Ah, I've been waiting for this QOTW
This was in December of Year 10, although there was years 11 and 12 on the trip as well. Weekend trip to Cologne to visit the Christmas markets.

On the ferry from Dover to Calais, there were gale force winds. The ferry was rocking from side to side, people were getting ill and everything.

Getting into Cologne the coach driver appeared to be lost. There was much misbehaviour once we had arrived- I was not involved, but I couldn't fail to hear about it. Noises like girls' screams heard late at night even though they were meant to be two floors above. Cigarettes. Booze. Rumours of illegal stuff. One of the lads in the room next door had bought a German porn mag (nothing that hardcore though IIRC).

Best bit though (I've already mentioned this in a past QOTW) was when Sean (one of the boys in my dorm) was next door drinking vodka. This had been heavily spiked with laxative as a prank. Diarrhoea, flatulence and severe piss-taking ensued, and the piss-taking lasted for ages even after we got back to school.

People were in front of the headmaster when we got back. One year 12 student was "asked to leave", there may well have been others.

The trip was never repeated. They wouldn't dare.

GCSE German coursework for my class was to write an account of a trip to Germany (real or imaginary). I chose to write about this trip. Being top of the class, my work got sent to the moderators. Wonder what they thought.

Geography field trip that year was surprisingly well-behaved, apart from me smuggling along a couple of bottles of piss-weak lager pinched from home.

Apologies for length. I didn't get any chance to use it, either.
( idonthaveafunnynickname Drink-Aware? Sure. I'm aware I want another drink., Wed 13 Dec 2006, 21:57, Reply)