18 February 2016

Today it is the 18^th of February and it just so happens to be my birthday. Unfortunately we had to wake up very early because we were expected at the war memorial at 7.30 a.m., so we had brekkie (Australian slang for breakfast) at 6.30. when we got to the table there were 5 balloons on it for my birthday, there was also a card which was signed by everyone and that was very sweet. I gave all my balloons names and I decided to take Mark with me for a day trip around Albany.

Then it was time to leave for the memorial where we were welcomed by a camera man and a director because we were going to film a commercial for the dawn service on ANZAC day for the RSL. We were all very excited because it was going to be shown on channel 9 which is apparently one of the biggest tv channels in Australia. First we filmed a few shots with a drone, but there was a lot of wind so all our hair kept blowing in our faces. Then Ayla read her line and we all said ‘lest we forget’. Next we went a little bit down the hill to a place where there were plaques to honour the soldiers. There Amandine and Justine read their lines and we had to do some walking shots. We were being very professional and serious when suddenly a bug decided to start biting people. Of course we all screamed and ran away, which the Australians found hilarious. When we finished there we went to the ANZAC centre where me and Prescillia read our texts. We also did some shots of us staring poetically into the distance but of course the director decided that we had to have the wind in our back and our faces to the sun, so we again had hair in our face and we could barely keep our eyes open.

Then we went to the beach but they still had figure out some stuff so we all got a drink. Most of us chose hot coco. We played some games at the table and we had heaps (Australian slang for a lot) of fun while Liesl and Tannia said their lines. Then we did went out to film some more. We all had to stand on rocks while Camille read her line. Then we again had to stare into the distance and for the same reasons as before I did not like it. Then we had to sit on rocks and stare into the distance (there was a lot of staring into the distance). After that we went to another place on the beach and Casey and Diana read their lines. Then we did some more walking shots. Later we all had to read the whole text in Dutch and English in case we couldn’t hear it because of the annoying wind (I wanted to use a certain swear word but it wasn’t allowed). And in case it isn’t clear how annoying it was it was about a million times more annoying than a mosquito flying around your head all night.

Then we went to Maccas (Australian slang for McDonalds), we were all really happy because we had been asking to go there since the first day. After that we went back to the hotel restaurant for a ‘meeting’. In fact it was just an excuse to give me cake. It was very good cake (oreo!!!!!!) and I also got a kangaroo wallet. After we all ate the cake we went to a museum about whalers (people who killed whales for a living). It was very interesting. We also watched a 3D movie about whales, but unfortunately we didn’t see any real whales.

After that we went back to the hotel and started packing our suitcases. At 7.30 we ate dinner and some of us had dessert. Now I’m writing this text and we’re going to try to skype with our class in school and then we’re going to sleep to get ready for tomorrow and our journey home.

Gwenllian-16!!!!!

17 February 2016

Today it is the 17th of February and  this is so close to when we’re going back to Belgium. Today we went the ANZAC centre in Albany. We all got a card with a soldier who we could follow through his journey and we could get to know him a little bit more and what he did during the Great war. We also got an audio phone where we could listen to the stories of some people during the war. It was so interesting to hear their stories and to see the little movie clips and texts. After the tour we could write a little text to our soldier and it would appear on the screen, it is a good activity to show our respects for the soldiers who died. I saw a little text of a person who said ‘thank you Belgium’ that was so nice to see! After that we went to the souvenirs shop and bought some things to have a little memory.

Then we went to the beautiful war memorial which has a lot of stairs. It was so hot and we had to do all these stairs but it was worth it because of the beautiful view and memorial. We also saw a black lizard! After we honoured our soldiers and Gwenny read her poem we went to do our last day of shopping! 

Everyone was excited and happy to have some shopping! After the shopping we went back to our hotel and put on our bikinis we were a bit shocked because we don’t remember making our beds so we were a bit scared that it was the roomservice haha!

And then we went out to the beach! It was a bit cooler down there but some of us jumped into the sea and there were a lot of waves. We jumped into the waves and swam a lot! Some of us were laying down and reading some books. And then we went back to our hotel and freshened ourselves up and here we are sitting in a beautiful restaurant besides the sea waiting for our diner to come! It was a very fun and interesting day!

