People tell you that you will never forget a school trip - and my trip to Austria has certainly given my life a new perspective and has helped to shape my future. I learned various things about myself that I never knew - some good, some bad, which I will retain into adulthood.
As we arrived at the school in the morning of Friday the 31st of March, I waited eagerly for the bus to arrive and take us to those snow-capped mountains. As soon as I had left the car I began to go through my checklist mentally, panicking. Eventually the bus arrived and everyone started to grab their luggage and dash to the carrier underneath the bus. After Zoe and I pushed eagerly through the crowd of pupils and parents, we made our way up the stairs on the bus to choose …show more content…
I went for a hot shower to relax and got dressed. I couldn’t wait for breakfast at 7am, as everyone had been talking about a breakfast buffet I was ecstatic. As I dashed down the cold, hard marble stairs, I wondered what would be available to eat thinking of how hungry I actually was even though I had eaten dinner the night before. I sat down at the table awaiting for everyone else to appear at the table. As soon as I saw them I made my way to the area with the rolls, meat and cheeses. I made three rolls with various fillings and strolled back to my table. I consumed the rolls within minutes taking a sip of water after every few bites this was partially due to the fact that I was stress eating. After everyone had eaten Mr Latta made an announcement to meet at the main entrance at 8am ready to leave for skiing. This was the moment that it all had hit me, the beautiful scenery, and the adrenaline rush while you ski, …show more content…
My fall was spectacular as I rolled down the mountain and lost both skis. I was utterly embarrassed as I was leading the group at the time. Stuart (who was the “tail-end”) had to help me back up as I couldn’t reach my skis. I was mortified. My favourite day of the week was by far the shopping day. This was purely because every year that I leave the country I buy myself a snow globe and a post card. This year I bought myself a large snow globe that had the mountain range we had been skiing on that week. It was stunning and
As we arrived at the school in the morning of Friday the 31st of March, I waited eagerly for the bus to arrive and take us to those snow-capped mountains. As soon as I had left the car I began to go through my checklist mentally, panicking. Eventually the bus arrived and everyone started to grab their luggage and dash to the carrier underneath the bus. After Zoe and I pushed eagerly through the crowd of pupils and parents, we made our way up the stairs on the bus to choose …show more content…
I went for a hot shower to relax and got dressed. I couldn’t wait for breakfast at 7am, as everyone had been talking about a breakfast buffet I was ecstatic. As I dashed down the cold, hard marble stairs, I wondered what would be available to eat thinking of how hungry I actually was even though I had eaten dinner the night before. I sat down at the table awaiting for everyone else to appear at the table. As soon as I saw them I made my way to the area with the rolls, meat and cheeses. I made three rolls with various fillings and strolled back to my table. I consumed the rolls within minutes taking a sip of water after every few bites this was partially due to the fact that I was stress eating. After everyone had eaten Mr Latta made an announcement to meet at the main entrance at 8am ready to leave for skiing. This was the moment that it all had hit me, the beautiful scenery, and the adrenaline rush while you ski, …show more content…
My fall was spectacular as I rolled down the mountain and lost both skis. I was utterly embarrassed as I was leading the group at the time. Stuart (who was the “tail-end”) had to help me back up as I couldn’t reach my skis. I was mortified. My favourite day of the week was by far the shopping day. This was purely because every year that I leave the country I buy myself a snow globe and a post card. This year I bought myself a large snow globe that had the mountain range we had been skiing on that week. It was stunning and