Our Trip to Portsmouth

Today was our third full day on the student exchange and we had a trip to the town of Portsmouth. Our group was picked up at eight in the morning from of ConVal High School in a school bus. During our three hour bus ride we got to chat and share experiences from the past two days, while we also got to see a lot of New Hampshires landscape around the highways. 

 Before we arrived at our destination we took a short detour up to Cape Neddick in Maine. We got a good look at the Atlantic Ocean as well as Nubble Lighthouse, which was built over 145 years ago and is definitely worth a visit. After taking some pictures and taking in the beautiful view we got back into the school bus and continued our journey down south to Portsmouth again. 

We arrived there at 11 o'clock and took a short walk to Southern Pier at Prescott Park from where our boat tour started. We sailed on a replica gundalow which was built accordingly to the originals. These firstly appeared in the mid 1600's, were used until the 19th century and shipped cargo across Piscataqua River that separates Maine from New Hampshire. On the boat
we got the learn a bunch of interesting stuff about environmental conditions, food chains in the river and navigation on the water. 

After our two hour tour we got to stroll around downtown Portsmouth for a bit. We got some gigantic sandwiches along with some of the best fries I've ever had.  Also I had my first ever Pumpkin Spice Latte and I do have to admit that I kind of get all the hype. Eventually we ran out of time and had to return to the school bus to arrive at ConVal in time.

On our way home we looked at all the pictures we had taken over the day and played some games before we parted ways when we were picked up by our hosts at the highschool. The two hours on the way back home went by really quick since we were all quite exhausted from a rushed day but I've got to say that it was totally worth it.  

- Leonhard Petrisch