Melbourne Grammar School 2018

Before we begin, we would like to extend our gratitude to the Whitson Family as well as Mr. Gioia and the school for providing us with this opportunity to experience international exchange. Our trip to Melbourne Grammar School in Melbourne, Australia was a once in a lifetime opportunity, and we cannot put into words how grateful we are.

Arrival and Week 1 (Luke): Joseph Perazzini and I (Luke Bernatavitz) left for Melbourne, Australia on June 11 and arrived on June 13. After many hours of travel, we were both exhausted. Our host families met us in the airport, and we went our separate ways. For the first few days, our host families allowed us to relax and prepare for school the next week. Our host brothers, Aran and Lochie, took us into Melbourne to show us around the city. The day before school began, we both visited the uniform shop to receive our school attire. The first day of school began with meeting members of our houses. Joseph was a member of Ross House and I was in Witherby House. We shadowed our brothers for a day or two until we had personal time tables. Everyone was extremely welcoming and helpful in making us feel welcome during our first week at Melbourne Grammar School. Our families also bought tickets to a P!nk concert and Lochie's family took us to see Kangaroos in the wild. Following that,we went to a unique Asian restaurant where we were able to choose our dishes straight off the cart. We choose kangaroo and crocodile among other things.

 After the first week, we both felt confident and ready to dive into all that this exchange would offer us.

Week 2 (Luke): The second week was one of the busiest for us in Australia. We both received our respective time tables and started our classes. I began training with the soccer team before school on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and Joseph began basketball. Lochie's uncle took us to his farm during the week. It was atop a hill adjoining a national park. We were determined to find a koala, but did not succeed in doing so. However, we were able to see Rock Wallabies, Kangaroos, and many other incredible animals. On Saturday, I played in my first soccer game with the blokes, which we were extremely excited to win, since it was against a rival school. The next day, we traveled to the Ballarat gold mines. We spent the day panning for gold, walking through old mine shafts, and going on tours of the town. Our second week was certainly one to remember. 

Week 3 (Luke): Our third week was incredible. We began the week with a trip to the Healsville Wildlife Sanctuary. We had the privilege of spending the day seeing the incredible indigenous animals of Australia. Among the animals we were able to see were Tasmanian Devils, Wombats, and Australian Dingos. The night before visiting Healsville, we spent the night at Lochie's family farm, which was another fantastic view into undisturbed wildlife. That Friday, we went with Lochie to an Australian Rules Football (AFL) match. Fortunately, we had picked an exceptional night to attend an AFL match. Our team, Richmond, was victorious, and all the locals said we had attended the game of the year. On Saturday evening, we went with Aran's family to eat Korean Barbecue. 

Week 4 (Joseph): Our final week was a very busy week at the school, with school really kicking back into session for them. While we didn't get to go on any of the journeys we had gone on earlier in the trip, we were able to explore more of the city. In this journey to the city we were able to visit the Asian center of the city, trying and eating a blended cuisine of the Aussies and Asians. With the school week being pretty busy it was littered with different house events which both Luke and I got to participate in. These include the house Nerf football throw, Call of Duty tournament, the debate competition, and chapel. However, the most anticipated event of the week was the house cross country. Every person who was able bodied was required to race across the Yarra river and around the beautiful botanical gardens,which I had seen earlier in the trip,to earn huge points for the house competition and to determine who was the fastest in the school. Both Luke and I ran and had good finishes, helping score much needed points for our new house mates. As our trip neared an end, we attended the Melbourne Film Festival with Mrs. Dowd (Lochie's mom) . The film was about the Kimberley, a huge hub for aboriginal and indigenous culture, something that is very important to the Aussies. This film along with the speaker, a young aboriginal man, gave us an insight to life in the Kimberley and aboriginal culture. In our last two days in Australia we said our goodbyes to our host families and our house mates, finishing all our schoolwork and getting more tim tams and cherry ripes to bring back to our families back in the state. The final day, the Dowd's took me to St. Kilda Beach, where we ate our final meal together and enjoyed the beautiful Australian sunset before my early journey. The next morning, I said my final goodbyes before I headed off to the airport around 4:30 in the morning. We arrived in Sydney around 7:30 in the morning, where we got a quick glimpse of the Sydney Tower, the second tallest observation tower in the Southern Hemisphere. We boarded the plane to the Houston getting in around 10:00 the same morning. While saddened by our departure, we were thankful we got to experience Australia. 

