By Noah and Remy
Today we were sent out on our own to visit an attraction of our choice. We gathered at half past nine and made our way to the chosen locations. One group went to the National Library, one to the National Gallery and our group to the Royal Botanic Garden. We walked about 30 minutes to the garden, where we entered through the East Gate. At the entrance there was a disinfectant mat, on which we had to disinfect the soles of our footwear. As we made our first footsteps, a staggering landscape full of green and bright colors presented itself to us. A pond with water lily and a variety of water birds, a Chinese hillside with Chinese architecture and a Buddhist shrine as well as colossal trees and pretty flowers were part of our walk through the garden.
We then all felt the need of a well deserved rest, so we moved to the garden’s cafe, where we had coffee and scones. Reenergized, we headed to the bus station. 20 minutes on the bus later, we were back in the city center, where we were to meet the rest of the class at one o.c. Having a remaining 30 minutes, we had lunch.
The whole class reassembled, the different groups exchanged quickly what they had done with their morning. Then, the majority of the class, including us, wanted to spend the rest of the day at the beach. So we took the bus to Porto Bello. Arriving at the beach, after walking a few minutes from the bus station, we didn’t waste any time and changed into our swimming clothes. Some ran straight into the tremendously icy water (14°C) and some took themselves a little more time to surrender to the bitterly cold waters. After the swim, we changed back into our warm & cozy clothes and sought shelter at a coffee place, where we had tea and hot chocolate. After we regained a stable body temperature, we went back to the bus and got back to the apartments. At 6:30, the whole class met again to eat dinner together to end the day nicely.
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