Tuesday October 1st

Today's day was very different to the other days. Instead of sitting in class for the first four periods we went on a trip to the so called 'Mennonites' a community that has a very different lifestyle compared to us.

After the long ride through the pouring rain we arrived at a small house which was the school-house.
Inside there were children from 1st to 8th grade sitting at their tables in one big room with a board and three teachers.
We sat in the back, watched their math class and listened to their songs.
Then we sang 'In der Weihnachtsbäckerei' to them and showed them how to play 'Ente, Ente, Gans'.
After a lot of fun and laughter we had to say goodbye to the children and went to a house nearby where the bishop of the community told us about the community and answered our questions.
We learned that the Mennonites renounce many things such as electronic devices,  alcohol or vehicles with tires and live under the rules of the church.
In the end we got to try homemade cookies and 'Traubensaft' which were very tasty.

Back at the school we ate our packed lunch and went to class with our hosts for 6th and 7th period and after that we answered questions in the german class.

All in all the day was really interesting and informative even though the weather wasn't playing along with our plans at all.

Julia