Blogs from Bremen, Germany, Europe - page 5

Das Übersee-Museum Bremen ist ein über 100 Jahre altes bedeutendes Museum in der Bremer Innenstadt direkt am Hauptbahnhof am Bahnhofsplatz. Das Gebäude steht seit 1993 unter Denkmalschutz. In einer integrierten Ausstellung über Natur, Kultur und Handel präsentiert es Aspekte überseeischer Lebensräume mit Dauerausstellungen zu Asien, Südsee/Ozeanien, Amerika und Afrika. Das Museum gehört nach eigenen Angaben zu den meistbesuchten Museen in Deutschland.... read more

It was interesting to go to a movie in English, in a German town, we saw Mission Impossible as it was the only movie showing ‘in original tone’ (in english) and to see so many of the places I have been to in the world and of course the movie finishes in Seattle! The next few days were family oriented - shopping, preparing food, playing cards (universal language), eating, more shopping, more eating. I took to riding the bike and walking a lot as it was a necessity to burn off some energy! Pierre and I went out tree hunting - a little different to those we have in Australia, of course it is colder, so it makes you decide a lot quicker. You also have to trudge around in muddy fields as it is so ... read more

Merry Christmas All! These past few days in Germany have been really, really nice. Elisabeth’s house is so fun with Gesa, Christian, Karen, Matti and Linnea around. (Linnea is Karen’s host sister from when she spent a year in Sweden.) Similar to Italy, I spend much of the time not really sure what they are saying, but thanks to Annalu and Steph’s lessons I can understand words here and there. Karen and Linnea have the upper hand because they can understand all three of the languages floating around this household: English, German and Swedish. I suppose I could start speaking Spanish, but I would just be talking to myself, so, I think I will just try to understand their German; I’m afraid Swedish may be a little far off for me. Everyone speaks impeccable English though. ... read more

Hey Guys! Hope you are all getting into the Christmas spirit! As always, I have been a busy bee, and here is the latest installment! The Mexicans decided to visit Amsterdam last weekend, and so we held Anti-Mexican Party: Part 2, with lots of Eastern Europeans and some Brazilians coming to the house to Party without the noisy Mexicans. However this caused a bit of controversy, as some people didn't seem to understand a joke - and you can see what our response to this was as you read down the page. This week Bryony came to visit me in Bremen for three days. She arrived on Wednesday morning, and we spent most of the days she was here walking all around the city centre looking at the famous sights, such as the Two UNESCO World ... read more

Hi everyone! Hope you are all well! So this Thursday was the International Day, which meant the whole University cancelled lectures, and instead we had stands with Information about foreign countries. Most were about study abroad opportunities given by last year's Hochschule exchange (I went to speak to the people on the Hertfordshire stand, and they told me about how much they loved Hatfield!), however the Incoming exchange students like me also held Food stands where we made traditional food for the Germans to try. And so last weekend I went to a Russian Party, where the girl from Russia was testing her food for her stand, which was pretty cool! With the two other British exchange students, we had a food stand with Scones, and spent three hours the evening baking 240 of them. They ... read more