Göttingen Accordiing to Alina

## ***Introduction to Göttingen***

1. **Education**
	* 20% of population are students, and 30,000 people move to study here.
	* There are 44 nobel prize winners who got an education in Göttingen before.
2. **Old**
	* There are 4 old churches in the city.
	* There are also some traditional university buildings.
	* You can see many half-timbered houses everywhere,.
3. **Deliver**
	* There are lots of people from different countries, so cultures there are really various.
4. **Bicycle**
	* There are many cyclists on the streets.
5. **Healthcare**
	* The hospital is one of the best in the surroundings and Germany.

## ***School Life in Göttingen***

1. **Number of students in a class**
	* In Göttingen, there are usually 20 to 30 students in a class.
	* There are 22 students in Lilien's class.
2. **Course subject**
	* Here are the main course subjects they have: German, English, geography, biology, math, history, chemistry, elective classes, music, physics, politics, PE(sports).
3. **School day**
	* 7:50-13:00 (sometimes 15:00)
	* 3 lessons: 90 min each
	* breaks: 20 min each
	* lunch time : 45min long
4. **Homework**
	* It's up to different subjects.
	* It often takes Lilien 20 minutes to 3 hours.
5. **Options after graduation**
	* go out after 13th grade: study at a university/ work/ study abroad/ travel
	* go out after 10th grade: pratical training/ work/ economic volunteering
	* go abroad as an Au pair
6. **Three tips for exchange students**
	* Remember to have a deeper understanding of the culture in Kunming, such as the traffic rules.
	* Try to learn about the languages in Kunming ---- Chinese, even Kunming dialects.
	* Please adapt the local food, which has a big difference in Western food.

## ***An Excursion in Göttingen***

1. **Activity 1**
	* Time: 10:00 am
	* Attraction/activity: Gänseliesel
	* Introduction: It is surronded by water, and you can visit the old Town Hall there.
	* Reason: It's a signature sign of Göttingen, and everyone should visit it once. In addition, It's really interesting.
2. **Activity 2**
	* Time: 10:30 am
	* Transportation: walk
	* Attraction/activity: Kaffehus
	* Reason: You can taste lots of nice tradition German food there.
3. **Activity 3**
	* Time: for 5 minutes after that
	* Transportation: walk
	* Attraction/activity: old botanical garden
	* Reason: That's interesting to see flowers and compare them with the one in Kunming.
4. **Activity 4**
	* Time: 12:20 pm
	* Transportation: bus
	* Attraction/activity: European Bread Museum
	* Reason: When you get into it, you can make bread by yourself. That's full of fun.
5. **Activity 5**
	* Time: 4:00 pm
	* Transportation: bus
	* Attraction/activity: visit the old churches
	* Reason: You can deepen your understanding of the culture and architecture.
6. **Activity 6**
	* Time: 6:00 pm
	* Transportation: bike
	* Attraction/activity: Kiessee
	* Reason: It's pretty beautiful in the evening, especially the sunset. There is a big lake, and you can take pedal boats there.You also can go cycling along the bicycle path, and you can enjoy yourselves by the river.
7. **Tips to make the Göttingen excursion greener**
	* Eat local and not to pollute the environment.
	* Don't litter on the ground, and remember to classify the garbage.
	* Travel with reusable things but not the one-use things.

## ***Food In Göttingen***

1. **Name:** *Käsespätzle*
2. **Introduction:** a kind of cheese noodles
3. **Ingredients:**  noodles, eggs, spices, milk, butter, sliced onions, shredded cheese
4. **Steps:**
	* 1st bowl: Mix up dry ingredients with flour.
	* 2nd bowl: Stir eggs until pluffy.
	* Add flour mix into the 2nd bowl until smooth.
	* Keep for 30 min.
	* Put it into a pot with some salt water.
	* Use a Spatzle-tool until it is boiled (float on the top).
	* Then, remove it with slotted spoon.
	* Put it into a seperate bowl again.
	* Put cheese on the top.
	* Move it onto the melt butter and pan.
	* Put onions at the top until they're golden.
	* Put everything together.
	* Serve it while it's hot. At that time, cheese are still melted, and noodles are still hot.
5. **Eating habits:** People like to eat salt food.

## ***Festivals in Germany***

1. **The most important festival:** Christmas
2. **The 2nd important festival:** Easter
	* **Time**: It happens on the 1st Sunday after the 1st full moon after the spring equinox, and often takes places on March or April. What's more, it lasts for 4 days.
	* **Family activities**:
		+ (1) Green Thursday: It is the time for Christians to hold some great activities.
		+ (2) Friday (Karfreitag): There is no work, and people don't eat meat that day.
		+ (3) Easter Saturday: There is still no school and work. people often blow out and color up the eggs. After that, they hang out the colorful eggs when dry.
		+ (4) Sunday: Easter Day---- Easter bunnies come out. In the morning, parents hide lots of eggs and some presents in the gardens, at home, etc. Then, children have fun searching for them. After a while, they have Easter Osterlamm, a kind of cake that looks like a lamb, for breakfast.
	* **Events and activities in the city**:
		+ (1) For the whole week, an Easter market holds. you can buy some handicrafts, decorations and so on.
		+ (2) On Sunday, everyone depends on each other and holds a bonfire, where people meet up and eat something while firing.
		+ (3) In the morning, there is always a church event for Easter.
	* **Best memory for Lilien:** This year is her first time to hide the eggs and then her family and other children looked for the eggs.
	* **General opinion about this festival:** Everyone has a great time with family. It's relaxing that there is a 2-week holoday with no school. It's also so popular that almost all the people celebrate it with no religion.
3. **Other Foreign festivals:**
	* **Name:** Thanksgiving
	* **Activity:** have a Thanksgiving dinner with friends
	* **Feeling:** It's never enough to have an opportunity to meet your loving ones.
	* **Opinion:** It's OK to celebrate these foreign festivals. Because we can get to know other cultures and festivals, and we should appreciate these cultures.