Today was wonderful. The weather was perfect. After arriving at the school at eight forty-five, we took a bus to Colditz. The bus ride was about an hour.
Colditz was a castle that was later used as a place to keep prisoners of war and even mental patients. While on the tour we talked a little bit about the history of Colditz, but the focus of the tour was the escape attempts by prisoners of war. I think a class favorite was the one where a prisoner built "wings" and tried to fly off of the property. Another interesting attempt at escaping was when some French prisoners tried to dig their way out of Colditz. Sadly, they were caught a day away from finishing their tunnel and escaping.
Next we went on Sommerrodelbahn, which was kind of like a toboggan. Everyone had a ton of fun. There were almost a few accidents, but no serious damage.
We then went on a tour of a castle, given by someone who dressed the part of someone from the twelfth century. The tour was in German, but with all her hand gestures, everyone was able to understand almost everything.
Tonight is our last night with the host families, so most kids are spending time with them. Tomorrow we have a five hour train ride to Munich, so everyone can catch up on their sleep.
Today was a very exciting day filled with many different sights. First, we went to a small town named colditz. There, we saw a castle and had a tour. After that, we went to a town in the hills where we went tobbaggoning down on a metal chute. We had few rounds of that and were able to walk around the town. From there, we went to a castle called burg gnandstein. A lady, dressed in full costume from 800 years ago, gave us a tour of the whole palace. She was able to point out the differences between the castle in modern times and how it was back then. We got home in the late evening, and I spent the rest of my last night here with my host family having some nice family time. - Ali
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