Our first week back in Salzburg

After our arrival at Salzburg airport on saturday, we all had the rest of the weekend to spend time with our families and to catch up on some sleep. However, on monday it was time for all of us to go back to “our school” – the Akademisches Gymnasium. Getting up at 6 am was hard, especially because nearly everyone was still jetlagged. Nonetheless, as soon as someone arrived at school and had made his or her way to our classroom, you could notice the persons grumpy/ sleepy face turning into a happy face when seeing each classmate. Especially the 2 boys who stayed in Salzburg where heavily greeted by everyone. Most of our breaks between the lessons on Monday were spend just rambling about our experiences of the past 3 weeks, and telling our other friends from school and teachers about the great time we had. We all agreed, that being back in Salzburg in our normal surroundings feels weird, especially when you think about the fact that while we were gone, everything in Salzburg still took its normal course and that we left before Halloween decoration was even thought about, then were gone for three weeks – which felt like just blinking once for all of us – and got back when the whole city is slowly getting into the Christmas mood. The rest of the week was spent with trying to adapt to the time difference, catching up on school work and getting ready for the upcoming exams.

Once again I/ we (the 7a class) would like to say a massive thank you to all the teachers, parents and everyone else who made this trip possible – we truly had the best time and learned a lot about the US culture, school system, history, geography, …. ; improved our language skills and made lots of new friends.

To the host families and siblings: THANK YOU for having us, making us feel at home and welcoming us with such open hearts. Thank you for everything, we all miss you a lot, and are super excited to host you and show you our hometown Salzburg in April!

Picture: the 7a class and their hosts.