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Fayetteville High School

Germany Trip 2014Our schools 31sttrip to our

partner school in Berlin through:

The German American Partnership Program (GAPP) is

a non-profit high school exchange program between

schools in Germany and the United States, created by

theGerman Foreign Office and by the United States

Department of State. The main objective of the Program

is the integration of students into the everyday life of

host families and into the classroom activities of host

schools to provide them with a coherent intercultural

experience.

Off to Berlin! June 1, 2014

The 12 FHS students and their German teachers,Ms. Stassen and Ms. Bunton, left for their 3-week trip.Many of the students had never left the country before.Most of the 12 had taken 3-4 years of German classes

at this point, hosted a German, and all were readyto practice their Deutsch! This is a photo of

several of the Germans who arehosting us. They stayed

with our 12 last fall.

Willkommen! June 2, 2014

Reuniting with our exchange partners at the airport inBerlin! See everyone at 8:00am for our first home roomat the Goethe Oberschule!
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Host Families June 2, 2014Flynn shows Frau Bunton how the water pump works ontheir our way back from the neighborhood grocery store.Flynns parents Bjrn and Julianne Beling are hosting Ms.

Bunton. Mr. Behling isan English teacher atour partner school andbrought students toFayetteville last fall.Cant wait to seepictures of the studentshost families!

Our Partner SchoolJune 3, 2014

The Goethe Oberschule is a college prep high school(1 of the 3 types of high schools in the German schoolsystem) named after the countrys most famous poet andauthor, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. We always receive

such a warmwelcome by the staffand students. FrauPorzelt, theprincipal, takes timeout of her 1st periodclass to greet usand challenge thestudents to learn asmuch German asthey can. Germanprincipals arerequired to teach

one class, being both a teacher and principal imagine

the benefits of this daily classroom contact!

Biking to SchoolMany students come viapublic transport to school,but biking is the mostpractical way. Ian is shownhere parking his bike beforeschool.

FahrkartenThank you Goethe Schulefor finding funding for ourpublic transportationtickets! Memo, Ian, and

Tanner show their citytransportation tickets

during a lesson on navigating the tram, streetcar,subway, bus, and train systems of Berlin. Duringhomeroom, students plan our route for day trips in andaround the city.

Homeroom!Every weekday we start our day at our partner school

with homeroom, where we have lessons on language,cultural differences, and using public transportation.Students are alsogiven homeworkassignments, such asinterviewing their hostfamily about the nextdays field trip topic/and location, or

helping with our blog.


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Mathematik auf Deutsch!On the days that we arent going on field trips, studentsgo to class with their partners after homeroom. HereMemo and his host partner discuss how to find the

maximum of a functionin math class. ThanksHerr Behling for lettingus take part in pairwork!

Presentations from the AmericansPresentations are an important part of the exchangestudents time in the school. In Fayetteville, the Germansshare with students about their home town of Berlin, theirschool, and about youth culture in Germany. We visitEnglish classes and present to the Germans on Arkansas,Fayetteville, and FHS. After the students present, theAmericans hand out taffy and nerds candy and sit with 1 or2 students who get to try out their English on real-lifeAmericans.

Culture Lesson on BerlinHerr Behling, an English and math teacher at the school,provided us with a documentary about Berlinssubcultures. Wewatched interviews

with starving artists,street musicians,basketball players,and others. Thestudents weresurprised to find outthat Berlin is hometo so many differenttypes of people.

Field Trip #1: June 4, 2014Tour of Berlin-West

Eliane and Josie, two students from the GoetheSchule, led us on our tour through sites of West Berlin.They provided us with historical and culturalinformation at each stop. FHS and RJHS/WJHS

German teachers prepare their students for thesehistorical and cultural tours as part of their GermanLevel I-AP curriculum.


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The Story of BerlinIn this museum, students browsed through 800 years ofBerlin history and culture. Here theyre posing next tothe East German Trabant car. The tour included a visitand guide to a Cold War UNDERGROUND BUNKER!Very cool, very creepy.

The KaiserHey, its the church from thecover of our textbook, TheKaiser Wilhelm MemorialChurch! The original sectionof the church has been leftas it was after Alliedbombings in WWII as areminder of the destructionthat comes with any war.Services are now held inthe Lipstick andPowderbox buidlings oneither side of the original.

Inside the Wilhelm Memorial Church, students wereamazed by the remaining ceiling mosaics. We alsolearned about the royal families of Berlin here.

