I was one of three young people lucky enough to visit Weil am Rhein and stay with a lovely host family learning so much about their lives and the different things they do! I enjoyed every moment of the trip, and it was a great experience for me that I will never forget. Spending time with new people I met and getting to know them was great hearing about their lives and how different they are, staying with my host family showed me so much more than what I thought I knew like what foods they eat and different traditions they have.

I enjoyed Europa Park the most during the week, it was the best theme park I have been to and was much better than any theme park in England. I also enjoyed the whole week, going to the water park and walking around Basel and even the motor museum in France, it was all a great experience that I loved.

Having the Scouts cook us dinner and hearing about how different their scouting was compared to our scouting was great and very interesting. The food was great but listening to how they did things and what they have done in scouting was so interesting. I loved asking questions about how they did things and loved answering the questions they had for us.

It was a very memorable week and I had a very good time. I feel very lucky to have got the experience and spent it learning new things about Germany and Weil am Rhein.

(HW)



Germany was a really fun experience. The car museum in Mulhouse contained many fascinating international cars with a broad range of vintage and modern vehicles. The historic tour of Basel was also very interesting. Europa Park was exciting and thrilling, especially with the range of rides and different zones representing different nations. Hiking up the hills of the Black Forest was very enjoyable, but the hot weather made it really difficult. However, the rollercoaster on the way down from the top made it all worthwhile. Overall, the trip was different and a once in a lifetime opportunity I will never forget.

(BG)

My time in Weil am Rhein, as well as France and Switzerland, was amazing and a great experience I will not forget. My highlights were going to Europa Park, it was much bigger than any theme park I had ever been to in the UK and I had a good time there going on a lot of the big rides with my favourite being the Silver Star! As well as a trip to the Laguna Water Park to cool down in the hot weather. I want to thank my host family for being so warm welcoming to me and also for allowing me to carry on with my passion for running as I managed to fit in a trip to Parkrun on Saturday morning which was fun and great to meet everyone there.

(CT)