In the morning we were seen off by Peter in Zwickau and made the hour long trek to Hof (unfortunately not named after the Baywatch legend himself).
The group split up in the morning on vocational visits with local rotary members and our host families.
- Rebecca went to a famous German jewellery maker to see the processes involved in setting precious stones into final pieces for sales
- Dianne went to the local newspaper where she learnt about the news processes of a regional paper
- Amanda got a close up look at the potential after effects of all the heavy German food when touring through Sana Klinikum hospital with Professor Schumann and seeing bowel surgery
- Ziska went with local architect Hermann Bayer who showed some public projects he was working on
- Paul checked out chicks … I mean chicken rotisserie fabrication business at a house that used to be an old pub!
After a little ret ail therapy we went to the Lake Untreu (lake unfaithful) … for a beer and lunch with our host families and some local Rotaract members, with our first experience of currywurst!!
The afternoon really got started with a competition through a massive labyrinth (minus David Bowie and the weird puppets) where you had to navigate through and find and collect stamps from various hidden parts of the maze. This children’s activity proved more difficult than the group initially anticipated however Rebecca and Dianne employed superb tactical skills and successfully completed the activities in record breaking 43 minutes before collecting the amazing prize of Fortune Telling Fish!! And then they waited …
And waited …
And waited …
And eventually the rest of the team came out with their heads hung in shame, grumpy and frustrated, bested by the labyrinth.
The group split up in the late afternoon with Amanda having a Nanna nap and the rest of the team hanging out with a bunch of nannas … and grandads who were eating cake and drinking beer at a local festival celebrating 25 years of a local women’s association. It was our first taste of Franconia hospitality and we were very impressed by the leather wearing, socks pulled up folk band. We then went to the Mayor’s office where we learnt that the lady who had translated Donald Duck into German many years ago and was being honoured with a museum. We were also able to view the competition winners for the design of the new Erika Fuchs museum.
In the evening we met up again at a local restaurant where we tried lovely food and a questionable beverage called The Doctor! The night was capped off at a local bar with some extra lubrication and some AC/DC!
Written by Bek
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