all the people from different schools met at 9:00 clock in the Tampereen lyseon lukio high school in Tampere. There we listened to lectures about the school, culture and the school system. After the presentations, there was a tour around the school. In between have eaten in the school’s cafeteria, which was free for us. We have also visited in the afternoon a lookout-tower in Tampere. In the evening, all of us played a round of Lasertech.

On Thursday morning, the individual schools have made posters about their own school system and then presented to all. In the afternoon we went to a forestry school. There you could learn everything that had to do with the forest, such as one builds a wooden house. After a brief stay in the Departure College of Forestry, we left for a picnic. It was cold in the woods around  -25 degrees. In the evening, almost everyone went for ice swimming. It first went into the sauna and then to cool in an ice hole.

Saturday, the 19.1 was Museum Day. We visited the Tampere Workers Museum and the Town Museum Vipriikki. After the quite boring part of the trip we visited the highest point in Tampere, a 136 meter high tower. From there was not a so good view since it was snowing and it was half dark already. Semi-frozen we came back on to the high school, where some small snacks from the Finns were prepared. When the teachers arrived at school, we watched  the videos and presentations about the countries. At the end o the day there was a “small” party at school.

With a sad thought, leaving tomorrow, began the day. We were in morning we went ice-skating and in the afternoon Lasertech was on the plan once again. It was the last opportunity to see almost everybody again. The Poles and the English were already on the way back home.

Monday was the day of the departure. In the morning all the Germans and their hosts were having breakfast together. At 12:15 clock we finally met at the airport. Our plane should take off at 14:00 clock but the plane was 30 minutes delayed. When we finally were in the air, it took about 2 hours to the next unpleasant news. By the large amount of snow that had fallen on Monday in Germany, the runway in Bremen had to be evacuated. This delayed our arrival by a further 30 minutes. Finally there was another announcement, but promised nothing good. The runway in Bremen had to be evacuated again. But the airline decided to fly to another airport and look from there, what to do in order to get us to Bremen. After a 40-minute stay in the plane at the airport in Münster, they decided that we will be taken by bus to Bremen. After 20 minutes of waiting and a two and a half hour bus ride we finally arrived in Bremen.