Trip to the Curonian Spit and Nida

On the 18th of September we went on a trip to Nida. Even though the weather was terrible – it was cold, the wind was very strong and it was raining a lot - we still had a great time and it didn’t affect our good mood.

The day started by welcoming the students from Germany to our school. We showed them traditional Lithuanian culture – music, instruments, dancing and we even gave them some delicious Lithuanian cheese.

Because of the rain the welcoming took place inside the school

Our flags were raised by one Lithuanian and one German student

Delicious Lithuanian cheese

Traditional dances

After the ceremony, we got onto a bus and went to Klaipeda, a big city with a port. From there we used a ferry to get to Nida. When we arrived at that tiny town surrounded by sea, we went to the Neringa History Museum. The time we spent in there was divided in two parts. First we were told about the history of Nida. The second part was a little more creative – we painted weathervanes. Everyone did a great job.

Painting weathervanes

The fishers´ museum

Later in the day we had some free time. The rain was very strong so we didn’t get a chance to see much of the city. Most of the students went to a restaurant, it was a great opportunity to get to know each other.

That´s how the dunes look like with sun

And that´s how they look like with rain - what a pity!

Mrs Knepper and Mrs von Stern enjoyed the landscape anyway

 
The last place that we went to was Nida’s Amber Museum. We learnt how amber is found, how to check if amber is real and we discovered the different types of amber. Later we tried to process amber ourselves. Every person got a little piece of rough amber. Then we polished and washed it. At last we put a string through the hole that was already drilled in the middle of the little stone. And that’s how we got ourselves a beautiful necklace.

After that we went back home. Even though everyone was tired and cold, we were still very happy that we had an opportunity to visit this small city with a huge history.