New friends in Vienna! (written by Igor, 14 from Russia on September 19th 2008)

I landed in Vienna coming from my home country Russia. My grandparents gave me a language course vacation for my 14th birthday.When I arrived at the airport, the people ...

from the language school where already waiting for me in the terminal to pick me up. I was really excited, because I have seen pictures of the Summer School on the internet and I read the information material that ActiLingua had sent to my home, but I didn't really know what is expecting me. With some other students from many different countries we travelled to the school, and after I put my bags in my room, I went to check out the campus. I really liked the park that belongs to the school, with a soccer field, tennis court, beach volleyball field, and a very big garden. During the 4 weeks that I spent in Vienna, I met a lot of other guys who - like me - were into sports and we spent every free minute playing basket ball and soccer. ActiLingua also organized competitions. Me and my team, we won many times. Our teacher was really nice, and he made us laugh a lot. He always said, that it is very important for us to speak as much German as possible in class and also outside. We had many discussion in the class about different topics, that we could choose and about things that interest us. This way we also got to know our classmates better. During my time at ActiLingua Academy, I met a lot of students from all over the world, and with many of them I am still in contact.Before we went home we also exchanged photos from our time in Vienna. We have taken many funny snapshots during the karaoke evenings, and from our excursions to Salzburg and Lake Neusiedl.Many of us are going to come back next summer. Me too! And I am already looking forward to meet my old friends again and to meet new people. Maybe see you too. Igor.