A Trip Remembered

This time last year, CWBR welcomed the 2019 class students from Lycée Athénée de Luxembourg for the schools fourth annual trip to the Western Cape, South Africa. The purpose, a cultural exchange and to part-take in the educational projects in the Winelands that the schools NGO, Athénée Action Humanitaire (AAH), funds in partnership with Cape Winelands Biosphere Reserve.

Two weeks packed with activities, landscapes, and meeting people from all backgrounds to enrich not only the Luxies experience but the locals as well. A sharing of life experiences, exchange of knowledge, laughs, and culture.

The trip gives opportunity for the Luxembourg students, who have studied South African history, fauna and flora, ecology, and culture for a year, a chance to experience what they have learned first-hand.

It is also an opportunity for the students and teachers to see the projects and meet the people who have changed their own lives through the opportunities given by the AAH Edulink project. Seeing the effect of the collaboration first-hand.

Though the trip could not take place this year, due to the situation the world finds itself in because of COVID-19, here are some of the memorable moments captured by the students and teachers while travelling through the Western Cape in 2019, to be enjoyed from your couch at home.  

When asked to describe South Africa in one word.

Amazing. Beautiful. Breath-taking. Crazy. Complicated. Diverse. Enriching. Extraordinary. Fun. Impressive. Overwhelming. The different landscapes.

A day at Care Career Connection

Kitchen Workshop

Kitchen Workshop

Horticultural Garden

Horticultural Garden

Artisan Workshop

Artisan Workshop

Education through Project Engagement

FGASA & Life Skills students

FGASA & Life Skills students

The Data Collection Project

The Data Collection Project

Adventure

Pontoon moved by hand

Pontoon moved by hand

Ancient Landscapes

Ancient Landscapes

Kayaking

Kayaking

Zip-lining

Zip-lining

Experience Different Landscapes

Franschhoek Valley

Franschhoek Valley

Table Mountain Cape Town

Table Mountain Cape Town

Vast Landscapes Garden Route

Vast Landscapes Garden Route

Biodiversity and Knowledge about Conservation

King Protea

King Protea

Alien & Indigenous Vegetation

Alien & Indigenous Vegetation

Protea

Protea

Cultural Exchange

Tour of Mandela’s House

Tour of Mandela’s House

Four individuals who had a big impact on history

Four individuals who had a big impact on history

Cultural Exchange Point of Human Origin

Cultural Exchange Point of Human Origin

Animals and Conservation Efforts

Lion

Lion

Lioness

Lioness

Zebra

Zebra

South African Penguin

South African Penguin

The setting sun over Cape Town seen from the airplane window on the way back to Europe

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