Symbols remainthroughout thecity of theformer divisionof East andWest, such astheseintertwined, butincomplete

chains.

At KaDeWe (Kaufhaus des Westens/ DepartmentStore of the West), the largest department store incontinental Europe, students got a taste of luxury.Pastries are flown in fresh every morning from Paris.


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Jewish Museum: June 5, 2014German-American ConnectionsWe toured the famous Jewish Museum in Berlin today.Students were excited to learn about the German-American connections of the museum architect and

museum director. The architect, Daniel Liebeskind, alsodesigned the 9-11 Memorial Tower in New York. Thedirector of the museum, Michael Blumenthal, alsoworked in both the Kennedy and Carter administrationsafter his family fled Germany.

Symbolism through ArchitectureWe had a fantastic guide who spoke to us through his

Italian/German/Jewish roots. Throughout our tour we saw

symbols of the Jewish experience in Germany and Europe.See below: Do you see what looks like a Star of David madefrom what looks like barbed wire?

An ariel view of Daniel Liebeskinds architecture, seethe zig-zagged path the building follows?

Ella Claire looks back at the faces of the survivors,anart piece that symbolizes the survivors experience.

exhibits showing the fates and paths of HolocaustSurvivors.


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Jewish German Life & Culture

In the main exhibit, welearned about the many,many contributions Jewish-Germans (Ashkenazi Jews)made to the Germanculture and history sincearriving in the Rhine Riverarea in 4th century. It was avery hands-on tour, richwith Jewish-German artand artifacts.

June 6, 2014Berlins Main Train Station

Endlich, der Hauptbahnhof! We went to Berlinsmaintrain station today to validate our rail passes, maketrain reservations, and purchase Anschlusskarten.

From therewe traveledthrough themain parts ofBerlin so thestudentscould get geta preview ofall the sitestheyll visit.Theyregetting pretty

good at navigating from subways to trams to citybusses. Their homework tonight is to write down howto get from the city center to their host familys street inGerman using the transportation maps and their newroute-planning vocabulary. Below is an arial view ofthe station.


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Welcome Picnic June 6, 2014After school, ourhosts treated us toyummy homemadepasta salads, water

melon, anddesserts. It was aperfect day forfrisbee, badminton,and soaking up thesun!

Visit to Potsdam: June 7, 2014

Prussian PalacesSans-Souci was the summer palace of the Pussian KingFriedrich der Groe (Frederick the Great). We touredthe rococo-style palace and oohed and awed at themarble, gold, and silk decor.

Friedrich der Groe:Der Kartoffel Knig

Freidrich the Great was

known as the potato kingfor convincing his peopleto eat potatoes. Legendhas it that the people inPrussia feared the newplant from South Americabecause eating the vinescould be fatal. Friedrich

new the potential of the new food and set out to trick

them into eating it. He sent soldiers to guard the potatofields during the day, piquing the towns peoplescuriosity. He had a cart full of potatoes sent to the townsquare and left it unguarded at night. The hungrytownspeople began stealing potatoes, and discoveredthey werent poisonous after all. Still today people laypotatoes on the grave of Friedrich der Groe which isnext to Sans-Souci.

Warhol SurpriseAt the end of our tour of therococo palace, we exitedthrough a room with anoriginalAndy Warholspainting of the king!

Palace Grounds in Potsdam


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Das neue Palais or New Palace was the last palace

Friedrich der Groe had built. It was one of the last

baroque-style palaces built in the region.

Dutch craftsmen who were invited to come to Potsdam

by King Frederick Wilhelm I. Here are the Dutch windmill

and the Orangerie..

Das chinesisches Haus: oriental-style art can be found

in and around the palaces due to the fascination with

new trade with the East. The architect attempted to

make the statues around The Chinese House look

Asian, however, they look more like Europeans in

costume. Still a beautiful little tea house! The palace

grounds were simply wunderbar! Statues of

mythological figures and blooming plants around.


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Dutch Quarter in Potsdam:Hollndisches Viertel

Das hollndische Viertel, the Dutch Quarter, are four city

blocks with about 150 houses built in the Dutch style:

unplastered, shuttered windows, and gables. The

Hollndisches Viertel was built from 1734 to 1742 for

Dutch craftsmen who were invited to come to Potsdam

by King Frederick Wilhelm I, the Soldier King.

