On our fourth day of the England trip, we went to Seven Sisters Country Park.

We left at 8:35 a.m. and were at Seven Sisters Country Park at around 9:15 a.m. When we arrived at the first cliffs we stopped and Thomas, our bus driver, explained that the cliffs had holes in them because of the water that flowed through when it rained, as the limestones were water-soluble. He also said that under no circumstances should you get too close to the edge, otherwise the rocks would collapse because of the holes. The limestone rocks are brown green because of the soil. The houses in the coastal regions that we saw on our way are often made of flint, which was used to make fires in the past, but is also so sharp that you can cut yourself. The flint is created by the erosion of rain or wind. There were also many former bunkers along the way.

The Seven Sisters are called that because the white rocks look like nuns and the green like the veil and at that time 7 nuns lived and worked nearby. When the Nazis attacked London, they didn't need a GPS because they could see the rocks from afar and immediately recognize which country this was.

From the top you could see very far and we had a very good view. We were back in Eastbourne at around 3:45 p.m. and then had another two hours of free time before we went back to our host families.

(Selina, Franka, Jalina, Toska und Clara, Klasse 9b)