Last Full Day With My Group

For the past 5 months, the school we are going to in Bonn has been taking us on all these really cool excursions in Germany. Our last one on Thursday was probably my favorite! We went to this cute German city right on the Rhine River, where we saw this sweet castle and took a cruise on the river. The Castle dated back to the Middle Ages, and had all of these awesome secret passages and underground tunnels we got to go through. This was quite a challenge as most of us totally forget to bring our flashlights. We had to literally crawl for a good 500 feet in these pitch black tightly enclosed tunnels that ran beneath the grounds of the castle. Almost all of us hit our heads pretty badly as there was not nearly enough light for all 16 of us. lol I took a little video so you can see how dark it was!!! Check it out!  

After the Castle we took a cruise on the River and saw a lot of really neat looking houses on the Rhine. The boat was really fun as it had a playground on the top of it, so we got to go down slides and play on little kids equipment as we enjoyed the view from the river! We took the boat to the base of this hilltop so we could take a chair lift to the very top. The top had an amazing view and a really fun park as well! There were ropes to swing from, ice cream to eat, and a panoramic view to enjoy!

After our excursion we went back to Bonn for the Art show and Farewell Party. The Art show went really well, and I was very surprised to see how much everyone truly enjoyed my artwork. I did a painting, and 5 photo montages that were inspired by the famous German Dada Artist Hannah Hoch.  Take a look at the pics!  Afterward we had an amazing meal, and our host families all came for our last big group dinner!