Welcome
to the blog for the Indo-German Exchange 2012 in Hamburg, Germany!
It
is the 7th of May and we have just arrived in Hamburg after spending
about nine hours in the air over two flights and three hours on land in two
continents. The journey was fine and even though a bit long, thoroughly
enjoyable thanks to some excellent in-flight entertainment. Needless to say,
each one of us is very excited to be here.
The
Indo-German exchange 2012 is taking place between two strikingly similar cities,
Hyderabad and Hamburg. Two schools from Hyderabad- Nasr and Sreenidhi
International School- and three schools from Hamburg-Gymnasium Eppendorf,
Lise-Meitner Gymnasium and Heilwig Gymnasium are participating in the exchange.
18 children from Hyderabad were paired with 18 students from Hamburg and after
a few months of communicating, the exchange finally began in January of 2012.
The aim of the program, besides promoting international friendship, is to work
on a project on renewable resources, to hopefully build the way to a better
future.
The
first phase of the program was completed between 10th and 25th
January, during which the students from Hamburg flew to Hyderabad with three of
their teachers. And now we have entered the second phase of the program, and
the 18 children from Hyderabad have finally flown to Hamburg to be reunited
with their buddies and continue their project work.
So
here is our blog, documenting our every day adventures here in Deutschland, and
providing a record of our friendship beyond borders.