We would like to express our immense thanks for this experience, as it will be one that sticks with us for a lifetime. Not very many kids can ever say they have been to Australia let alone out of the country, so we would like to thank everyone who made this possible for us. Australia is always one of those places as a kid where you want to visit but realize it may never happen because of how far away it is from the states, yet we were given the opportunity and it definitely lived up to everything we hoped it could have been. Thank you so much for this experience and enjoy all the amazing photos from our amazing trip. Cheers and G'Day!

Bishops Diocesan College

Cape Town, South Africa Exchange Summer 2018

Week 1


My name is Alexander Hasse, and this summer I visited Cape Town, South Africa on a Warner Exchange Grant. The first week my host family picked me up at the Johannesburg Airport. Then, we immediately headed to the Kruger National Park for the school holiday. The Kruger National Park was one of the most extensive national parks in all of South Africa. My host family and I drove around and looked for wild animals from the safety of our car. The big five is what every tourist in the park hopes to see on their visit. I saw the big five (lions, leopards, rhinoceroses, elephants, and buffaloes). Along with those animals, I saw cheetahs, zebras, giraffes, hyenas, and hippos. I was able to see the beauty in the African bush surrounded by the native wildlife. It was really interesting to see the anti poaching people patrolling the park. Rhino horns are very valuable, and people try to take them from the Rhinos in the park. Our rental house bordered the Sabie river inside the national park. Still being jet lagged, I was able to watch the sunrise most mornings. It was amazing being able to see the animals in their natural habitat rather than in the Nashville Zoo at Grassmere. My host family taught me how to brai meat while in the park. I learned that having a brai was a very social event in South Africa.







Week 2


For my second week, we returned to Cape Town. My family lived in Newlands which is right across from the national cricket stadium. My host family took me to the top of table mountain where I could see the entirety of Cape Town and where the Atlantic and Indian Oceans meet. Table Mountain is one of the seven wonders of nature. My host family also took me to Muizenberg, a local beach, where I learned how to surf. I found it interesting that they have shark spotters at the top of the cliffs to look for sharks. I also visited the waterfront which is where the harbor was, and the waterfront is modeled after San Francisco's waterfront area. Later in the week, it was Mandela day, and it was recommended that every citizen does 67 minutes of community service. I accompanied my host family to their synagogue where we made peanut butter sandwiches. These sandwiches were later given out to people in the townships. There was a strong feeling of community, and Mandela’s influence was felt even though he is gone.











Week 3


In my third week of holiday, my host family brought me to Betty’s Bay, a small beach town. We were able to go see the penguins right next to the beach. It was a very relaxing weekend before school began. My host brother took me to a Comic Con Convention at the event center. I was able to see all the video games they play in Cape Town like Fortnite,Counter Strike, and Overwatch. I also visited the Cape Town Comedy Festival at the University of Cape Town. There were comedians from around the world. It was particularly difficult though to understand the South African humor.








Week 4


In my first week of school, I found that the South African education system different from MBA’s curriculum They learned their subject matter over their four years in high school gradually instead of taking specific classes. For example, one week they would learn geometry, and the next they would be learning calculus. It was very interesting being in an Afrikaans class. Afrikaans, being a Germanic language, made it possible for me to pick up on some of the meanings of words because I have taken two years of German. I also began playing field hockey. I was put on the sixth under 16 field hockey team. I had never played field hockey. It was a completely foreign sport to me. It was refreshing trying a sport that I had no previous experience playing.





Week 5 and 6


In my second and third weeks of school, I went on a hop on hop off red bus tour where I was able see the city with the other exchange students from across the world. I visited a lot of the beaches like Hout Bay, Muizenberg, and Betty’s Bay. There were people selling beautiful street art. In my last field hockey game against Reddam, my field hockey team won for the first time in their season 4-1. On my last day of school, my host dad took me to Robben Island where Mandela was in prison for 27 years. It was a very informative trip learning about the apartheid era in South Africa. My host dad told me that he thought it would be interesting for me, but he thought that the history of the apartheid movement and Robben Island was very shameful for the people from South Africa.