Danke Mama!

Thank you Host Moms for the lunches! The studentssave lots of money by bringing lunch from home everyday. We eat most of our meals with our host families.Its a great opportunity to hear and speak German withfamily members and experience life in a typicalGerman family.


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DresdenJune 11, 2014First train ride in Germany!

Dresden is the capital of Sachsen (Saxony), which wasfirst an electorate and later a kingdom. This is Dergoldene Reiter (the golden rider), a statue of Friedrich I,Elector of Saxony who was also Friedrich II, King ofPoland.

A City Rebuilt

Crossing the Elbe (Elb River) into the Alt Stadt (Old

City). In 2006 the river rose to the top of the bridge,

causing a natural disaster for the city and surrounding

communities. We began in the Neu Stadt (New City)

side of the bridge to point out which historical buildings

they would see that day.

After the 1945 fire bombing of Dresden, the city lay in

ruins and tens of thousands of civilians were dead.

Every building we toured in Dresden had been rebuilt

to scale, often using some of the original bricks.


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The Frauen KircheThe Church of our Lady was the last of these

monuments to be rebuilt. It was finished in 2006.

Funding came from lottery tickets and the British, who

aided in the fire bombing of the city during WWII as aretaliation for the bombing of London. In front of the

Frauen Kirche is a statue of Martin Luther, Father of the

Protestant Movement.

Das Schloss und Prinzenzug, the castle and the

procession of Saxonys Princes, one of the largest

mosaics in Europe:


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Der Zwinger houses the Porzellan Museum und Diealte Meister Gallarie.The Old Masters Gallery is one ofEuropes most famous museums.

In the Old Masters Gallery students saw Raffael (SistineMadonna) as well as many paintings from the Germanpainters Lukas Cranach (Martin Luther) and AlbrechtDrer. Rembrandt van Rijn and Jan Vermeer (Girl withPearl Earring) were among the many Dutch artists we

saw there. An amazing collection of European artists!

Neue Freunde: Statues were funto pose with and wonder about.Any of this damaged during WWII?Yes, the light sand stone is thenew, the dark sandstone areoriginal pieces that were used in

the reconstruction.

Memo Tellez, Prince ofSaxony for a day,

proudly wearing hisGerman NationalSoccer Jersey.

We also toured the exhibit on treasures of the rulers ofSaxony, where we saw amazing artistry like the 41carat Dresden Green Diamond. Here Grace and Kaylinadmire sculptures within sculptures made of ivory.


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German Parliament: June 11, 2014Der ReichstagOur long awaited tour of the Reichstag, the Germanparliament building! We registered our passportnumbers for the tour while still in the U.S. The words,Dem Deutschen Volk means To The German People.

Our guide in the Reichstag led us first to the plenaryhall to explain how the German government passeslegislation. There are 631 members representingseveral different political parties, such as the SocialDemocrats, the Christian Democratic Union, the GreenParty, the Leftists, etc.

Voting is still done by the showing of hands. However,hands are not counted!! If the chairmen/women dontsee a clear majority, all members are sent out into thehall we were standing. See the Ja and Nein signsabove the glass doors? The 631 members must nowreenter through one of three doors: Ja, Nein oderEnthaltung (abstention). This is calledHammelsprung or in English Jump of the Mutton,

referring to how Ulysses and his friends escaped fromPoyphemus.


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We later went in and sat in the VIP section normallyreserved for special visitors such as the military, Queen ofEngland, or President Obama. Our guide then let us knowthat there is no filibustering aloud in the German system(wow!)and that Reichstag members are fined 50 whenthey are counted absent. Sounds impressive, butapparently the fine is collected quite often.

The Deutscher Adler (German Eagle) faces left, which isan international symbol for peace. Useless trivia: TheReichstag Blau (Parliament Blue) color of the seats iscopyright protected.

Reichstag 1918:The German monarchy endedwith WWI and the abdication ofKaiser Wilhelm. Germanys firstrepublic was announced from awindow by Philipp Scheidemann.The Communists were 20minutes too late in calling out asocialist state from a window a

block away.

Reichstag 1933:Fire breaks out in the Reichstag in 1933, allowing partyleader Adolf Hitler the opportunity to blame thecommunists for the fire and enter into office. However,

Hitler never spoke in theReichstag building! During

WWII, the basement was usedas a temporary hospital due toheavy bombing of the city fromthe Allies. 120 babies wereborn in the basement of theReichstag! Many have traveledback since then to show theirfamily members the place theywere born.