Gwenny & Diana 

Tuesday 16 February

We got up today at 6.30, because we had to be at the restaurant for breakfast at 8 o’ clock. Before we could go eat we had to wait for Casey because she hit her toes a few times. After a delicious breakfast we loaded our luggage in the car and left for Denmark. The car ride was supposed to be 2 hours and a half, but it took a bit longer because Camille had to go to the toilet. There was only one problem there was no toilet in sight. So there was only one solutions. She had to go in the bushes. Gwenny went with her, but not before Casey said: be careful for snakes and other insects. 

10 minutes later, we found a gas station and this time it was Casey and me who had to go to the toilet, together with some others. After finally arriving in Denmark we went to the War Memorial and Diana read her poem. 

After that we had lunch, which was for some fries again, we drove to the Giant Tree Top Valley. There we went for a walk in the trees. 

Some liked it very much, others were very scared. After the tree walk we went to the gift shop and bought some gifts for friends and family. Then we also did a walk in a garden and found some interesting information about the trees and the animals. When we left we drove for another hour and a half to the hotel. We finally arrived at the hotel and we unpacked. Some people (Casey and Ayla) threw their clothes around since we're staying here for 3 days. We went eating in the restaurant but some of us couldn’t choose fries again because we had a lot of fries already. Now here I am writing while lying on the bed eating candy with Camille, Amandine, Casey and Gwenny next to me. It was a day full of driving but we had a lot of fun because we connected our phones to the car and played a lot of music.

Liesl

15 February 2016

Today we slept in so we woke up at 8.30. After we had packed, we had breakfast in one of our little houses. After that some of us checked whether we had forgotten anything, the others washed the dishes or put the luggage in the car. Then we had a 1 hour and a half  journey to Bridgetown. When we arrived we went to the Memorial Park to see the monument, there Liesl read her poem and after the pledge we had a minute silence.

Some of us were scared of the wasps in the park so it was quite funny for those who weren’t scared of them. It was about 12.30 when we left the park so we went eating in the Cidery, it was very tasty and the cider was so good! (it was a non-alcoholic one, don’t flip parents ;) )

 It wasn’t 3 pm so we couldn’t check in yet so we went to see alpacas, it was so much fun and we were allowed to touch them so everybody was excited. After feeding and caressing them we needed to go the hotel so we left. We checked in and then went to see the Christmas shop, but it was closing when we arrived. The teachers had another nice shop in mind, a candy shop! Unfortunately we needed to wait 20 minutes, because the owner wasn’t there. When he finally arrived he gave us a free candy and then we bought a lot of candy!!

It was about 5 pm when we left the shop and we immediately went swimming because we have a swimming pool in our hotel.

And now we're in the restaurant, writing this to post on the blog after we ate a very delicious meal and dessert. It was a fun day today.

Amandine & Camille 

14 February 2016

Yesterday the 14th February (on Valentine’s Day) we again had to wake up really early, at 7am. We had to be at Yallingup at 9am, and the reason it had to be that early was because it’s easier for us to get a tour in the caves because it was calmer if we were alone. The guide was very friendly and he showed us how the people used to live in the Aboriginal culture. On our way to the caves he showed us which plants they used as medicine, we just screamed because we saw a spider being attacked by a wasp. The guide, Josh, thought that it was really funny to see!

He then took us into the caves and talked about the history of it and also told us a story about his family background.   He also played a song for us with the Didgeridoo, which was really beautifully done.

We got 30 minutes free in the caves and, oh, it was so hard going up and down the stairs, but it surprised us that Prescillia wasn’t crying because of it :p .  It was so beautiful, it was amazing to see. After that we learned how to make fire and we played music with him, it was so much fun!!!!! Some of us ate Kangaroo for the first time and it was delicious, it tastes like steak. They also made us chicken, mussels and salad, we liked it!

It was very hot yesterday so we had the chance to go for a swim and we played in a huge water playground, we laughed so much, it was really funny. When we had enough of it we went to the McDo so we could steal all the WiFi, very gangster of us (except we used it to talk to our mummies and daddies). We had a drink and after we used all the Wifi we needed, we left (after 2 hours).

We cooked! Priscillia and I made spaghetti and it was a drama because we only had mini little tiny saucepans, like miniature little sauce pans and the most smallest pans in the world, no exaggerating :p So we had to cook in that and it took us like 2 hours to finish. 

Diana, Ayla and Justine then did the dished and in the meantime I was taking a shower when Amandine came in and asked me where the door was.  I was really confused by what she meant but then she said the kitchen closet door was gone and she was looking everywhere for it, even under the beds. Really funny, the teachers were laughing so hard! We all were! Amandine was convinced that there used to be a door but there wasn’t. We had a good laugh about it. And so ended our night, laughing.

