Programme during the return-visit of the Italian students to Holzwickede

from Wednesday 3rd  to Wednesday 10th June, 2009

Wednesday, 3rd June, 2009:

10:10 p.m.:    Arrival of flight no. AB 8841 at Düsseldorf airport with Air Berlin

Thursday, 4th June, 2009:               (costs for coach and tour: approx. € 15,00 per person)

 07:55 a.m.:    our Italian guests meet with their teachers in R … to exchange their first                                impressions.

09:50 a.m.:    our headmaster, Mr. Kurtz, will officially welcome his guests at Clara-Schumann-Gymnasium and show them the building plus surroundings

11:25 a.m.:    Italian students meet their German partners in the entrance hall to get

                        prepared for the afternoon trip to Kalkriese, Osnabrück, where the battle

                        between the Roman commander Varro and his legions and Germanic

                        warriors took place in 9 A.D.

German partners:     attend their individual lessons up to 11:25 a.m.

 01:45 p.m.:    we meet in front of the school to get on the coach to Kalkriese

02:00 p.m.:    coach leaves for the museum in Kalkriese

04:30 p.m.:    two guided tours about the lives of the Romans and the Germanic people

                        at the museum in Kalkriese with some information about the battle

                        between the three Roman legions and Germanic warriors.

                        One tour is in English, the other one in German.

 (Note: We are sorry not to be able to offer you a tour in Italian, but there is no possibility to do so. Since the battle took place exactly 2000 years ago, the tours were almost already sold out. So there was only the chance to book one English and one German tour.)

 06:30 p.m.:    coach returns to school in Holzwickede

08:30 p.m.:    arrival at school

 Friday, 5th June, 2009:                    (costs for train and tours: approx. € 14,00 per person)

 09:10 a.m.:    we all meet at Holzwickede station on platform 2

09:20 a.m.:    train leaves for Cologne main station

10:38 a.m.:    arrival at Cologne main station on platform 9

11:05 a.m.:    we gather at the foot of the stairs in front of the Dome of Cologne from

                        where our tour will start

11:15 a.m.:    two guided tours, one in Italian by Mr. Onnis and one in German by

Mrs. Brieskorn. They will introduce us to Cologne during the Roman times

by showing to us the ‘praetorium’  - the Roman City Hall. Secondly we will

get an impression of the medieval times by visiting the Dome and finally

we will be informed about modern life in Cologne.

(Note: The entrance to the ‘praetorium’ is free for students. Please, prepare a list with their names written on and signed by the school.)

01:30 p.m.:    tours end near the Dome of Cologne

 05:10 p.m.:    we all meet inside Cologne main station on platform 2, sections C-E

05:21 p.m.:    train leaves from Cologne main station to Holzwickede station

06:36 p.m.     arrival of train at Holzwickede station on platform 2

According to the programme, the students will find enough time to walk around Cologne city centre in mixed groups of at least three to enjoy themselves after the tour. Even for the teachers this is a perfect opportunity to experience the atmosphere in Cologne.

Saturday, 06th June 2009:  

This day is absolutely free and meant to be family day.

Recommendation: there will be a choirs-music festival in Dortmund (28.5-16.6.) The students-choir of our Clara-Schumann-School “Clara’s Voices” will sing from 6.15 to 6.45 p.m. at “Alter Markt” in Dortmund.

More informations see www.klangvokal-dortmund.de or contact Jan Prünte

Sunday, 07th June, 2009:                (Costs of the tour: approx. € 22,00 per person)

relaxing morning

02:00 p.m.:    all students meet at the farm ‘Ohler Mühle’ in Iserlohn-Hennen,

Ohler Weg 45. The farmer’s family asked us to park our cars in front of the

farm along the street. Please, respect their request.

02:30 p.m.:    start of the canoe trip on the river Ruhr

05:00 p.m.:    end of the canoe trip at ‘Rohrmeisterei’, Ruhrstr. 20 in Schwerte and start of a barbecue kindly offered by the German host families

07:30 p.m.:    approximate end of the barbecue

(Note: As it sometimes happens that people fall into the water while canoeing, it is advisable to prepare a second set of clothes. You can leave your bag with your additional clothes in my car before you start your tour. So you can change your clothes after the end of the tour, i.e. before the barbecue.)

