1993 School Magazine

flioht. During the twenty-seven hour flight, which included several films, three landings - at Sydney, Melbourne and Singapore - and an abundance of aeroplane food, there were only two small mishaps. Soon after leaving Melbourne, Mrs Kiolle, one of our accompanying teachers, became very sick and was whisked off to First Class for the remainder of the trip to Singapore. Having heard about this, Trisha Peel decid- ed that she would try the same approach, and nearly fainted. Unfortunately for her, the hostesses didn't think that this justi- fled First Class treatment, so she had to stay on the floor with her feet in the air until we landed. Apart from these two incl- dents, the flight was relatively uneventful, and we were all glad to get off the plane at Frankfurt.

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Bathing belles A memorable experience, although not as enjoyable as others was our visit to Buchenwald, a concentration camp which wa: in use during the Second World War. The original prisoners barracks were burnt down when the camp was taken over a the end of the war, but the old barbed-wire fences still remain as a striking symbol of the atrocities committed by the Nazis in the old infirmary, which has been established as a memori al, we saw tributes to the bravery of prisoners, as well a objects left over from the time when the camp was in opera lion, such as the shoes and glasses taken from people befort they were killed. One of the saddest things I saw was a pair o shoes, smaller than the palm of my hand, which were takei from a small child who had died there. We all 10f Buchenwald wondering who could be cruel enough to innic so much pain on so many people, and why they did. Our visi to this camp was not a pleasant experience. but it did show u another side of German history. Other places worthy of men

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On Saturday, 12th June, a week before OUT June/July holidays began, thirteen Girls' Grammar students and five adults were at the Brisbane Airport, ready to depart for Frankfurt, Germany. After more than a year of planning and preparation, we were eager to leave, on what we knew was going to be the trip of a lifetime. Amid parting words and cries of "Have a good time", we boarded the plane and settled down for a long

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