by Arthur Seltzer, Class of ’14
The train began to slowly make its way out of Wassaic Station and the adventure began. On October 27, the GBWHS students went on a field trip to New York City. All the students in the school, including the German visiting students, took the train from Wassaic into Grand Central for a day of festivities.
When the students arrived in New York, metro cards were passed out and the group of thirty students got into an underground subway train. After the short ride and walk to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the students split up into different groups, according to grade and subject, and were sent off into the museum to observe various exhibits.
After an hour and a half, it was time for lunch. Some students went to the museum’ s cafeteria and others went outside for fresh air and food from street vendors. After lunch, the students went back to a treasure hunt of exhibits, until it was time to go – at which point all the students and faculty re-grouped on the steps outside.
Saying goodbye to the museum, the group of Waldorfians took a walk around New Y ork. Their walk led through Central Park and culminated in the entire group stopping just outside Rockefeller Center. At this point, they were told to meet back at Grand Central Station later, and then were set loose to roam the city on their own. Some students went to get coffee or a bite to eat. Others went shopping. Some of the visiting German students simply walked along the city streets, marveling at its sheer size.
At the end of the day, all the students and faculty made it back to Grand Central Station in good time. The GBWHS students bade adieu to the city as they boarded the train back to Wassaic, and, exhausted but happy, traveled back to the Berkshires.