Monday, 08th June, 2009:               (Costs for the train and the tours of Dortmund:

approx. € 7,00 per person)

07:55 – 09:30 a.m.:  the Italian students meet in Room 002 and work with a German                                              class on political systems in Italy and Germany. Introductions in                                             

English by Mr. Brömmel

 09:30 – 09:45 a.m.:  during the first break our group sets off to the City Hall in Holz-

                        wickede. There at

10:00 a.m.:                we will be welcomed by the deputy mayor of Holzwickede, Mrs.

                                   Mölle, who will give us some information about Holzwickede.

                                   After we have spent some time of talking there and taken a picture

                                   in front of City Hall, we will slowly set off for Holzwickede station.

11:20 a.m.:                we meet on platform 5

11:32 a.m.:                our train leaves for Dortmund main station

11:51 a.m.:                train arrives at Dortmund on platform 4

Now the students and their teachers have got one hour to move slowly and in smaller groups from the main station to Dortmund’s City Hall, which is next to ‘Friedensplatz’. During this walk through the city centre you will have the chance of having some sandwiches, which will strengthen you for the tour to come.

12:50 p.m.:                we meet at the City Hall, ‘Friedensplatz’

01:00 p.m.:                two tours of ‘Dortmund per pedes’ start:

                                   Our Italian guests will enjoy the tour in English, because the Italian

                                   guide was already booked.

The German students are guided by a German guide, because a second English one could not be booked.

Both two-hour-tours will offer you an insight into Dortmund’s past and present with special emphasis on its medieval times.

After the tours you are asked to feel free and it is up to you whether you would like to stay in Dortmund for some time or decide to travel home. The only precondition is to decide together with your exchange partner and to move in mixed groups.

The train line from Dortmund to Holzwickede is safe and familiar to the German students. So this day officially ends in Dortmund.

Tuesday, 09th June, 2009:              (Costs for the train and the tours inside the living

                                                           history museum: approx. € 6,00 per person)

07:55 – 10.35 a.m.:  our day starts at school. While the German students attend their

                                   individual classes, our Italian guests can meet in room R … to

                                   reflect on their experience during the exchange so far and have a

                                   stroll around Holzwickede.

10:35 a.m.:                we all meet in the entrance hall to get ready for our trip to a living

                                   history museum in Hagen

11:10 a.m.:                we meet at Holzwickede station on platform 3

11:20 a.m.:                our train leaves for Hagen main station

11:37 a.m.:                arrival of train on platform 7

Now we all quickly walk to the busses waiting outside the building, because our bus already leaves at

11:43 a.m.:                departure of bus 512 in the direction of Breckerfeld

12:07 p.m.:                arrival at bus stop ‘Freilichtmuseum’

From there we walk to the entrance of the living history museum. The one-hour tours we booked are both in English, so you can stay in mixed groups of 26 students. In both tours you will be informed about food and nutrition during the last three centuries.

01:00 p.m.:                the first tour starts at the ‘Remise’, which is at the very end of the

                                   area covered by this museum. The walk on foot there takes approx.

                                   30 minutes. So please remember to set off early enough from the

                                   entrance gate.

 02:00 p.m.:               the second tour starts at the ‘Remise’ as well.

Please make sure that both groups are roughly of the same number of people, i.e. 26 plus teachers.

While one group is doing the tour, the others are invited to have a look around the area on their own.

04:10 p.m.:                we meet at the entrance gate to leave the museum and walk to the bus stop together

04:26 p.m.:                departure of bus 512 in the direction of Hagen-Bathey

04:48 p.m.:                arrival at Hagen main station

Again, we quickly leave the bus and walk inside the building, because our train leaves at

04:58 p.m.:                from platform 3, Hagen main station to Holzwickede station

05:13 p.m.:                arrival of train at Holzwickede station, platform 2

In the evening we meet at 07:45 p.m. at Café del Sol in Lünen, Lindenplatz 1, where

we will spend our last evening together. All German families are heartily invited to come

along and enjoy the last evening together.

Wednesday, 10th June 2009:

This, unluckily, is the day of your departure.

Your plane with the flight no. AB 8840 leaves at 05:05 p.m. from Düsseldorf airport.

So I suggest setting off from Holzwickede at around 1:30 p.m.

We have not decided yet how to arrange the morning until the time you leave. If you

have any suggestions, please let us know.

So in total the fees for fare, entrance and guidance amount to 64,00 € per person.

If we are lucky again to receive a donation by the school’s aid association, we will spend it partly on the barbecue and partly on our last evening at Café del Sol.