Cape Town was very different from Nashville. In Cape Town the amount of poverty was staggering. The unemployment rate was very high. There were people begging for money at every robot, and people willing and eager to do anything for money. For example, random strangers would guard my host family’s car for the smallest amount of money in the grocery store parking lots. My host family’s house was surrounded by a wall with an electric fence lining the top. My exchange brother was taken aback that my house in Nashville has little to no security. The drought in Cape Town was very serious as well. I was limited to 50 liters per day. The citizens in Cape Town were very frugal about using their water. This exchange experience was a once in a lifetime experience, and I am now able to see life through a different lense after being fully immersed in another culture.





Staying in a home with five people in it was also different for me. During my whole life it has always been my mom and me. It was really awesome having two little host sisters and a host brother to hang out with. I forged an especially meaningful connection with my host dad. He was genuinely interested in me and my ambitions and interests in life. By the end of the trip, I looked at him as a father figure in my life. Since my exchange, we stay in touch daily. Although he may not know it, he has had a profound influence on me.





I would like to thank the Warner family for making this wonderful experience possible, and I would also like to thank Mrs. Scholer for helping organize the trip.

Christ's College

Exchange to Christchurch, New Zealand 2018


Carlos Soria-Garcia, Jonathan Brown, and I traveled a total of thirty six hours to Christchurch, New Zealand this summer. Once we arrived in the Christchurch airport, we were greeted by our individual host families. Carlos and I stayed together for the whole trip and the first two weeks we stayed with Finn Brokenshire who lived next to the bay of Taylor's Mistake, and for the last two weeks we stayed in countryside of Christchurch with Ollie Breckenridge. Jonathan stayed in the bay of Sumner for the whole trip with Sebastian Ferguson. For the first week of our trip, Christ's College was still on winter break, so after a couple of days of rest to make up for the jet lag we took a three day trip to Queenstown, New Zealand for skiing and other tourist activities. We had a great time in Queenstown and our generous host families took us skiing for one day and on the other two days we rode on the shotover jet through a canyon and played Frisbee golf.

After our first week in New Zealand, we began school on Monday. On the first day we went to our hosts, classes and experienced a curriculum much different to that of MBA's. Our hosts took classes such as film studies, mechanical technology, and tri-science, which is a rigorous course taken by the top students in which three different science courses are taught over the year. The other boys at the school were all very nice and we had a good time getting to know new people. On the weekends our hosts took us to rugby games, hiking, and to various zoos and tourist destinations in the vicinity of Christchurch.

As the trip came to a close, we all prepared for the long trip home. Although we did not look forward to the thirty plus hour trip, the trip was truly a once in a lifetime experience that provided us with a broader world view and perspective that we will never forget. We would like to thank both the Warner family and MBA for this incredible opportunity and hope to encourage others to take advantage of these trips in the future.

Eton College Exchange 2018

Introduction

My interest in the Eton exchange began when my good friend, Joe Spear, was abroad on his exchange at Eton. He spoke very highly of it, and the differences between MBA and Eton, that he mentioned, were very intriguing to me. Joe was a great help to me when writing my application for the Eton exchange, as he gave me in-depth details about his experiences at Eton College, which were much more valuable than anything I could possibly find on the school's website itself; however, the information on Eton's website was not lack-luster. Founded in 1440 by King Henry VI, Eton College has housed many famous people, such as Winston Churchill, Prince Harry and William, Bear Grylls, George Orwell, and former PM, David Cameron.

The yard in front of my math building

School Yard

The chapel (right building)

Academics

While at Eton College, I took German, Economics, Biology, and Math. Both the schedule and the way the classes were taught were a bit unusual to me. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, school ended from 5:10 to 6:00pm, but on Tuesdays and Thursdays, school ended at lunch, which was at 1:15pm. Eton uses a rotating schedule, which was much better than I thought it would be. German class took a little time to get used to, as it was much different than what we do at MBA. German was broken up into two separate classes, Culture/Film and Grammar/Vocab. Both of these classes were taught largely in English, which came as a surprise to me, as I am used to only being allowed to speak in German at MBA. The way math was taught was also very different from how it is taught at MBA. The reason the class was just called math was because it covered a multitude of subjects. I learned Calculus, Statistics, and some Algebra. Even though the classes were a bit different, I had a great deal of fun in them. The teachers were fantastic people and very passionate in the way they taught.

