The majority of the exchange group gathered on Friday for an outing to the Hessenpark, an open-air museum featuring a collection of over 100 half-timbered houses and other historic buildings from the local region. After a tour of the park, the students divided into smaller groups to participate in workshops on three traditional crafts: weaving, indigo dyeing, and half-timber construction. We then enjoyed a late buffet lunch together in one of the barn buildings before the students headed off again in various directions to spend the rest of the afternoon and evening with their exchange partners and host families.
As it turns out, the CA student assigned to write the blog post for Friday did not participate in the Hessenpark excursion, but instead traveled with her host family to Bavaria for the long holiday weekend. I’ll post her report separately as soon as I receive it. In the meantime, all the best from sunny Oberursel!
~Frau Greene