Reichstag 1945:Russian soldiers enterBerlin as WWII ends. Likethe US photo at Iwo Jima,the Soviets staged thisphoto days after theirarrival. The Soviet with hishand steadying the flag

bearer wears a watch onboth wrists. Soviet villagerswere lured into service bypromises that they couldrape and pillage oncearriving in Berlin. German soldiers ran to American GIsto surrender once they arrived in Berlin. Better to end upas a P.O.W. in Texas working with Frau Buntonsgrandfather on a ranch than in a Siberian concentration

camp!


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Russians Were Here

Russian graffiti and bullet holes have been preservedover the decades inside the Reichstag.

Galina and Anatol

Historians found the Russian soldier who drew this heartafter his granddaughter came for a tour and told the tourguide that her grandparents have a photo of the graffitiheart in their living room. Anatol and Galina are now 93and 94 years old and still married!

East-West

From this window we sawwhere the Berlin Wall once ranalong the outside of theReichstag.

Seven East German citizenswere shot from the roof of thefacing building after they swamacross the Spree River toescape into the West.

German-American Friendship

From the rooftop, its visible how close the Americanembassy is to the Reichstag and Brandenburger Tor(Brandenburg Gate). The U.S. and Germany are theclose allies!


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ReichstagDome

Looking down, youcan watch the

parliamentarians insession, a symbol oftransparency ofgovernment.

An audio guide describes the buildings and sights yousee in the city while walking around the glass dome.

Eco-ArchitectureThe top of the dome is designed to collect rain water.This water is used throughout the Reichstag inrestrooms and tocool the building.

Hiding from the approaching storm: we made itthrough our tour just before the rain hit!


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Tour of Berlin-East! June 11, 2014Der Brandenburger Tor! The Brandenburg Gate was thehistoric city gate leading to the famous Unter den LindenAvenue lined with Linden trees. It is a symbol of Berlin,Germany, and Germanys tumultuous history. During theCold War the gate was inaccessible due to the BerlinWall. In 1989 with the reopen inch of the gate it becamea symbol of the reunification of East and West Germany.

Atop the gate is the quadriga, the Roman GoddessVictoriascarriage which is pulled by four horses.Napoleon Bonaparte stole the quadriga uponconquering Prussia in 1806 and took it to Paris.Prussian troops later conquered Napoleons army, foundthe quadriga still packed in crates, and took it back toBerlin.

Checkpoint CharlieJohn F. Kennedy ordered three checkpoints to beinstalled around West Berlin. After the Berlin Wall wasbuilt in 1961, Checkpoints Alpha and Brava wereclosed and Checkpoint Charlie remained the onlypassage for foreigner visitors to Berlin to pass backand forth betweenEast and WestBerlin. This signwas a must for spyfilms and novelsduring the ColdWar.

For some reason,American studentsalways feelcompelled to eatat the McDonalds

across the streetafter passingthrough Checkpoint Charlie. In a German McDonaldsone can taste real Coca Cola thats made with sugarinstead of corn syrup and try a McDonalds hamburgermade with 100% real beef with no additives. Foodregulations in the European Union actually protect theconsumer, though its still counts as sugary and fried.


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Our Guides for the DayPauline, Vicki, and Ina, three of the exchange partnersfrom our partner school, showed us around the formerEast Berlin on this day. Here Vicki and Ina are standingin front of the Konzerthaus at the beautiful and historicalGendarmenmarkt.

Next to the Konzerthaus is the Franzsischer Dom, orFrench Dome Church, built for the Huguenot communityin Berlin. Elector of Prussia Friedrich Wilhelm welcomedthe highly skilled French Protestant refugees. TheFranzsischer Dom faces the Deutscher Dom on theother side of the Gendarmenmakt.

Schokolade und FuballAround the corner from the Gendarmen Square is theBerlins beloved chocolatier, Fassbender und Rausch.

Schoko-ReichstagWait a minute, I was just in the German parliamentbuilding this morning!


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RittersportMehr Schokolade bitte!The Rittersport store was

just a block awayand wecan always walk off thecalories tomorrow, right?

Bcherverbrennung:Book Burning Memorial

Our last stop for theafternoon was the squarewhere the NationalSocialists (Nazis) burnedthe best works of Germanand world literature on the10th of May 1933. In theground is an art project asmemorial to the book

burning: empty bookcases.

