From Emily: Hallstatt

One of the requirements of being in Middle School is you have to go on a two night trip to Hallstatt. Lucky for me, I loved going and felt only a little bit homesick. Here is a pretty good picture of the mountain view outside the window of the bus, and a picture of me and my friend Nele.

Our first stop was a hike 'up' a mountain. We didn't actually hike UP the mountain. We just walked on top of it. It was really cool because there were people that were jumping off the mountain with a parachute and we could see them in the distance. One guy was very scared but once he jumped he was fine. He even shouted "WOAHO!" because he was so happy. We were split up into two groups, one with Mrs. D's, Ms. Lemus and Frau Lutz's advisory (homeroom) and the rest of the advisorys were in the other group. The pictures below are (1) my friends Maya and Jonny, and (2) me in a 'picture frame' with the mountain view (Maya took that picture).

After the hike and the Ice caves, we walked back to the Hostel and set up our rooms. I was in a room with My friends Jinu and Ciele, and a girl I never met before whose name was Selma. 

We had dinner at the Hostel, and then played soccer on the Hostel's soccer field that the teachers rented for the night. What really surprised me though, is that the bus driver that drove us to Hallstatt, played soccer with us.

The next day we went to the Salt mines and shopped at Hallstatt beautiful town and then at the swam at the lake. Let me tell you about it.

The salt mine was amazing!! First we walked through the parts where the ancient salt miners once walked to collect their salt. We went on two slides, one was a short slide, the other was an enormous slide. I went on the big slide with my friend Julia. We were faster than light! After that we went on a small train ride through a tunnel.

After the salt mine, we went to the small town and went shopping. Nele and I first went to a really good ice cream shop. Then we went to a little store that sold ornaments, so I got a really nice bell ornament. Once we were done shopping, we all went on a really nice boat ride to the lake where we swam. The water was FREEZING. It was so cold, that even when my head was out of the water, I still couldn't breath.

The two pictures are, (1) the center of Hallstatts little town, and (2) The small famous church that was the center of the Hallstatt.

The end of the trip was just a long drive back to Vienna. The trip was a total success, especially since the weather was so nice. I had a great time, and I rate it five stars out of five.