Germany
St. Blasien
A Jesuit Gymnasium and Internat in the High Black Forest, not Salem on the lake. The 2026/27 page prints euros. Sunday evening is the honest tour.
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Berlin
Three Berlin climates: a public German-American campus in Zehlendorf, an IB house in Kleinmachnow, and a Jesuit Gymnasium by the Tiergarten. Time all three roads. They share a posting and almost no Monday.
Munich
Three Munich climates: an IB Schloss on the Starnberg lake, another north in Haimhausen, and a Type 1 European School in Fasangarten and Neuperlach. Category I is not a tour of a castle.
Frankfurt
Two Frankfurt climates: IB in the Taunus and Wiesbaden, and a Type 1 European School in Praunheim. Category I is not a tour of Oberursel.
Hamburg
Two Hamburg climates: an older IB house in Groß Flottbek, and a bilingual Abitur campus on Wendenstrasse. Time both streets. They share a city and almost no Monday.