Tannia 

Collie experiences

Casey & Camille

In Collie we stayed with Olivia. When we first arrived at her house our mouths fell open. The house was really nice and big. The parents were very lovely, sweet, friendly.. just all the nicest things you can say about people. The first night was just perfect, we had a really nice self-made pizza and had a lovely chat. Then we watched the stars outside and for the first time in our lives we saw a shooting star. The queen size bed was heaven! Never slept so well like that night. The next morning we had breakfast at the motel and tried vegemite for the first time. It was horrible! The tour in their school was interesting, especially to see the difference between our and their school. Now the most exciting was still coming when  we were going to shoot with a real gun. I (Casey) was the first one to try it and I was nervous at first but when I held the gun in my hands all the stress went away. The experience was really fun and I liked it a lot so I did it 3 more times. I (Camille) was nervous too. When I shot I was so in shock, that I even didn’t got a clue I hit one, but I liked it. Than we had the barbeque, it was really cosy and the food was delicious especially the desserts. At the end of the night we had a sing battle between the Australian kids and the Belgian ones. It was a perfect day for us! To end the night perfectly we watched the stars again at Olivia’s house. The morning after it was really hard not to cry because we needed to say goodbye to everyone. We both nearly cried but we held strong. The 2 days in Collie were the best! We are never going to forget this amazing experience!

Tannia en Diana

We stayed at Miss Carmen’s house and she’s a teacher at the Collie Senior high school. We loved her and her house! She has such a lovely house and the garden full of beautiful birds. Her husband, Chris is also very friendly, and not to forget, he took us hunting for kangaroos! Not hunting with a gun, but with a big spotlight. The funny thing was, she’s vegetarian and she was laughing because we actually thought she was only giving us vegetables when we didn’t even mind it . But her husband isn’t a vegetarian so he made us make a choice between chicken (we love it!) or steak and we chose steak because we ate too much chicken this week :p . The next day we had to be with the group at 8am so we woke up at 7am to take a shower. We tasted vegemite! It was so gross, oh my god! Never again! They were all laughing at us and we wish we could bring you some so you can taste the grossness. After that we went to their school to see it. They gave us a tour of the school and taught us how to play typical Australian football!  We did had lunch at a park where they have kangaroos and we weren’t really surprised because we saw them the night before haha. After our kangooroo seeing we went on the bus and we saw the beautiful lake of Collie it was a wonderful view.  And then we headed to the gunclub where the father of John shoots and he taught us how to shoot a gun. At first we were very nervous but after all it was such a great experience and we had a lot of fun! We ate yummie lunch and Barbie and laughed so hard with our friends. When it got night all the students went go seeing bluewater’s powerstation. It was so beautiful and fun! When we got back we had a bit of a Dutch-English song contest and we won, hahaha, K3 songs are the best! We had a super great night and cried a lot because we were going to miss them a lot! The day after all the students came to the highschool and said their goodbyes. It was a bit emotional because we were very good friends and we will miss them a lot! We are one big family!

Justine en Amandine

We stayed at the Moulden’s house, David and Sharron are the parents of James who is now staying in Belgium. We loved seeing their animals, their daughter and an exchange student from Italy: Alice. They were very nice to us. They gave us a room for ourselves. The first night we ate barbecue with the family Mouldon, some friends of them and even Jarrod was there. At this barbecue we met a new friend Shaun, he is also a student at the Collie senior High school. There were sausages, bacon, lamb and even kangaroo. We tried Kangaroo and we really liked it!! But the idea that we were eating kangaroo was weird. After everybody went home we went to bed because we had a big day the next day. We woke up at 7 o’clock and at 8 we had some breakfast with the students from Collie SHS. After that we went to see their school, it was weird to see that everything was outside and there were no storeys. We have 4, so a lot more stairs, that’s not fun L. Then we went to the premier coal, it’s a mine. It was not really my thing but it was still interesting. After we had lunch we went to see kangaroos and it was the first time we saw kangaroos so we were so excited!! We went to a spot where we had an amazing view and after there we went to the gun club and we actually shot with real guns!! Me, Amandine didn’t really like it but Justine did. We had a Barbie there and at night we were doing a battle with English/Dutch songs. After that we went back at the Moulden’s house and went sleeping. Thank you again David and Sharron it was fun to stay with you!!

