For the first half of the day, I attended class with my exchange partner. The school is quite different from Cary Academy. They way the school is set up, the setup of the classrooms, the furniture in the classroom, and the schedule are all different. Another interesting thing is that they have accounting classes, one of which I attended. Unfortunately, it was rather hard to understand everything that they spoke of during that class because I didn’t know the needed vocabulary relating to the subject. After the first two periods, we left for Mainz by train. Unfortunately, only two of the exchange partners were able to come with us. Once we got to Mainz, we had free time and all went out to eat at the same restaurant. After this we had a tour of the Gutenberg Museum where they talked about Gutenberg’s invention of the moveable type printing press. They showed us multiple books, some of which were ones that had been handwritten and others that were made using Gutenberg’s print press. They also showed us how they made colored inks and even demonstrated the use of a print press like Gutenberg’s. After touring the museum, we went around the city. We walked around in the old cathedral in Mainz, through the small Altstadt, and also went to see the Rhein/Rhine River. The cathedral was a beautiful large stone building with high ceilings and nice stained glass windows. The Aldstadt had older looking buildings which were painted a multitude of colors. The weather, thankfully, cleared up when we went to see the Rhein/Rhine River. After our hour-or-so walk around Mainz, we ended the day with a quick stop for some ice cream before taking a couple trains back home to Oberursel. ~Ceren
Habt ihr die Mainzelmännchen gesehen?