This morning we met at 8:30 in the lunchroom of south high for the last time. After that we started our trip by train to the university of Minnesota, where we first had to wait for a couple of minutes before we could enter the building. Finally being inside we got a presentation from an university professor and one of his assistents, who were talking about the system of American universities and the differences between the American and the European/ German system. After we got this interesting information and asked a few questions, we split into two groups and had a tour around the campus and the most important buildings, which ended at the universities minimall where we all got free food.
Next we went to the Bell museum of natural history, which is located on the universities campus. The Bell museum shows the history of Minnesotas animal population, the environment and the changing of landscapes. The museum is famous for its dioramas. A diorama is a three-dimensional model of a frozen scene. They show the interaction of animals in their natural habitat more like a window into the nature, than like an unliving exhibit. We spent about 45 minutes inside of the museum before we took the train back to south and arrived there at 3pm.
During our last hour at south high we wrote letters for our host families to say thank you for the wonderful time we spent here in Minneapolis with you and good bye. We had a few problems finding the full addresses of everybody, but we finally managed.
So we all left the school, that hosted us for the past 9 days for the last time. There will be no school untill next monday, when we are already back in good old Germany.
We spent the rest of the day with our host families
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