Sachsenhausen: June 12, 2014Concentration CampPart of our tour in the Berlin area includes visiting thetown of Sachsenhausen just north of Berlin. TheSachsenhausen concentration camp was at the edge ofa neighborhood in the small town. Like many of theconcentration camps and extermination camps, on thefront gate are the words, Arbeit macht frei, or work willset you free. Part ofevery Germans 10

thgrade curriculumincludes the study ofthe Holocaust andoften a visit to a Nazi

concentration camp.

Before our tour began, our tour guide instructed us in thehistory and layout of the camp. The first thing shepointed out was that Sachsenhausen imprisoned manytypes of people, and a relatively small number of these

were Jewish

Germans whencompared to theother types ofprisoners in thiscamp.

Sachsenhausen was originally designed in the form of apanopticon. This triangular shaped allowed for the mainguards to look out over the whole camp, however thecamp quickly outgrew this shape.


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1938:Germanys so-called Asozialen or anti-socialswere rounded up by the SA and SS and sent to variousconcentration camps. Among them were the homeless,homosexuals, disabled peoples, and the Sinti and theRoma(Gypsies). Political dissidents also made up a largepercent of those imprisoned at Sachsenhausen.

1939:The Kristallnacht Progroms against Jewish-German citizens began. Several hundred of these citizenswere housed in Sachsenhausen. The students toured oneof the barracks that housed Jewish prisoners:

The peeling on the walls and ceiling is the result of a fireset by neo-nazi youth after a visit to the concentrationcamp by Former Israeli Prime Minister, Yitzhak Rabin. Themuseum decided to not to repair the damage, but let itserve as a reminder that Jewish people are stillpersecuted today.

Franz BobzienIn these barracks we also listened tothe story of a Hamburg teacherimprisoned for resistance against theNazis. Bobzien secretly gave lessonsto the foreign adolescents in the

camp, especially Polish and Czechs.Not being able to understand German,these adolescents could notunderstand the orders from theguards, which could be fatal. Bobzien gave them lessonsin German, art and mathematics. Once found out,Bobzien was sentenced to a bomb searching squad anddied during an explosion in 1941.

Military TestingAround the role-call area was thetrack the army used for shoe testing. This wasa brutal and often fatal type ofwork for prisoners. Loaded downwith army duffle bags, prisonerswere forced to run around thetrack for hours each day testingthe rubber shoe material. Many

died this way.

The CounterfeitersNazis began a counterfeitingoperation in the camp. The plan wasto mass produce the pound and thedollar and to flood the British andAmerican markets economies. A filmwas made to tell this part of the

Sachsenhausen story.


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Soviet prisoners of warOver 10,000 Soviet prisoners of war were brought toSachsenhausen. Most of them were executed here.Loud music was played to drown out the sounds fromreaching the other inmates.

1945-1950Following WWII, the campcame under control of theSoviets, who used it tointern their politicalprisoners- the Nazis. Theyerected a monument in the

center in remembrance ofthe thousands of Sovietswho lost their lives atSachsenhausen.

At the end of our tour, our guide encouraged us to notdwell on the atrocities that happened here, but rather toremember the humanity of those who helped each other

here, such as the teacher from Hamburg.

Berliner Dom June 15, 2014Frau Nubbemeyer, a teacher from our partner school,invited our group to attend the Sunday service at theBerliner Dom. She translates the service forinternational visitors several Sundays during the year.Like all buildings in Berlin, the Dom has a fascinatinghistory. It has burned down a few times and its mostrecent reconstruction began in 1990. It sure doesntlook like it was built in the 1990s though, does it? FrauNubbemeyer told us that she remembers the churchas it lay in ruins with pigeons flying throughout. Whenshe began working in the church, she remembers theItalian man on his ladder hammering in the little tiles inthe mosaic ceiling.


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We were lucky to be there for the cantata Sunday and seea baptism. One thing that would surprise a typicalAmerican churchgoer is that this is a Protestant church.Atop each main pedestal is a Protestant reformer, amongthem Luther, Calvin, and Zwingli. Aside from thoseimages, this service seemed little different from a Catholicservice. Here is a look inside, accompanied by JohannSebastian Bachs, Es ist ein trotzig und verzagt Dingwhich the orchestra and choir were playing and singing.https://fayettevillegerman.edublogs.org/files/2014/06/20140616-100905-1xrf4jf.movAfter the service we went up to the top for a spectacularview of the city.https://fayettevillegerman.edublogs.org/files/2014/06/20140616-102138-1xtdxs2.movThe rooftop was followed by a visit to the crypt! There we

saw the coffins of the Hohenzollern the ruling family ofPrussia, including Friedrich der Groe.

