Lots of Stuff in little Hedersleben

Well, its only been a few days since my last post, but its been quite busy!

Last Friday 15 of us got to visit the local Freuwilige Feuerwehr (Volunteer Fire Department). The firemen there are all local townspeople, who volunteer one or two days a week as volunteer firemen. They used their three vehicles to drive the 15 of us to two neighboring towns, and to see the departments there as well.



Once we returned to the local firehouse, we had the opportunity to try on the uniforms and helmets. I even got to use the Jaws of Life! It was intense


Then after a few group pictures, we went inside to share some bratwurst and coke with the firemen. It was a very cool experience

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Now, the next day (Saturday), our teacher Rene took our class (10 Students) on a day trip to the neighboring town of Quedlinburg.





A little suprising right? Well it turns out there was a planned pro-nazi rally in the city that day. Luckily we saw no Nazis, and there were no problems. But it was a little freaky hearing about the rally. The sign pictured above states “Life is beatiful without Nazis.” This is the general consensus, among most Germans. It is only a few disturbed persons that wish to perpetuate Nazism. Regardless, the police were out in full force, it made one feel quite safe seeing the overwhelming police presence!




Anyways, once the fascism shenanigans were behind us, we proceeded to the top of a big hill in the center of the city, to the Schloßberg, literally-hill castle. it was really cool, there was a view overlooking the whole city and lots of traditional medieval buildings. The first picture below is of two classmates, Jay and Nathan. The second is of my friend Hylary
and I.







THEN! On sunday, we took a long hike down a nice trail to the next town over, Ditfurt. It was probably about a 6 or 7 mile round trip. It was a beautiful day! When we reached Ditfurt, the teachers had arranged afternoon coffee for everyone! Thats one of the nice little perks of Germany, every day around 3 or 4 everyone stops what they are doing and has coffee and pastries. Not bad right?




Now, that sunday night, we had a small incident back at the Convent. Two drunken men entered the building and were causing trouble. Thankfully, no one was hurt, and the two men were taken by the police. But it was quite an interesting event!




And finally! Today (monday) our Teacher Rene decided to be awesome once more. He arranged for us to be driven to a lake called Concordia about 8 miles a way.





At the lake, we had an Unterricht (lecture) and got to walk around and explore a little bit. We talked only in Germany, and practiced vocabulary pertaining to the outdoors. Lots of fun, and lots learned.

After the lecture at the lake, we hiked into the forest, to a huge playground! It was enormous, and all of the playthings were made with things from the forest. It was a very fun day



Well, thats all I have today for y'all! Hope you enjoyed the monstrous post! Tune in next time!

Tschüß!