Blogs from Bremen, Germany, Europe - page 4

Today was our first train ride of the trip. Our train didn't leave until later in the afternoon so we had the morning to stroll along Kurfürstendamm Strasse and make a few purchases. After retreving our bags from the hostel we went to the main train station and had a bite to eat for lunch. We got a little confused as to what train we were on because there were two trains listed on Platform 13 at 14:49. One was our train (ICE 556) and the other was an IC train. When the train arrived I asked the controller and she point to the end we were standing by and told us to get on there. Apparently the train splits later on. I don't pretend to understand but we got on where she pointed and it ... read more

Hallo Leute! Wie gehts? Hope you are all well, as you have probably noticed, Euro 2012 is is full swing, and Germany is for the only time in the year, actually excited about being German! Everywhere you look are German flags, Germans with face painted flags and flower petals around their necks. And with all these flags at my disposal, I joined in too! It's kinda fun to see places on TV all the time where I've been, such as Kyiv, Warsaw and Lviv - Halina who I lived with last semester is a volunteer in Lviv. Here in Bremen, there is a big public viewing of every match in the city, and every day hundreds of crazed people go to see the games, which we have also joined in for a few times. Yesterday we ... read more

Hey everyone! Hope you are all enjoying yourselves! So this week has been a lot of fun! On Friday night we had the first party of this semester, and it was really nice to see a lot of people from last semester as well as meeting some of the newbies...at the end there was about 30 of us in the tiny kitchen, before we made it to the club. Whilst outside showing people in, the neighbours came back home so I thought I'd better tell them what was going on, which led to a funny conversation: Me: Yeah, we are having a party here right now, but we will be leaving soon...it's not gonna be like it was last semester Neighbour: Oh, you heard about it last semester? Me: Err yeah, I heard about it..... Luckily ... read more

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Keine Angst vor Voodoo! "Voodoo" - den Begriff habt ihr vielleicht schonmal gehört. Meist wird er in Verbindung gebracht mit allerlei Gruselkram und Übersinnlichem. Aber Voodoo ist eine Religion und hat nichts zwingend Unheimliches an sich. Die Schauergeschichten über den Voodoo-Kult kennt man hauptsächlich aus amerikanischen Kinofilmen. Dazu muss man wissen, dass diese Religion unter anderem auch in Haiti heimisch ist und Haiti vor etwa 100 Jahren von den Amerikanern besetzt war. Die Menschen des kleinen Landes Haiti hätten sich mit Voodoo gegen ihre Besatzer zu wehren versucht, erklärte Wiebke Ahrndt dieses Phänomen. Die Amerikaner fürchteten sich sehr davor und berichteten zu Hause von unheimlichen Zombie-Geschichten und nadelgespickten Puppen. Daraus entstanden dann die Filme, die wenig mit der eigentlichen Religion zu tun haben.... read more