Liesl & Gwenllian

We stayed with the Abbott family. We met their son James on tour last year. We were really nervous to meet them but that was unnecessary because they were the nicest people in the world. We were dropped off at their house by Mr Croft because Anthea wasn’t feeling well so she couldn’t come to pick us up. There we met her and her husband Jaime. She showed us our rooms and then Jaime brought us to Brianna’s house for a party. After we swam there for a while Jaime came to pick us up with their daughter Kate, she was very sweet and has beautiful eyes. Then we went back to their house and met their oldest son Luke and his girlfriend Lizzie, along with their grandparents. We had dinner in the garden next to the pool where we talked about the differences between our school and their schools. The food was very nice. After that we went inside and talked for a while about the tour and the places we’re going and have been to. While Anthea looked up a recipe for oreo-cheesecake we talked with our friends and family on facebook. We looked at the clock and noticed it was already quite late and decided to go to bed. After a good night sleep we woke up and had a shower. Then we went to a motel for breakfast and of course we were late. They made us eat vegemite, we both didn’t like it at all. Then we went to the mine and the golfclub to see kangaroos, after that we went to the dam. Unfortunately some of the Australian kids had to leave to go to a basketball game in Perth. So we dropped them of at their homes and went to the gunclub. We all tried to shoot a gun and some people were more successful than others. We then had a lovely bbq and went to the power station to see the beautiful lights. We then sang Belgian songs while the Australians sang Australian songs, it was a lot of fun. Of course the night had to end at some point so at nine o’clock we went back to the house. Luke and Lizzie were there again and we talked for a while about all sorts of stuff. We went to bed at around 11 o’clock. In the morning we were woken up by Kate and had eggs and bacon made on the barbecue, it was very tasty. Before we left we got a lovely gift and took a picture to go in their grandma’s scrapbook. Unfortunately it was time for us to go. We said goodbye to Jaime and Anthea took us to the teacher’s cars. Then we had to say goodbye but we promised we’d keep in touch and we really hope we do.

Ayla & Prescillia

While on the road to Collie, we were  so excited to see our mates. Because we had to miss them for several months. Once we arrived in Collie at the park where the War Memorial ceremony would take place, we saw our Collie friends and literally jumped each other in the arms. Ayla was a bit nervous to read the known poem “For The Fallen”, because she was scared for making mistakes in front of everyone. But it worked out after all and got some compliments of the students and teachers. After the ceremony we all went and had some Australian treats and listened to some nice speeches which warmed our hearts.

We slept at Brianna’s place so we headed of to her house where we later that evening had a pool party with all our friends. They spoilt us with delicious Aussie treats such as Tim Tams and Fairy bread. When everyone left and the two of us together with Brianna and her family we had a yummy dinner which consisted of meat pie, peas, carrots and mash. In the evening we put on our pyjamas and we went in her garden because we were going to sleep in a tent which was awesome. In her backyard, we found a frog and we touched it for the first time, it was so slimy! We had to sleep so we put the tent on the grass and we watched a movie and ate some Australian chocolate cookies. In the morning we woke up with a delicious breaky were all the students joined us. And we ate Vegemite for the first time, and it wasn’t good. Nasty, it was just nasty! Then we went to visit their school; ‘Collie Senior High school’. We had so much fun and we were impressed by their beautiful school.

Later in the bus on the way to a coal mine we got to laugh and talk some more with the Aussies! The mine experience was interesting and when they blew up the ground for mining (which we got to see from far) we all jumped because it scared us, it was funny though. Later we went to a golf course where we had lunch and saw kangaroos. We were all so excited! We even jumped and clapped our hands like sissygirls and took a lot of pictures.

This last part made us feel weird and very badass at the same time. We went to a shooting club and all got a shot at shooting. We were full of adrenaline and had gotten hungry so we had a barbie and nice talks while eating nice food. For some reason we were all so hyper that night because we had a sing -off with the Australians with Belgian and OZ-songs. (we kind of beat them haha) Guess we had a sugar rush of all the yummy desserts. After laughing it was time for saying goodbye to most of our friends, then some of us started crying because we’ll miss them. Even though tears were shed we can look back on two marvellous days with our mates, which we’ll never forget.

We really loved it to stay at Brianna’s house, we had so much fun and her family is so nice, we really enjoyed there and we hope to see them again.

Friday 12 February 2016

Today was amazing! Not only for us, but especially for the students. Since they are off to their host families they can't tell you about it in the blog yet, but we will make sure they do tomorrow.

We started with a lovely breakfast at the Ridge Motel. Our students were encouraged to taste some toast with vegemite which I'm sure they have lovely pictures of on their mobile phones. The faces were hilarious.

