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To Europe we say, so long, farewell, auf wiedersehen, goodbye...

After another sweaty few hours of sleep, we woke up to what will be our last day on the tour. We quickly ate our breakfast to meet outside our hotel for a 7:30 departure. Helmut, our tour guide,...

By Nicholas Bulley on 14 Jul 06:55

Today was N-ICE....

What a day it's been.

Today was arguably one of the most spectacular and enjoyable days of the tour. This beauty of course, comes with its respective consequences; a beautiful day exploring the...

By Woojin Lee on 13 Jul 15:10

Marching into München

Today, after a hearty German breakfast, we marched through Bavaria (Bayern) into Dachau, and Munich (München). On the schedule was the Concentration Camp at Dachau, and a guided tour of...

By Nicholas Sims on 11 Jul 06:11

Mr Fisher's Pictures

We are in Austria with only a few days of tour left. It is absolutely beautiful here and the boys are doing well. 

 

 

By Alex Fisher on 09 Jul 14:17

New Boys in Nuremberg

After a late start to the day and a hearty breakfast, the group took a leisurely bus ride driven by our great bus driver Louis to the Nazi Party rally grounds. On arrival, the boys were split into...

By Ned Stevens on 09 Jul 12:00

The BUSsiest day - Saturday the 8th of July

After a sweaty 7 or so hours of sleep, the alarms sounded to signal another day in Germany. Breakfast was nice, some boys engaging in a conversation with the breakfast lady, a woman from Leicester...

By George Osmand on 09 Jul 07:23

Wouldn't WANNSEE that conference again

After having breakfast we checked out of our inner city hotel. Our bus driver conveniently drove up slightly onto the side walk so that we could quickly get onto the bus. We arrived outside the...

By Oliver Saleh on 08 Jul 19:31

'To build a WALL between us' - Crowded House

After breakfast we got ready to walk to our coach and meet our tour guide for the day, Nikolai. Nikolai introduced himself as a Bulgarian born enthusiastic tour guide that was going to teach us...

By Darcy Bouwman on 07 Jul 16:48

Some more photos!

Here are just a few more photos from out and about. There are some from Verdun, Heidelberg, Berlin and a few from the "escape room" evening. All are making the most of what has been an incredible...

By Tom Ruddock on 06 Jul 08:33

Berlin and the Third Reich

Our second day in the bustling and open city of Berlin, was enjoyable, exciting and highly informative. As we saw the monuments and buildings we had learnt about in textbooks come to life around...

By Christopher Giordan on 05 Jul 19:23

Getting Dangerous in Deutschland

We started the day by witnessing the amazing Douaumont Fortress. It is a destroyed fortress that held great significance in the battle of Verdun. The fortress was surrounded by shell holes,...

By Joey Awad on 05 Jul 02:56

Lernin in Berlin

4th July

Today we departed from the beautiful town of Hiedelberg to the city of Berlin. Departing at approximately 8:30am, it was a 9 and a half hour bus trip (including breaks), with us arriving...

By Jack Krilis on 04 Jul 16:50

More photos from France

 

By Alex Fisher on 03 Jul 15:39

VerDUN with France

 

James 

The sleepy town of verdun in north eastern France, along the ancient border of Germany, is one of emerald canals, a relaxed populace, ancient history and of the Pyrrhic victory at...

By James Layland on 03 Jul 07:19

We saw SOMME battlefields

After breakfast we boarded our coach and met our tour guide . On the way to the battlefields we were given a brief overview of the origins and causes of WW1. We learned that the popular view that...

By Ricky Zheng on 02 Jul 16:07

Amiens

 

 

 

Peering through the window of the train carriage in which both German and Allied high command sat when signing the Armistice of Compiegne was a captivating experience…to...

By Mack Natoli-Wright on 01 Jul 16:31

Day 4: PETRO-fied of leaving Russia, but GRAD-ful that we were there

By Jack Alscher


Sorry for the late upload, we’ve been having trouble with the WI-FI as well as Newington Spaces.


A number of shoutouts should head this post: Jonah Holmes for his title of...

By Jack Alscher on 01 Jul 00:54

From Paris to the City of Love

 4 hours after the sun set over St Petersburg (10pm) the alarms in the Nevsky Breeze Hotel were going off, just in time for the the sunrise (2:30am), to catch our early our early morning...

By Daniel Baykitch on 30 Jun 16:50

More Photos From Russia

We have arrived safe and sound, and a bit tired, in Paris.

The boys have been great so far.

Some families have asked for more photos of the group, so here are a few. 

By Alex Fisher on 29 Jun 23:41

40 LADs in LeningRAD (and the teachers)

With a 5:45am meet in the lobby, the boys were ready for the next transport required for the tour. After spending a few days in Moscow with the company of Alexander, we moved on to St Petersburg...

By Raymond Huang on 29 Jun 01:34
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