SAGSE 50th Anniversary 1967-2017

Queensland students’ experiences Samantha Ewin, Redlands College

“At the end of 2014 I was fortunate enough to travel to Germany for six weeks with 17 students from various high schools across Brisbane and throughout the state. “I stayed with a family in a village called Fürth in the state of Hessen. For the first two weeks, I went to school with my host sister Anna who was 15. School was different there: they don’t wear uniforms and in winter they begin school when it is still dark. “Then I went on an eight-day tour with the Australian SAGSE group, travelling across the border to Austria, other tours including the Sound of Music, Dachau (German concentration camp) and Neuschwanstein Castle. It was a wonderful experience especially listening to the history of some of the places in Germany (most were older than Australia!). “Christmas in Germany is a very different experience because they have real Christmas trees, although they can be a nuisance because of needles falling off the branches. Although I wasn’t lucky enough to have a white Christmas it did snow while I was in Germany. New Year in Germany was awesome because fireworks are legal over there! So at midnight everyone lets off their own fireworks; I found it a little bit different but by the end it felt normal. “For my last week in Germany my host family took me skiing. I had never skied before but after five days of learning I was ready to go down the mountains. The weather was beautiful for the first four days but the last day the wind was so strong that my host brother, Aaron, was skiing up the mountain!

Samantha on the ski slopes

“Overall, my time in Germany was a wonderful experience that I would relive in an instant. It was a privilege to be able to participate in this exchange and I am forever grateful for the opportunity.”

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