Impressive is an understatement from what I saw today - students talking effortlessly in German about culture together with thier German hosts. Superb German without notes or reading from Christos! All our U.K. students have grown in confidence and ability in speaking German and I applaud them all truly for thier effort. We have ended our journey in Friedrichroda and take with us some unforgettable moments and I thank both the Perthes Gymnasium in Friedrichroda http://www.perthes-gymnasium.de/cms/ and the U.K. German Connection along with the German Pädagogischer Austauschdienst (PAD)for making this trip possible for young people!