Extra-Curriculars

Since Eton allowed us so much time during our day, there were a lot of different activities that we could do. The boys in the Manor house invited me to play Field game with them. Field game is a game that was created at Eton and is like a mixture between soccer and rugby. Everyone told me that there were too many rules to Field game, and the seniors told me that they didn't even fully understand the game after having been at Eton for 5 years. Although the rules were a little complicated, Field game was a lot of fun, because we looked like a bunch of fools chasing a ball. Another fantastic activity I did was Beagling. Beagling is an activity in which you set a trail using a cloth, soaked in fox urine and attached to a string. There are many students whose jobs were to keep the pack of beagles from straying off from the trail. Another exchange student from Boston and I just watched everyone. After a couple of hours, we went back to the bus we took to go beagling, had a snack, and headed back to school. Just like MBA, Eton had a great deal of speakers come. I was fortunate to listen to some fantastic speakers. I heard a Senior Michelin Star Inspector speak about the whole process behind Michelin Stars and their restaurant list. David Cameron came and spoke as well, which was an amazing experience. He spoke about Brexit, immigration in the UK, and his experience as the prime minister.

The pack of beagles that were lead on the trail

My Travels

During my school break, my father flew out to London, and we visited London and Edinburgh. At first, we visited museums and other touristy places in London, but we later went to an extremely anticipated soccer match. My dad was able to get us tickets to see the Arsenal vs. Tottenham game at Wembley stadium, which was awesome to say the least. The stadium was packed, and the fans were chanting an array of cheers they had specifically for both teams. The energy in the stadium made the match much more enjoyable. After we finished our time in London, we took a train to Edinburgh to explore a bit of our family history, as my grandmother is from a small town just outside of the city. We went to see the Six Nations game of France vs. Scotland the next day. I got the full Scottish experience there: below 0 degree weather and an environment full of rowdy, drunken Scots. The next day we went to the town where my grandmother lived, Tyninghame.

The Arsenal vs. Tottenham game

Tyninghame house, where my grandmother lived

View of the coast at Tyninghame

My Takeaway

My exchange to Eton was one of the greatest experiences of my life. Getting to learn about about life in England and at one of the greatest schools in the UK was an amazing experience, as I am thinking about going to the UK to pursue my career. I cannot thank the Warner family, Mr. Gioia, Dr. Boyd, and Mrs. Scholer enough for giving me this opportunity. I greatly appreciate their generosity and help in setting up my exchange.

Michaelhouse Exchange

Michaelhouse Exchange - KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - Joel Elasy and Zach Garfinkel



Our host family, the Baus

Week 1: We arrived in Johannesburg late August 10th after a grueling 25 hours of travel in preparation for our exchange at Michaelhouse. One of our host families, the Baus, greeted us at the airport and took us to their house outside of Johannesburg. Both the Baus and our other host family, the Ramsays, welcomed us into their homes and gave us a glimpse into South African life during our first week. Some interesting activities that we got experience in this first week included The Lion Park outside of Johannesburg, the Apartheid Museum, a city tour of Johannesburg on a double-decker bus, an exotic marketplace in the inner city of Johannesburg, and FNB stadium, the 2010 World Cup final stadium. Some South African food we tried that we really enjoyed included biltong, koeksusters and milk tart.

Weeks 2-4: After a great week of introduction in “Joburg” with our host families, we rose early on the 16th to drive 5 hours out of the province of Gauteng and into the KwaZulu-Natal midlands, where lies Michaelhouse school, our home for the next three weeks. Upon arrival, we were amazed by the school’s main facade’s striking similarity to that of a castle. The first night, only a few hours after our arrival, we had to attend chapel in our traveling clothes, which made us stand out in the sea of black coats, a part of Michaelhouse “Number 1’s,” or their nicest uniform reserved for coming/leaving campus, chapel, and special events. The next day, we got outfitted for all our uniforms, including the sport uniform, the day uniform, the cold clothes that can be worn over the sport uniform, and of course the “Number 1’s.” We also got our fingerprints scanned to get in and out of buildings and got our new Michaelhouse clothes washed. Now set as Michaelhouse students, we blended in nicely and began to make friends with the students close to our exchange partners. Zach was in Pascoe house, boarding with fellow C blockers, the Sophomore equivalent, while Joel stayed in Farfield house with B blockers, the Junior equivalent. Both of us were in 2 person rooms, and both liked our roommates. While Joel enjoyed a nice view from his 4th floor window, he had to travel down and then back up 3 floors just to use the bathroom or shower. Both of us by the end of the trip came to love our houses and were very sad to leave.


