17th of October

Now we're almost two weeks in Melbourne and we are all getting used to everyday life here.Today we took the tram to school. In the first period we helped students in year 12 to practice for their oral exam on Friday. We went into small groups and had some discussions with them about topics like family, their relationship with their parents,fashion or music. It was very interesting to see other people learning our native language. We were very surprised how well some of them spoke German. In period two and three we joined the normal classes of our exchange partners. In my case it was history and science. Afterwards all German students participated in a cricket lesson. Cricket is quite a popular game in Australia and it is in many points similar to baseball. In general It is about the bowler, who throws the ball, the batsman who tries to chip off the ball with a cricket racket to score points. The field players support the bowler by bringing the ball back to him. Today we learned three different skills. These were throwing, catching and chipping off the ball. Think it was fun to learn about a new sport which we are not used to in Germany. Tomorrow are having a game. The rest of the day we had some free time and I went to the city with some friends. In the evening I visited the Hawker 88 night market at the Queen Victoria Markets with my exchange student.

Karla Richter