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Avoimet ovet –koulupäivä 28.11.09 | Syksy 2009 | Tuula Teeri on Vuoden munkkalainen |  |
International competition in sciences Tallinn
We left the school at 12.26, because Leo was late. Our ferry toward Estonia left the harbour at 2.30pm. On board we changed into our formal clothes for the opening ceremony, and the euros in our wallets were exchanged into kroons. When we arrived in Tallinn, a bus took us to the Gustav Adolf Gümnasium where we ate chicken with rise or potatos. After lunch the opening ceremony began. We heard the headmasters' speeches and some beautiful music performances from the students of Gustav Adolf Gümnasium. After the ceremony the bus took us to the hotel, where the teachers briefly prepped us for the test. It was late and everyone was kind of hungry, so we ordered some pizzas and hang around in the lobby. Transformers was on TV (with Estonian subtitles). After the movie we went to our rooms to get some rest before the test next day.
October 27
In the morning we ate some breakfast at the hotel. Then the bus came to pick us up for the exams. We had four hours to do the exams and after that we had lunch at the school canteen.
Then we had a guided tour around the old town and we had some free time. We walked around the city of Tallinn and shopped.
In the evening we had a concert at Vanalinna Muusikamaja. From there we went to the water party. There were some snacks and music. We went to the sauna and chatted with students from the other countries.
Later we had a toga party with all the other competitors of the olympiad. We had a great time and we are looking forward to next years olympiad in Riga.
October 28
After a good lunch we had a lot of free time before our departure, so we decided to roam around the old town to check out some cafés or just to admire the sights.
When we felt like we were done with that we found our way back to the school to catch the bus. Since we had so much time left I made up my mind to conquer the upright piano at the hallway to have a little concert of my own. Being a school hallway, the acoustics weren't too great, but the audience I had didn't seem to mind.
Once it was time to step into the coach we bid our farewell to the Gustav Adolfi Gümnaasium and were on our way to the port. It wasn't even half an hour after the coach had dropped us at the terminal D when we received a message from the Tallinn headmaster, saying that a piece of our luggage had been swapped with one from the Lithuanian students. It turned out they were two identical bags, only difference being a flight tag on the other. What were the odds? Anyway, the luggage eventually found their correct owners, fortunately before the plane the Lithuanians were to board took off. I can't imagine the hassle it would have been if the incident had been discovered an hour later.