In our Number 1's

That second day was also the first day of sports. Since we came at the beginning of the Term, (Quarter) that day was soccer tryouts. Since hundreds of kids were trying out for 23 total teams across 4 age groups, we were easily lost in the crowd. This resulted in a 5th team finish for each of us, which ended of being a really fun group. Their fixtures for soccer occur each Saturday morning, so we got to play our first week. Zach was asked to play up to 4th team for a half as a test, and he didn’t disappoint. In just 15 minutes, he both contributed an assist and broke his wrist. This was devastating at the time, but looking back, it wasn’t too bad. Zach got a glimpse of the South African hospital system, which wasn’t as bad as expected. Within an hour of the break, I was back on campus in a cast and a sling. The wrist made boarding life much more difficult, especially with uniforms that include buttons, ties, zippers, belts, and shoelaces. Thankfully, Zach had Joel to cut his food and tie his ties.


Joel at the Michaelhouse game reserve


During school days, we would attend the classes we want or just follow around a friend. We visited a wide range of classes including math, economics, geography, English, biology, and of course Afrikaans, the class which we visited the most. On Mondays, there was an assembly that was extremely similar to that of our school, with students, faculty, and guests all speaking. After classes we would either attend our sports practice or go up into Michaelhouse’s private game reserve, property bordering the campus that extends up into the mountains. From the top of the mountain, you could overlook the campus as well as spot zebra, monkeys, and serval roaming the high grass. Afterward, we would go to the tuckshop, their version of the snack bar, to load up on tuck for the night. Then, we rushed back each day as did all on the race for the showers. Later, we had to put the day uniform back on for dinner before we returned to the dorms for 3 hours of prep, what they call homework. After that, our day ended with time to brush teeth before we sleep.


Boarding meant that we were eating 3 meals a day at the school. We quickly realized how nice MBA’s dining hall is as well as the food selection is in comparison. We are both very excited for MBA lunches once school starts.





Nambiti Game Reserve: On our last weekend at the school, we got to go on leave to the Nambiti game reserve and N’Daka Lodge about 2 hours from Michaelhouse. We went with the other exchange students from Michaelhouse, 2 of whom were from Australia, and one who was from Scotland. We also met other exchange students from St. Annes, Michaelhouse sister school. We arrived at Nambiti on a Saturday afternoon and immediately left to go on our first game drive. These game drives were 3 hours long, which at first seems long, but getting to see a myriad of wild animals, in addition to seeing the beautiful sunrise and sunset, made the long drive worth it. On our first drive, we saw mostly giraffe and zebra, while also encountering a pack of elephants that gave us a brief scare when about 20 of them aggressively approach us, although our guide reassured us that it was just a result of their momentum taking them down the hill.


We did not get much sleep that night, as we arose Sunday morning at 5:30 to go on our next drive. While it was quite early and also quite cold, we got to see the sunrise, which reminded us of the opening scenes of The Lion King. The goal of our next two drives was to see the entire Big 5, which includes lion, water buffalo, rhino, elephant and leopard. We got lucky, seeing all 5 of these animals on Sunday. In addition to these animals we saw many others, ranging from hippo to kudu to warthog.

After a long day Sunday, we woke up again early Monday to go on our last drive. The highlight of this drive was definitely having a lion walk right by our vehicle, so close that we could have reached out and touched it. Nambiti and N’Daka lodge was an awesome was to end our time in South Africa, and definitely will be remembered as one of the highlights of our trip.


Us with the Pascoe boys


Final Days: After returning from Nambiti, we had a few days left before we began our journey back home. These days were difficult, as we had to say leave the people that we formed friendships with during our trip. On our last day, our friends gave both of us South African flags that everyone signed so we would remember our trip. The soccer team we played with also got us jerseys that they all signed. These gifts will be great ways for us to remember our trip for a long time.



Thank You: Thank you to the Warner Family, Mrs. Scholer, Dr. Gioia, our parents, our host families and all of the “good oaks” in South Africa for making this trip possible. We had a great time, and will not soon forget the memories made during our time at Michaelhouse.

