Day 7: June 13

      


Today is the day that we went to Hechingen, the city where our exchange partners go to school. We started the day by packing our luggage and cleaning out our hostel rooms. We ate breakfast, went to the grocery store to recycle, and then went to the U-Bahn station. Partway through the train ride, we were told that there was police activity in the area and that our connecting train was canceled. We got off a stop early and boarded a streetcar.

      After we got off the crowded streetcar, we walked to the Flixbus stop, got lunch, and then got on the bus. We got off the Flixbus in Tübingen and boarded another train to Hechingen. When we arrived at the station, our exchange partners were there waiting for us with German flags and necklaces. We went to their school for a welcome party with food and drinks, and some of us toured the school with our partners. We ended the day by going to our host family’s houses and going to sleep.

-Shelby Hart





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