Then Ed (Mr Croft) took us in the bus to Collie Senior High School. They got a taste of Australian football (Aussie Football) but I'm afraid none of them were really good at it. Luckily the torture didn't last too long for them as they were taken on a tour of the school, visiting several classrooms and the library.

Mr Croft took us to the coal mine, where we got an introduction into coalmining and the importance of it for Collie. We drove off to see one of the big shovels they use and were treated on a real blast. This scared of a couple of kangaroos so we finally saw them and lots of the girls started cheering. So we drove off to the golf course to see some more kangaroos in the wild and have lunch.

Our next stop was the Dam, where we learned some more about Australian nature. But we didn't have much time there, because some of the kids had to be home by three.

Our final stop was the Collie Shooting Range. Our students got the opportunity to shoot clay pigeons. At first everyone was a bit scared to hold the gun but some of them proofed to be really good at it. Tannia shot 1, Camille 2 and Gwenny was our winner, shooting 3 of them. Us, teachers, were really bad at it, hitting absolutely nothing.

We ended the day with a lovely 'Barbie' with all friendly Collie people. The students had so much fun and they ended up singing and dancing together. It was really hard saying goodbye to everyone.

We really enjoyed today and hope this was the first of many visits to Collie.

(Ms Tytgat & Ms Tyberghien)

Thursday 11/02/2016

This morning we were able to sleep in for the first time on this trip! Us and the suitcases had to be ready for breakfast by ten. Some of us still put the alarm at seven, making sure they were wide awake and very hungry by ten.

After a delicious long bruch we went to the Marlston Hill Lookout. It was a short walk, but we had to take many, many steps to get up the tower. The view was amazing!

At around 2o'clock we left for Collie with some overexcited students in the car. The people in Collie welcomed us so friendly and we went straight to the war memorial, because we were a little late (perhaps Ms Tytgat didn't read the gps well, little detour). There was a lovely ceremony where Ayla read her poem and Camille and Casey laid the wreath together with 2 Australian students. Then we went to the RSL where we were also welcomed very warmly.

At about 4.30 p.m. there was a civil reception at the town hall and we received some beautiful gifts from both Collie as Collie Senior High School. At 5 p.m. it was time to get the suitcases out of the cars and send the pupils to their host families.

We can't wait to hear their stories tomorrow.

(Ms Tyberghien & Ms Tytgat)

Wednesday 10 February 2016

This morning Prescillia was singing and screaming at 7 o’clock (again) but we think it’s really funny, because she always has so much energy, which is very entertaining. Without her we wouldn’t be able to wake up J . So we met at 9am to go for breakfast, a five-minute-walk from where we are staying. We finally had coffee (which made Ms Tytgat delighted) and yummy toast, croissant or muesli.

After that we went to the dolphin discovery center and we enjoyed it so much! While we were waiting for the boat to arrive, they called us out to the beach because the dolphins came so close! 

We could step into the sea and the dolphins were only a metre or so from us. It was really great! Then we did a tour on water with the boat and we saw many, many beautiful dolphins. After lunch we got a free hour to buy souvenirs and to take a nice swim, which we needed because it was so hot today. Of course some of us were happy to get an nice tan. Justine (as always) got a really nice red tan, even though she had applied multiple layers of sunscreen and Diana did as well.

Around 3pm we went to the war memorial and I found it really interesting. We learned more about several soldiers. Justine and Amandine read their poem together too.

The teachers gave us 2 hours to shop a little, so we could search for a new suitcase for Prescillia since hers was broken (hilarious sight). While I’m writing this we are sitting at the garden of the hostel waiting to go eat. Yummy!

Tannia Lievens

We had dinner in the Rose Hotel, a 150-year old beautiful building and it was really tasty. The lady at counter was from Brussels, but after four years in Australia she sounded like a real Australian.

To end the day we walked to the beach and enjoyed the sound and smell of the sea water. We are ready for yet another day full of adventure in Collie.

Tuesday 9 February 2016

Today we woke up with only three alarms instead of six. After a delicious breakfast (with Nutella!) we went to Fremantle prison. It was very interesting but some of the stories where really horrifying. We learned a lot about early colonial history, the teachers even noticed we had never been so quiet on this trip. The guide showed us several prison cells, and told us about the riots and the punishments. Ayla may be aspiring a job in criminology as she kept asking questions to the guide.

After that we enjoyed the air-conditioning and a good sandwich in the convict café.