Christ Church Grammar School Exchange 2018

Flight over

We started our trip with an enormously long journey to Perth, Australia. We left Nashville on a Friday afternoon and arrived LA at night. We spent several hours hanging out in the International terminal and eating PF Changs. We left LA at midnight at tried our best to sleep for the first few hours of our flight. We were able to finish several movies on our flight and spent time discussing our excitement for our adventure ahead. We landed in Melbourne around six in the morning and rushed to our next gate. We were held up for a while in customs but were finally able to make it through. We were very tired on our final flight but were served a very nice in-flight meal. Our host families were able to greet us at our gates and welcomed us to the country. We spent the rest of our day relaxing around the house and getting over our jet lag. Both of our families took us sight seeing around the city and we made sure to stay up late that night to get over our jet lag.

School Experiences 

At Christ Church Grammar School, we were year ten students and spent the day taking sophomore classes. Our classes included Marine Science, Design and Technology, Psychological and Spiritual Development, PE, Sport Science, and other core curriculum. At CCGS, it is a block schedule and all classes are 50 minutes long. Everyday we brought our own lunches and would eat in the quad since there was no formal dining hall. Two days a week we would attend rugby practice after school at their training facility. We were a part of the year 10 team and played in two games. Our American football experience lead us to be star players on their team. 

Home Experiences

Both of us had the privilege to stay with kind and open families. Joe had three host brothers and would spend time playing xbox with them at night. They also had two smaller dogs named bobby and billy. Joe's host mom would make delicious dinners every night and we would discuss our days at the dinner table. Alex had two host brothers and a host sister. We would spend most of our time throwing the football or walking around the neighborhood. Also, the whole family loved learning about American gun laws, Trump, and life in America during dinner conversations. 

Week 1

We spent week 1 adjusting to our new schedule and battling jet lag. We were both able to experience the Perth Zoo and see the deadly wild animals that roam Australia and the countries surrounding Australia. We saw a multitude of animals, including kangaroos, koalas, dingoes, quokkas, tigers, and kookaburras.  Joe's host family took him to their beef farm outside Perth. There he was able to experience the Australian country side. On Thursday nights. Alex's family went to the Rugby club and would eat dinner there.  

Week 2

During this week, Alex and Joe would spend afternoons exploring downtown Perth. We also attended rugby practice to prepare for the games the following week. We took the bus and train around Perth to see the sights. While exploring, we discovered a delicious sushi restaurant in the middle of downtown. That weekend we watched the state of origin rugby game at Alex's host families house Also, we played a rugby match that weekend. 

Week 3

This week was probably our busiest.  We both had tests and themes in school.  Also, we went to a footy match and watched the West Coast Eagles versus the Essen-don Jets.  On the weekend, Joe and Alex went to Joe's family's farm in Yallingup, which is about three hours south of Perth. At the farm we enjoyed feeding large shire horses and billy goats. We also went canoeing in their pond before traveling to the beaches in Busselton and walked on the longest jetty in the Southern hemisphere.  Finally, we took the ferry to a nearby island called Rottsnest, which is in inhabited by quokkas.  

First off, we would like to thank the Warner Family, Mr. Gioia, and Mrs. Scholer for giving us the opportunity to go on this life changing experience. We loved every minute of our trip and will remember it for the rest of our lives. 

Lindisfarne College Exchange Blog

Lindisfarne College Exchange by Jackson Link and Ian Hall

First we would like to thank the Warners, Mr. Gioia, Mrs. Scholer, and the school for giving us the spectacular experience.

After skipping an entire day when we crossed the international date line, we arrived in Napier and met our exchange hosts. The first thing we did when we went home is turn on the test rugby match between the All-blacks vs France. We both were very exhausted and barely made it through the explanation of how the sport works. That Monday we went to school where we discovered a school with some similarities and many differences than MBA. The boys had a tight brotherhood similar to MBA and supported their friends in "exchanges" where they played multiple sports against the same school. We were able to practice Rugby and Ian was able to play in a game.




On the weekends and over our school holiday we were able to travel to places such as Wellington Rotorua, and Lake Taupo. In Wellington, we toured around the wellington visited Te papa the national museum of New Zealand. In Rotorua, Jackson went Luge racing, ATV Riding, and Geothermal Spring touring while Ian was also able to see a sheep show and a Maori cultural presentation.

Finally, we again would like to thank the Warners, Mr. Gioia, and the school for this life-changing opportunity. We also would like to thank our host families for opening their homes to us and making us feel comfortable and like we were at home. The memories and friendships we made at Lindisfarne will never be forgotten.