Stories

In May 2014, a group of 11 Indian students and their teacher Ms Anjali Handa from St. Mark’s Girls Senior Secondary School visited the Netherlands. They were staying with students from the Christelijk College Nassau-Veluwe in Harderwijk. During the visit, the Indian and Dutch students carried out a variety of cultural and social activities together. They visited the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, cooked Dutch pancakes and Indian food together, went to one of the royal palaces, and enjoyed a boat tour in Giethoorn (called ‘Venice of the North’).

A student from St. Mark’s Girls Senior Secondary School, Yashna Arora shared her views regarding the exchange programme “Harderwijk, The Netherlands is a very clean and pollution free city which is very nice. The windmills enhance the beauty of the country. I was impressed by seeing that everyone there knows how to ride a bicycle and everyone owns a bike too. The inhabitants of the country are very friendly. I made many new friends and explored a lot about Holland by this healthy exchange program. It was a very good experience for me.”

At the end of the exchange programme, it was difficult for the Indian and Dutch students to say goodbye to their new friends. They enjoyed such a great week together and they didn’t want it to end. We got invited back to India by Ms Anjali Handa and are planning an exchange visit for next year. Our students are looking forward to this opportunity and hope to learn a lot about the culture of India and to make new friends again.