Bi j< Mj Kind Of Town Fridaj to daturday This journey was organized by my class-teacher Mrs. Scherhammer, because afew pupilsfrom ourschool were interested in travelling to London, thecapital of Great Britain. We left Steyr by coach, on Friday 6 April, 6.00 pm., prepared for a long, long journey to London, exactiy Wimbledon. The journey was exhausting for everyone - .1 ^nl A not only for the busdrivers. It was a pity, that ^ a |~[ J we could only get a short Impression of the ^ well-known towns along our driving route, but luckily we could see Brüssels, Europe's capital, on Saturday, early in the morning light. Many passengers couldn't sieep in the inconvient bus, so they taiked or listened to their music on their walk-men. We reached Dunkerque, a French port, 15 min. too late for the ferry to Rams gate, so we had to wait forfour hours for the next one. It was surprising to me, how many vehicies can go on a ferry . By the way, we used the Sally-üne. It was the first encounter with the sea for a few people. The sea was rough, so a few of my colleagues and I feit awfui, luckily Gerda had a medicine against being sea-sick with her. After three hours we arrived at Ramsgate, on the British Islands. We had to pass the customs there and we got a stamp in our passports, allowing us to stay in England for six months. In the early evening hours we arrived at the YMCA building in Wimbledon, a district of London. We explored the surroundings of the youth hostel, after we had checked our rooms. Late in the evening I explained the typical Austrian card game calied „Schnapsen" to a few people who were staying in the YMCA. One of them, a French girl, knew how to play the game, 'cause in France there is a game with nearly the same rules. We had a lot of fun. Near midnight the majority of our group went to bed, it had been a hard journey for everyone. (Sunday A new day was born. We started this day with an English breakfast, which was
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