Several of the coffins were damaged when the massivecopper dome fell through the floor after the church burneddown for the second time. The high child mortality rate isevident by the many childrens coffinsof the Hohenzollernfamily crypt.

Weekends with Host Families

Rachel and Alexs hosts,Eliane and Benedict,took them to BerlinsNatural Science

Museum, rawwr!

Going to the lake is always a popular weekend outing.Along with the Spree River that runs through the city,Berlin has two lakes, the Schlachten See and the

Wannsee.
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World Cup Fuball! June 14, 2014Students went with their hosts to the Fan Meile towatch Germany beat Portugal 4-0. The Fan Meilebegins at the Brandenburger Gate and extends to thevictory column. The street is filled with enthusiastic

German fans ready to watch the game. Along the streetthere are places to buy drinks and food and hugescreens to watch the soccer match. A giant stage is setup for bands and music is a part of the experience. TheAmericans enjoyed singing along!

Deutschland 2014 Weltmeister!Germany 2014 World Soccer Champs!

Partner Field Trip June 17, 2014The Spree River runsthrough Berlin and thesurrounding area. TheSpreewald (Spree

Forest) is know for itssaure Gurken (pickles),which we all tried and

gondola rides through the woods.

The communitythat lives on littleislands on the

river in this areaare the Sorbs.Fun fact: Duringwinter, peopleiceskate on theriver through theforest!

Herr Behling planned thisjoint excursion for theexchange partners andteachers. Danke HerrBehling! Es hat uns alle sehrviel Spa gemacht!


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Antiquities Museums June 18, 2014In the Neues Museum, students discovered an originalfragment from the Story of Gilgamesh. They immediately

sent thispicture to theirhistoryteacher!

Think your backpack is tooheavy? This is a piece of aschool textbook known asKemit. The writing is incursive hieroglyphs, ca.1200 B.C.

The Neues Museum also hadRoman finds: Matt completesa statue of an unidentifiedRoman general.

The Egyptians

Egypts most beautiful queen,Nefertiti. Some believe her lefteye remained white becauseshe had cataracts. Wonderingwhy in the world these objectsare in Germany? 19thcenturyGerman archaeologists! Egypthas been trying to get the bust ofNefertiti back for years now.

Students picked outrecognizable scenes fromthe Instructions for the

Afterlife, such as takingthe ferry led by Aken(inspiration for the GreekCharon) into the afterlife.

Germanic finds

from Berlin:Excavations in Berlin showdaily life in Berlin. Picturedinclude weights from a loomand an imported Romangoddess statue of Jupiter.


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The Pergamon AltarTanner and Aziza study a guide to the altar in front of amodel of the ancient city of Pergamon. Gracie looks upat a section of the altar depicting a story with Athena

Market gate of MiletusThis structure was from the city of Miletus, which likePergamon, was located in modern-day Turkey. It datesfrom about 120AD. Theodor Wiegand excavated thegate around the turn of the century and reconstructed itunder the support of Kaiser Wilhelm II.

The Gates of Babylon!From Babylon to Berlin: The rebirth of the Ishtar Gate

Travelers to ancientBabylon were met withan astonishing sight: agate nearly 50 feet high

and 100 feet wide madeof jewel-like blue glazedbricks and adorned withbas-relief dragons andyoung bulls. Dedicated toIshtar, goddess offertility, love, and war, themain entrance to the citywas constructed for KingNebuchadnezzar II circa575 BCE. Inevitably,Babylons power declined

Graceand eventually the structures collapsed and vanishedunder hundreds of years of desert storms. But colorfulfragments of the lion figures would one day lead to theunearthing and rebirth of the Ishtar Gate. In his account ofthe excavations, German archaeologist Robert Koldeweywrote, The discovery of these enameled bricks formed oneof the motives for choosing Babylon as a site for

excavation. As early as June 1887 I came across brightlycolored fragments lying on the ground on the east side ofthe Kasr. In December 1897 I collected some of these andbrought them to Berlin, where the then Director of theRoyal Museums, Richard Schne, recognized theirsignificance. The digging commenced March 26, 1899

Frau Bunton gets chills every year when entering into thislevel of the museum.


