Jul 16, 2008

start in Germany

Hey hey hey all my buddiesJ
Hmmm I haven’t written anything for a while…but it was not because nothing interesting happened, on the contrary..I was so busy enjoying Nord of Germany and all the lovely CEE trainees that I had no time for internet…First the crazy weekend in Bremen, where I felt a bit strange and I was afraid that it will be boring….but it was not!
We had a few hours of intercultural seminar, which was really cool to break the ice and make some friends…and there were some grill parties and on Sunday we went to Breminale (city festival)...the weather was lovely and I believed that this is German summer (but actually it’s not!)after this weekend with long days and even longer nights we continued similarly in Flensburg….it was even better because we stayed in Hostel in the rooms with 5 beds, which means even more fun and even closer relationships…and even more laughing ! and we were traveling a lot…to Kiel…where we made boat trip…and we visited a few German enterprises to see how the business works here…and also brewery in Flensburg…
One day which I will never forget was on the “Wattenmeer”…which is on the North Sea coast, when the sea goes down you can walk in this mixture of sand and plankton and observe all the small animals and plants….the funny thing about that was rainy and windy weather..and we (a group of 30 ppl) without shoes walking and playing…I touched the Sea twice…once in the middle of the night in Danmark…when the guys from Junior Chamber, after the land presentation, decided to take us there with cars (as Flensburg is situated only a few kilometers from borders!)and the second time we went swimming on the beach in Flensburg…and it was icy..and probably therefore I am a kind of cold recently…but it was worth it!and again all the parties…privately and also organizedJ
Hmm and now…
I am in Lübeck…. enjoying this fairy tale life…in the middle of the medieval city, full of small stone houses with even smaller windows….I am living together with 2 cool girls from Russia…sooo all my prejudices I have ever had about Russians are awayJ and our flat is so beautiful as I would have never dreamt of….the street is full of artists and our neighbors are very helpful and always ready for a glass of wineJ When we arrived here on Saturday, there was a Street fest in out small street..and we were invited…so again grill party with cakes and wine ( we are used to that after this week) ..I was mostly amazed by the kids playing with all kinds of creative games (like bow and arrow, catapult with chocolate sweets, jumping ball, making animals out of ceramics…I got a small bunnyJ…I love it here, the place around…I didn’t know that it can influence me so much, but it’s so lovely with the intern “hof” and small tunnel leading to our house…with all that old tags with names of streets…open-door atmosphere, a lot of flowers, river …and I have heard that the bus stop for beach bus is just on the corner!
Oh yeah and I have the first 2 days of my work behind me…I am working for IHK…Industry and Trade Chamber…and so far I didn’t do a lot, but the things I did I liked(collecting information about business in different countries)…and I am looking forward to next days when I will learn and do even more!
And I can’t wait to get healthy and to go into the streets and explore all the beautiful places here, which I do not know yet!

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