Chapter Eleven: The International Competitions

NEUMANN OBERSCHULE

A great burner read at the entrance of a very large compound.

The school was as big as Hamerton but, had different building styles unlike Hamerton. It had a stadium and a very large hall that was supposed to venture the whole competitions.

The school also had at least 20000 population of students, teachers and other stuff members who lived in boarding flats inside the school campus.

Natalie looked out of the window of a bus that she boarded along with others of House of Representatives from participating schools. The bus (from Neumann) came to receive them from Berlin Tegel airport. Natalie sat with Suresh Patel, the only senior who came with other Hamerton participating crew.

“New man High school.” Suresh said.

Natalie turned to him from the window, amazed.

“That’s what Neumann oberschule means.” Suresh explained.

“You speak Germanish?” she asked.

He laughed a little. “German, not Germanish. Amh, I know a few words.”

“Great. We’ll bring home that cup.”

“There’s a cup?”

“Yeah. I saw one in a brochure.”

The bus rolled on a pavement way into the school campus passing a large mass of German students who waited along the way, cheering for the guests. Natalie was excited. Her mom was right, this was the chance of her lifetime.

When the bus paused, Natalie and other people came down and were received by Neumann’s head boy; Hans Muller.

“Welcome, bienvenue.” He greeted them. “This is Neumann high school. We would be using English here so, don’t you worry.” He said and added. “Feel at home.”

They were taken for orientation and Natalie smiled through every experience. Suresh, her biggest company as well, constantly offered her translations and short descriptions about each place they visited.

At one time, she asked him. “Did you study here?”

“No.” he denied and shrugged. “I just did a little research before coming here.”

After the orientation, they were dispersed into duplex homes and given rooms. Natalie frowned after being paired with Paulina, the St. Ann Marie girl.

She was busted. 

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