The round house was our next stop. Unfortunately there was no ‘shooting of the canon’. It was boiling hot up there, but the people were friendly and welcoming again. The guide told us lots of stories and as half the group was slowly melting in the heat, he kept on talking, eyes on Ms Tytgat (she was probably the only one who understood a bit of the Aussie accent).  We went to cool down in the tunnel under the round house, but it didn’t really help.

Then it was off to Fremantle war memorial, beautifully located on top of a hill with views of Fremantle. Ms Tytgat told us about the War Memorial and some stories of soldiers. Then Camille read her poem and we held our one-minute silence.

We decided to head for Bunbury, so after a two-hour-drive we arrived there. Ms Tytgat decided to follow into Ms Wijnakker’s footsteps so she mistyped the address in the GPS-system so we made a little detour. Remember the tandem trip ;) When we got here we were very disappointed with the accommodation (no airco! And small rooms) but we are trying to get the best out of it.

We decided that it was time we ate something so we went to a little café on the corner of the street. The food was very yummy it was so good that were going tomorrow again to eat breakfast. When we left we noticed the newspaper and saw our faces on p.10! We are famous!

So now here we are in  our tiny place typing this. Goodnight everyone!

Camille - Casey - Amandine

8 February

Today, the 8 February we woke up at 7 o’clock. Everybody was tired except Prescillia twho was already dancing in the morning. It was really hard to sleep because our ventilater didn’t work, so it was very hot in our room. When everybody was ready we took breakfast outside, we ate bread with nutella and jam.

After we ate we took the car to the King’s park. Two volunteers first indtroduced themselves and explained what we where going to do. Then they guide us in the park where we saw five different memorial plaques where we saw multiple names of soldiers who died in ww1 and ww2. We got to hear their story and their function during the war. Then there was a ceremony with students of a school in Perth. When the ceremony was over we got some free time to take pictures and to buy souvernirs.

 After this we went to the beautiful ANZAC house where we ate a lovely lunch with the Australian students who played at the ceremony. We got to know them better and they were so friendly! After we finished our lovely lunch we got an interesting tour in the ANZAC house. We took a lot of pictures together and added each other on facebook. It was nice to meet some lovely new people! We said our goodbyes and went further with our day at that time it was about 46 degrees so we were cooking.

Later this afternoon we took a swim in an outside pool. After all that  sweating and boiling in the Australian sun it was marvellous to freshen up. When we were done swimming we went back to the beautiful King’s Park and watched the sun go down above the Swan River. This all while we hung out on the grass in the park. The swimming had made us hungry so when it got darker we decided to go  look for food in Perth city. It happened to be a whole conquest. There where hardly any restaurants (open). We were lucky to find a place last minute. The search was worth the wait, we sat on a beautiful terras along the lake, we ate yummy food among the city lights on a warm Perth night. It has been a good day.

Justine - Prescillia - Ayla - Diana - Tannia

Saturday 06/02 – 5 A.M- Sunday 07/02-22 P.M.

We all met on Saturday morning at 4.45 A.M. at the station. The train to Brussels Airport left at 5.06 A.M., so we had to say goodbye to our parents. It was a difficult moment to leave them behind but everyone was excited to go to Australia. After 1.30h laughing on the train we arrived at the airport. We checked us and our bags in. Then we ate a snack and got ready to go through customs. After we got through we went to our gate and waited until we were allowed to board the plane. After we discussed our seats we got ready for a 7 hour flight to Abu Dhabi. In Abu Dhabi we went to the transfer gate. We had to wait for 2 hours but there was a delay so it was an hour more. This time we were ready for a journey of 10 hours and a half. The meals on the plane were very tasty, stewards were very nice and friendly. The last hour of the flight we were very excited because we were almost at our destination. Then we landed and got to our luggage. Then we went to get the car keys. The teachers figured out how to drive on the left side of the road and we tried to figure out how the satnav worked-I don’t want to go into detail but it was a disaster. After we figured out how the car work  we went to get drinks at Mcdonalds; then we tried to find our way to the hotel and got lost, but after a while we found it. Unfortunatly the wi-fi wasn’t good enough so we couldn’t skype with our parents. We all took a shower. At around 8.30 we went outside to find some food and after walking around for a while we settled for Mexican food. After that we went back to the hotel and here we are now writing a text to go on the blog and then we are all going to bed and finally get a good night sleep.

Liesl coussens – Gwenliann Verhaevert – Casey Rassalle – Camille Dupont – Amandine Derynck

(pics will follow when the wifi is better!)