Welcome Day & Scavenger Hunt Heidelberg

After all international students arrived and were welcomed on SRH campus, they were given a first introduction of what they can expect the next weeks, including some first basic assistance in coping with German culture (e.g. communication with Germans, behaviour in classes etc.). Moreover, all student buddies and Summer School staff members introduced themselves to the international students.

The first event at this year’s SRH Summer School started on Monday afternoon when our international exchange students, accompanied by some of our helpers and buddies, hit the road to Heidelberg Scavenger Hunt. By the way, Scavenger hunt in German means “Schnitzeljagd”, which can be translated to “Hunt for a Schnitzel”.

Starting from SRH campus, the students were split into different groups, each of them guided by a German SRH student. The Scavenger Hunt was a great opportunity to explore Heidelberg for the first time on a sunny day. Questions about Heidelberg’s history, culture, buildings and fun facts had to be answered, photos had to be taken. In the end the winning team was awarded a prize.

After the Scavenger Hunt everybody was pretty hungry. Although the students didn’t have a Schnitzel after the “Schnitzeljagd”, they had the opportunity of having a typical German dinner at Palmbräugasse restaurant (situated in the Old Town of Heidelberg), composed of either “Haxe” (pork hock) or “Käsespätzle” (a cheesy German or Swabian pasta meal) and typical German bread. Especially the American students noticed that German bread really differs from American white bread. And, of course, tasting a German Weißbier/Weizenbier (wheat beer) and Pils completed this intercultural experience.

All in all Scavenger Hunt was not only a great opportunity to explore Heidelberg but also to meet new people and to get in touch with other students from different countries. It was certainly an awesome start of SRH Summer School and we guarantee there’s more to come…!