In January, the German High School department went for a trip to
Malta to visit students, schools and our partner. The 5 day trip was especially
nice because of the temperature – while the temperatures in Germany dropped
close to 0°C, Malta welcomed us with lovely 16°C!
Even though it wasn’t a
holiday trip we really got the best out of it. We flew in from three different
locations – Hamburg, Berlin and Cologne. Wednesday night, the time of our
arrival, we had a lovely dinner with our partner. On Thursday
morning we started with school visits straight away. Our first school to visit
was St. Dorothy’s High School in Zebbug where we meet our students Svenja, Ida,
Anna and Kathleen. After a tour through the school we had the chance to chat
with the girls.
Afterwards we went to the English Language
Institute our partner uses to teach English to short term students. During an
information session we listened to the development of the school system in
Malta and how the English language became a big part of Maltese culture.
We enjoyed a quick snack in the
Institute’s garden and sat down to meet with the Malta High School team to
discuss the progress of the current programme and where we see chances to
improve the experience of our students who we send over.
At around 3pm we began a trekking tour with students of the
Language School that lasted until sundown. After a quick stop at our hostel we went on another tour through Rabat and Mdina for a couple of hours
and sat down with our partners for dinner in a lovely restaurant in Mdina.
The next morning we started to visit schools to see our other
students. First we went to Birkirkara to meet Florian and Katharina at St.
Aloysius School. Afterwards we went to St. Edward’s Senior High School in Birgu
to see Benja, Saba and Hetty. After Lunch and a bit of sightseeing in Valletta
we had the afternoon off. 
On Saturday, our last full day on Malta, we went to Gozo, the second biggest island in the Republic of Malta. Our guide and bus driver showed us around the island and we
saw a lot of attractions!
On Sunday we had to leave at 5am and were back in
Germany in time for lunch, but we look forward to our next visit to this beautiful island!
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