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At the Salt Mines! Standing (L-R): Kylie Thornpson, Susan Perel, Rachel Beagley, Eliza Grant Seated (L-R): Mr Miles, Bronwen Shepherd, Kirsty Dudsworth, Manssa Cal. Iyon, Annabelle Hogarth, Trisha Peel, Am Bow. e, Mrs Kiolle, Trinit Ryan, Mrs Parsons, Clare Lennox, Tracey Mackay, Mrs Miles, Mr Miles lion include our visii to the lop of Mt Till is, where some of us coinprehensible. The homes Ia and the chance to attend saw snow for the first lime; our stay in a youth hostel near school in Essen were very different experiences from what Interlaken, Switzei'land, whei'e we swam in a glacial lake; OUT we were used to, but for most peo Ie, the were a 101 of fun.

visit to either "Phantom of the Opera" or "Cals" in Hamburg; seeing NGuschwansiein, the fail'ytale castle of Ludwig 11; and last, but not least, our week-long slay willI some teenagers and their families in Essen. This homestay was the highlight of the whole trip for most people, as their hosts took them 10 many nearby places, and showed them diffei'eni aspects of German life.

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in the four weeks we were in Germany, we had a wonderfill lime Just about everywhere we went, but some places were definitely more memorable than others. One of these places was the salt mines near Salzburg, which we visited on the second last day of the tour. We wailed for nearly two hours to get Inside the mine, but once we'd walked through the door, and donned our "protective" costumes, we found out Inai it was definitely worth the wait. We were taken on a guided tour of the mine by an authentic salt miner, and we did many things you would least expect 10 do in a salt mine. We rode on tiny trains, look a cog-wheel railway and even slid down huge wooden slippery-slides. it was perhaps the least educa- lional of our activities, but it was one that we all enjoyed immensely. 11 would be impossible 10 describe absolutely everything that we did in the month Ihai we were in

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Meeting Sherlock Holmes

All of us (except the adults, of course) also attended school for the week at Maria-Waechtler Schule, along with our hosts, which was quite an experience. German schooling is much more liberal than our own, in that the students are allowed to wear plain clothes to school, and they lend to be more outspoken in class than we do. We were fairly shy at first, but we gradually got more used 10 being in such a sirange environment, and the classes were eventually slightly

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