We spent a week (22 – 28 March 2009) in Austria. We left Tábor on Sunday at 11 o´clock. We changed the train at České Budějovice. We arrived in Linz at about 3 o´clock. We got off on the Main railway station. The weather was bad, it was snowing and raining. We were accommodated in youth hostel in the centre of town.
At the beginning of the week we split to the international groups. Immediately on Monday we had a lesson of history, dancing and German, where we learnt the grammar of the language. For other national it was difficult but for us it was funny and easy. On Monday afternoon we played a game in the town, where we searched sights and made the photos here.
On Tuesday we visited Vienna. In the morning we went to “Westbahnhof”, after them we went by underground to the National Museum, where we searched the famous pictures. We visited Karlskirche and small castle Belveder. On Wednesday we made a trip to Salzburg. On the arrival we visited Salzburg Airport and we viewed the hangar Red Bull. Most of us saw first the Alps. Salzburg lives with Mozart; we saw the house of Mozart, a church, where he played … The guide told us a few interesting things about the churches in the town.
On Thursday we stayed in Linz, in the morning the guide was waiting for us and she showed us the town. We saw a church and the beginning of the tram track. We visited the fairytales Museum in the rock. There were houses from the 18th century. In the afternoon we went to the museum Ars Electronics, where we tried a lot of optical delusions and electronic news. In the evening we went to the Orange Cube, we played billiard, bowling and darts. We communicated very well.
On Friday the presentations of national economics were waiting for us. All states had well prepared presentations and well read economic knowledge. After dinner we went to the town to buy souvenirs and gifts home. After them we prepared to the evening graduation ball. At half past seven the ball started and we were surprised, how nice the assembly room was. On the graduation ball we said our farewells to the other students but for a lot of students it wasn’t easy. On Saturday we woke up early, because at 6 o´clock the train left Linz. But the train was delayed. At 10 o´clock we arrived in Tábor and everyone hurried home.
I think this trip was informative, useful. We knew a lot of young people. We spoke English and a little German. My best experiences were German lesson, visiting Karlskirche, the Alps, Fairytales Museum and Ars Electronics and Graduation ball with Marilyn Monroe. I hope that we are going to prepare also the interesting program for other students in October this year.
