Although we had to wake up at 5 a.m. because the flight, we have enjoyed ourselves so much.
When we arrived, Austrian people were waiting for us with a big surprise, pictures and balloons. We all felt exited when we saw our partners, and also when we got to know the families. All of them have made us feel like being at home and they have given us all we needed for a start.
In the evening, we had a welcome party, where we met the principal of the school and some other students. We ate and, later, we played funny games like "limbo."
We got very surprised because today the weather in Vienna was so hot and sunny, more than in Spain!!! We were very impressed too by the houses, they seem like the ones that appeared in Heidi, the cartoons!
Tomorrow we started the school here, and the most popular question is: "Do I have to wear slippers in the school?"
But, with sleepers or without them, we will try to learn, enjoy and become open-minded people: THANKS TO EVERYONE!
by Ana
When we arrived, Austrian people were waiting for us with a big surprise, pictures and balloons. We all felt exited when we saw our partners, and also when we got to know the families. All of them have made us feel like being at home and they have given us all we needed for a start.
In the evening, we had a welcome party, where we met the principal of the school and some other students. We ate and, later, we played funny games like "limbo."
We got very surprised because today the weather in Vienna was so hot and sunny, more than in Spain!!! We were very impressed too by the houses, they seem like the ones that appeared in Heidi, the cartoons!
Tomorrow we started the school here, and the most popular question is: "Do I have to wear slippers in the school?"
But, with sleepers or without them, we will try to learn, enjoy and become open-minded people: THANKS TO EVERYONE!
by Ana
Welcome party
On Thursday, the day we arrived in Austria the first thing we did was to go home with our host families. In the evening we went to a place near a river in Deustch- Wagram, where we met everybody else for a welcome party.
We ate snacks and sandwiches and drank coke strange fizzy drinks. Our hosts also had prepared some typical Austrian sweets. I think I tasted most of the food and everything was delicious!
After eating, we played some games:
One was with a big thread that we had to put underneath our clothes and pass it to the next person in the row. The team who managed to pass the thread on to every member the quickest was the winner. We did it two or three times.
The next game was about move your body under a stick and if you did okay, the two people who held the stick had to put it lower and lower. We won thanks to Marta, who did great.
The third game was the traditional “chairs game”. It went like this: you had to put a lot of chairs in a circle, but you have to have one less than people. For example if you are 25, you put 24 chairs. Someone has to play some music. When he/she stops it, everybody has to sit down quickly and the one who can’t grab a chair is out. It was exciting!
Then, we went to the bank of the river and listened to music, took photos and talked. We spoke about Spain, about Austria and about the differences between our two countries. And so ended the first day of our visit; the party was a very nice surprise and the games were a good way to start making new friends.
by Adri
