To preface my personal highlight of the excursion, I need to remark that I share it with two frank and open-hearted people whom I didn’t know before but whom I do really appreciate as good friends now.

On Thursday evening we started having supper in my room together (‘Fünf-Minuten-Terrine’) and ended up in a cheerful discussion about several topics which unexpectedly turned into real fun afterwards.

Originally I had wanted to go to the University’s bar to watch soccer after having finished the meal, but all of us really enjoyed the unrestrained atmosphere and we just had to follow Hanno’s enthusiastic speech attentively. He entertained us incomparably! In fact, this was actually the best fun we had on this well-organised and enlightening excursion.

Therefore I dedicate this short essay to Susan and Hanno (who are fine persons) and declare our ‘soup party’ as my unexpected highlight of the Wales excursion.

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