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Writing Systems & Mythologyin Ancient Assyria and Babylon

Cuneiform writing and Nisroch, theAssyrian god of agriculture.

Alex studying Aramaic,

the language from whichArabic and Hebreworiginated.

Looking for a protective diety to place in front of yourpalace? The Assyrians used an Iamassu for thispurpose. S/he has the body of a lion, wings of an eagle,

and a humanhead with apretty rockingoatee.Below Ianand Matt give

jazz handswith twoIamassu anda Kaylin.

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Wiedersehen June 19, 2014

Theres barely a dry eye on the platform when weboarded the train in Berlin on our way to Munich forour final days. Afterspending two and a halfweeks living together inFayetteville andanother two and a halfin Berlin, theseexchange partnersformed suchmeaningfulrelationships.

Waiting for the train,Graces host mom wasbusy making Grace put onher jacket and giving herhugs. She told me, I criedfor joy when Gracearrived and now Im cryingto see her go. Hostparents are such anintegral part of thetransatlantic partnership,we so appreciate our hostmoms and dads!


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Visit to Mnchen!Munich is an absolute must, so we spend our last fewdays in the state of Bavaria to get a taste of Germanyssouthern culture.Students arrive in

Munich with frownsafter being torn fromtheir host families inBerlin, but they soonfind there is still somuch to explorebefore returning toFayetteville.

Bicycle Tour w/ History of MunichIonna, out tour guidefrom Melbourne studiedart history in Munich.Here is what she told usabout the background:Mnchen/Munich=monks.BenedictineMonks first inhabited

Munich, establishing thefirst breweries in

Bavaria. In 1158 Henry the lion comes to rule in Munich.He burns the Bishop of Friesings bridge and builds hisown bridge after signing the Augsburg Agreement withEmperor Bararossa. The bridge accommodated the salttrade from the Austrian Alps. In the 16th century theSwedes warned the Mncheners that they were on theirway to invade Munichin 2 years time.The Bavarian

construction workers, famous for being notoriously slow,limited only to 7 LITERS of beer on the job per day got to

work on building a defense against the Swedes. A yearpasses and the Swedes decided to enter the city early.They were met with a 60cm wall around Munich. Theymanage to step over the 60cm barrier after which the fellin love with the beer culture and decided not to destroythe city. When it came time to leave they demandedmoney. Having no money, the Mncheners loaded theSwedes with 30,0000 liters of beer and off they merrilywent. City saved!

Above is the Max-Joseph-Platz (square), with theNational Theater of Munich. The theater has burneddown three times, once due to a fancy sprinkler systemthat was unfortunately filled with frozen water, andanother occasion when the human chain drank much thebeer being sent hand-by-hand from the Hofbruhausaround the block.

Students pause in Shirkers Alley,where citizens opposed to Hitlerspolitical party avoided giving theHitler greeting to city officials ontheir way through the city. Once theNazi party found out, some wereshot or arrested for opposing thenew local leader and his party.Hitler, who was from Austria, gothis political training and beginnings

in Munich.


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Biking through Munichs English Gardens

The Englischer Garten isone of the largest publicparks in the world.

Within the gardens is theChinese Tower markingone the largest beergardens in Germany. Its agreat place to listen toBavarian polka and grab agiant pretzel.

Surfers Paradise: Surprise! Some of the worlds bestsurfers come to Munichs English Gardens to surf theIsar River current. So cool to see them practice, severalwomen surfers this year.

Munich Historical BuildingsThis was the first buildingconstructed under theNational Socialists orNazis, the former

headquarters of theLuftwaffe, Germanys airforce during the 3rdReich/Empire. Notice thedoor made of interwovenswastikas.

The building behind the trees below was the site of anelaborate assassination attempt on Adolf Hitler. HadHitler finished his speech at 9:20pm instead of 9:07pm,Johann Elsers explosives would have killed Hitler. Inthe foreground, you can see a shallow area of the IsarRiver that runs through Munich. Although verboten,Mnchners use this as their beach.


