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So I used to attend an international music program as a student, and now I get to be one of the instructors. On this trip the students have 4 days to learn all the music, then we board a plane and tour Europe. It's very fun, mainly because this program mostly takes the students to small towns where the entire community turns out to see you then puts on a show in return and then there's a feast.
One downside, every night is schnitzel and chips (fried chicken and fries) because they think that's what American children want. Anyway, there are 8 tours that happen during the summer. Mine was an East coast tour, four buses of students. For some reason my state always has their own bus and is always housed away from everyone else.
Sometimes this works out for us though. At one stop we're placed in the middle of nowhere twenty miles outside of the town. This means no curfew and we get to stay up late playing Einer ist immer der Arsch(the woman who owns the house teaches the students every year. Can't speak english, but we have a good time. This game has many names: president, asshole, arsehole, rich man poor man, capitalism, scum, bum, root beer, butt head, and in Germany: Einer ist immer der arsch)
So now to the stranded part. Our bus's hotel rooms were given away to some young American future leaders camp. The man pretended not to speak english even though he was fluent in it not even a minute before. We eventually got our money back and were given rooms in a house the next town over. This particular inn didn't allow children, so this was a big deal. They made a wonderful meal for us, which is why I mentioned the Schnitzel earlier. And breakfast was equally awesome. Lots of bragging going on between the students the next day.
So that was what happened on my trip. I love this group, it always goes to the same places so there're a lot of people that I look forward to seeing every year, and the students always love it. I know I did.
One downside, every night is schnitzel and chips (fried chicken and fries) because they think that's what American children want. Anyway, there are 8 tours that happen during the summer. Mine was an East coast tour, four buses of students. For some reason my state always has their own bus and is always housed away from everyone else.
Sometimes this works out for us though. At one stop we're placed in the middle of nowhere twenty miles outside of the town. This means no curfew and we get to stay up late playing Einer ist immer der Arsch(the woman who owns the house teaches the students every year. Can't speak english, but we have a good time. This game has many names: president, asshole, arsehole, rich man poor man, capitalism, scum, bum, root beer, butt head, and in Germany: Einer ist immer der arsch)
So now to the stranded part. Our bus's hotel rooms were given away to some young American future leaders camp. The man pretended not to speak english even though he was fluent in it not even a minute before. We eventually got our money back and were given rooms in a house the next town over. This particular inn didn't allow children, so this was a big deal. They made a wonderful meal for us, which is why I mentioned the Schnitzel earlier. And breakfast was equally awesome. Lots of bragging going on between the students the next day.
So that was what happened on my trip. I love this group, it always goes to the same places so there're a lot of people that I look forward to seeing every year, and the students always love it. I know I did.
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