b'I woke up at 2:45am and madepaying attention to the lesson, and were onMall, which we would visit later on in the trip. DAY 1 my way to school to betheir phones! When walking around school,While there, we went to the Cheesecake collected by the coach, ready for the long daywe were treated like celebrities as studentsFactory; the food there was amazing with ahead. Most of us were talking the wholewould ask to take photos and even ask formost of us eating cheesecake for dinnerit journey about how amazing the trip was goingautographs. It was a very different atmospherewas very filling.to be! We checked in at the airport, wentto a British school and felt like the film High Day 5 saw us not wake up as through security and had some time to spare,School Musical. Also, their school days areDAY 5 early as the previous two days so most of us went to get food and snacks forstructured differently to oursthey have sevenas we were going to the NASA Johnson the plane. The journey was 10 hours long,periods with one lunch break, which was 30Space Centre. Firstly, we travelled to the high which most of us spent watching films orminutes long.school to pick up the American students, and sleeping; we had access to unlimited snacksthen on to the centre. We explored the and drinks during the flight, which was great.complex and read about the history of NASA Finally, we landed, went through the borderbefore going on a tour of all the work behind and customs guards and were on the coachthe scenes of employees there. to the hotel.Upon arriving at the hotel, we were greeted byAfter that, we went to what felt like the largest Mrs McMahon and Principal Stewart. We weregas (petrol) station in the world, Buc-ees. It given goodie bags, cookies and our ID cardswas like a whole supermarket inside a gas to enter the school. After that, we unpackedstation. At Buc-ees, we had lunch as well as our bags and settled into our huge rooms (twobought snacks and souvenirs to take back to people per room). We went out for food andthe UK. We then left to go back to the hotel some shopping; we bought all the necessitiesDuring lunch, we were warned that the foodand have a pool party for Fabians birthday. for the weekdrinks and sweetsbeforewas not great; however, the chicken nuggetsWe had cake and played games in the pool, finally going to bed. were actually not that bad. Throughout, weled by Mr Sanders. Fabian and Josh won were all called over to many lunch tablesthe games! For dinner, we went to Pacific Waking up at around 8:30am,Coast Tacos, which was both a sports bar DAY 2 we ate breakfast, and got onand asked many questions and took manyand restaurant. The tacos were very spicy the coach to go to the Brazoria County Fair.pictures as many of the students had neverbut tasty and there were many baseball fans The fair was definitely one of the bestseen or spoken to a British kid before. Wewatching the game with their friends, so we moments of the trip! We went on a few ridescarried on with our lessons and finishedjoined in too.and all ate deep fried Oreosthey wereschool at 2.45pm. Afterwards, we rushed back to the hotel, got changed and wentThis was our last day at John delicious. After initially exploring the fair, we allstraight to Main Event Entertainment. At MainDAY 6 Foster Dulles High School, so went to the main show, the rodeo. During theEvent we played pool, had a big game of laserwe had to say goodbye to all of our friends in rodeo, which they call a sport, there weretag, and went on the high ropes obstaclesthe morning. We were only at school for half little children (five years old) trying to stay on acourse. For the evening meal, we went to eatthe day, so we had to make the most of it. sheep the longest. It was brutal! Also, thereat a classic American diner; it had good foodFirstly, we all had a lesson with Major Hawn were adults wrestling bulls and trying to stayand was fairly cheap. about the US military services; he showed us on top of a bucking horse, with those stayingthe shooting range that the students and staff on for the longest winning prizes. It was back to school again; we DAY 4 participated in the same lessonscan use. After this, the drama students After the rodeo, we went back into the fair,as the previous day. However, we got toshowed us their routine of 30 step, which where we competed on whoever could stayspend time with our friends in the sports hall.was very confusing as they all have to be in the longest on the mechanical bull. BarunAfter the school day, we had a footballsync and they have to memorise all of ended up winning, by staying on for at leastmatch against the Americanthe actions. We had the privilege of 45 seconds! Eventually, we left the fair andstudents. Despite the final scores,watching a rehearsal of a theatre play went out to eat at Lupe Tortilla, a Mexicanwe truly enjoyed the experience ofperformed by the students too. restaurant, where we got to make our ownplaying with an audience rootingAfter the last day of school, tacos. for us! we made our way to one For our third day, it was an earlyof the largest malls in the DAY 3 start as we had to be at JohnAfter the match, wenorthern hemisphere, Foster Dulles High School for 7:30am. We hadwent back to thethe Houston Galleria breakfast and met Major Hawn, our bus driverhotel to showerMall. We all bought for the week. We then travelled in style on ourand changesouvenirs and gifts to private yellow school bus! When we hadbefore walkingtake home including arrived at school, we were taken to theto the Firstshoes, clothes and schools library to meet our partners, who weColony Mall.basketball jerseys. We would go with to lessons. After meeting them,The mall wasate at either Raising we went straight to their lessons and I washuge but notCanes or Chick-fil-A, shocked. Most of the students were notas big as thewhich was again very Houston Galleria 48'