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Day Trip to the Fairy Tale Castlesin Fssen, Bavaria

Frau Buntons favorite train ride in Germany- our way toFssen in the foothills ofthe Alps. We pass by

idealic farms where thecows wear bells andflowers dangle over thewindow boxes of thefarm houses.SOLAR PANELS?! Yes,Oma and Opa get theirelectricity from solar panels on their homes and barns. TheU.S. just surpassed Germany in solar panel production,but we have the Germans to thank for their innovations insolar technology.

Arriving in Fssen westart at CastleHohenschwangau. Thisyellow castle waswhere Knig Ludwig II(crazy King Louis)spent summers with hisbrother and parents. He

assumed the thrownwhen he was 16, atwhich time he began

building castles, frivolously spending the peoples moneyon his extravagant taste for medieval art and architecture.After emptying the coffers, Ludwig II was found face downin shallow water in the lake one day. Within days of hisdeath, the town began selling tours of the fairytale castle,Neuschwanstein. See the white New-swan-stone castle

on the hill behind us?

Castle Hohenschwangau

This castle introduced us to thefamilys love of medieval castles andlegends. The walls were covered inmurals depicting stories from

German Arthurian literature. Eachroom was richly decorated with alloriginal furniture and decor-everything is in great condition asthe castles werent built until the endof the 19th century.

See the swan behindJennifer, Grace and Rachel?

The town around the castlesis called Schwangau or Placeof Swans. The swan is amotif throughout KnigLudwigs castles- engraved infurniture, crystal drink ware,and ceilings.

Ella Claire and Aziza enjoythe view after our tour ofNeuschwanstein Photosinside the castle are verboten,so youll just have to comesee it for yourself!


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Last Stop for GAPP 2014,Salzburg, Austria!Our last day trip before returning to Fayetteville was overthe border to Salzburg. Salz-Burg means Salt Fortressand is very navigable in one day. This was our last day to

walk approximately 11 miles through a city. Gracie usedher app while we were in Berlin to find the averagedistance of our almost daily walking treks. Calves of Steel.

MirabellenGardens!Salzburg is famous toAmericans for the sitesfrom the film TheSound of Music, a film

that Austrians andGermans have neverseen (unless they giveThe Sound of Musictour). See the fortressat the top of the hill?We made our waythrough the city andthen climbed the hill to

look out over the city.

Frau Bunton & Frau Stassen riding unicorns, as they do.

View from the top of thefortress. Much of what yousee, including the beautifulDome Cathedral, wherewe stopped to hear choirrehearsal and visit thecatacombs, had to be

rebuilt after heavy bombingby the Allies. What theAllies were they targetinghere, salt?

Before there was lunch detention, therewas medieval torture. Students readabout the prisoners who were kept in thedungeons -one of them an archbishop-and examined the devices used to inflict

justice upon the prisoners and keep thetownspeople in line during the MiddleAges.

On our way back downfrom the fortress, westopped at the Salzburg

Catacombs and climbed upinside a secret church inthe side of the hill. Thischurch was consecrated in1178, though legend has itthat Christians met theirsecretly, long before,during the time of theRomans. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozarts sister, MariaAnna Mozart, is buried in the St. Peter Cemetery belowthe cave church.


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Join in the FHS GAPP Trip!

Frau Bunton is currently organizing hosts for the 12Berliners who will come to Fayetteville High School for 3weeks in the fall. We are looking for 12 Americans whoare interested in hosting a German and going on the

Germany trip next June.

Step 1: Take GermanStep 2: Host a GermanStep 3: Go to Germany!

Contact: [email protected]

Supporting FHS GAPP Students

Secret: GAPP is only possible through communitysupport! Every year we look for opportunities to fundour trip. Students do their part by raising money fortheir costs by babysitting, mowing lawns, working part

time, begging Oma and Opa, etc.

Heres how you can help:

$100 Sponsor our day trip to Sachsenhausen, formerconcentration camp (train ticket & guided tour).

$100 Sponsor our day trip to Dresden, Germany(museums, lunch, & local transportation).

$75 Sponsor our day trip to the Bavarian castles(castle entry fees & local transportation)

$50 Sponsor our day trip to Salzburg, Austria(fortress entrance fee & exhibit)

Sponsor a Student:

Would you like to help make this trip possible for anFHS German student who would not be able to affordthe trip without outside help?

$1,600 Sponsor a students plane ticket.$400 Sponsor a students spending money (meals

outside of the home, weekend outings, etc.)$250 Sponsor a students train ticket (5 days of

travel within Germany).

$250 Sponsor a students hotel stay in Bavaria.

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