Burning Man

Hello everybody!

In our latest English lesson we were talking about two different celebrations in two completely different cultures. I want to tell you something about the Burning Man Festival in the Black Rock Desert in the Werstern USA. Maybe you have already heard about it too.

It lasts one week and culminates with the burning of a 12 m (40-foot-tall) wooden man. It's like a different dimension filled with art installations and crazy dressed or even completely naked people which is a fun-fact because being naked is normally strictly forbidden in the USA.

The huge art event has some important principles which the orangisers ask the visiters to consider. Everyone must bring their own food and supplies. Cars are only allowed when they have been transformed into art cars. As a result transportation is made by foot or by bicycle.

Another important thing, actually the meaning of it all, is that everyone is encouraged to perform, to exhibit artwork and to organise activities. That's how Burning Man is so diversified. It has no sponsors, that's why money is forbidden, but some exceptions exist.

What I like most is that this principles help that the desert remains in the same state before and after thousand of people celebrate art and self expression.

Regards,

Katja 

Our Trip to France

Welcome everybody!

Our vacations is over now and the schoolyear has started again. It's our final year and things get finally pretty serious . Today I would like to tell you about our trip to France in June.

First of all, the journey started with a huge shock because our English professor was sent to the hospital because of a virus. As a result he wasn't able to join our journey. In exchange for Mr Wartner a friend of him, Mr. Perndorfer, accompanied us. It emphasized that Mrs. Klinger and Mr. Perndorfer guided us soverreignly through St. Malo and at the end of the week through Paris.

After our flight to Paris and the unbelieveable long bus ride we got to know our guest family. Kathi and I were housed at a family composed of mother, father and two daughters. They have been very friendly but we only saw them for lunch or dinner.

Serge was our guide who showed us the town and the half-island Dinard. Everything looks so stunning there and an extra benefit was the great weather on the first few days. We even got time to relax in the sun at the atlantic ocean on Sunday. As a result some of us couldn't escape a little sunburn.

During our stay in France the European Championship took place and that's why the whole class assembled in the same bar to watch the football matches every evening in St. Malo. The EC was definitly one of the highlights of our journey because we visited the match of Austria against Iceland in the Stade de France in Paris.Unfortunately Austria lost 1:2 to Iceland but we were in the honour to see the first and only goal Austria scored during the EC 2016. This experience was amazing and unforgettable.

The other day in France we visited a lot of sights in Paris. We saw the modern quarter of Paris, the l'Arc de Triumphe, Notre Dame, the Eiffel-Tour, the Louvre and many more.

All in all I am glad I attended this funny trip. It was a great experience with my school collegues.

Thank you for reading my post!

Regards,

Katja :)