Blogs from Lower Saxony, Germany, Europe - page 7

Hay I was in Babelsberg for three days. I went to my friend's daughter's place. She's called Julia, her husband's name is Manuel. Manuel has alot of Batman things. He's got all of the real Batman series on DVD, heaps of Batman mini figures, Batman comics and ... Batman everything!!! At their place they've also got hamsters, a cat and a little girl called Malia. At cake time Manuel said "Etienne ist cool", which means "Etienne is cool". Manuel gave us all of the Batman Staffel DVDs. When we left, my friend Matthias came with us into the restaurant at our hotel that we were staying in. Mum didn't come to dinner with us because it was Boys Only night, but she went to dinner with her own girlfriends. I use to live in Babelsberg. It's ... read more

Hay! In this blog I'm going to show you some pictures of when I'm in these different places. ... read more

Sorry, we haven't had internet until now. We've been to so many places. Today's my uncle's 49th birthday! First we drove to Sydney and flew to Singapore. We took an A380 from Singapore Airlines. I watched movies, played games, and just before we landed, I vomited. Another girl vomited too. I kept on starting to fall asleep while we were waiting to get on the next plane. The next plane trip was better than the first one, even though it was longer. I liked the food but my second meal of pancakes tasted like spit! On the plane, I watched Cars 2, Hop and a quarter of the real life Green Lantern. It was a bit rude but I ignored the swear words. We arrived in Amsterdam and had to hang around for two hours at ... read more

It has taken me a really long time to write this blog. I think it is partially because this journey has been quite an emotional one. I hadn’t anticipated that it was going to be so much of an emotional strain but it has been. I have spent a lot of time contemplating exactly what I was going to write for this blog and I have decided to confront my trip from all angles…the good and the not so good. After discussing some of the issues with Greg, I decided it’s high time we get the word out that the few months after graduation are not always fun…In fact, they are rather depressing, which is what made leaving for Germany so difficult. The last couple of weeks before I left were sad and terrifying…but everyone ... read more

Nun ist es Zeit, zurück zu blicken und ein Fazit zu ziehen. Wo bin ich alles gewesen? Was habe ich erlebt? Wen habe ich kennengelernt? Was habe ich mitgenommen? WO? Indien, südlicher Teil. Bengaluru, Salem und Umgebung, Ooty, Bandipur Nationalpark, Kochi, Alleppey und Backwaters. WAS? Zu viel, um alles aufzuzählen, geschweige denn ausführlich zu berichten. Ein paar Dinge: Drei Kircheneinsegnungen, zwei YMCA-Gründungen, eine Taufe, mehrere Gottesdienste, Eröffnung eines Skill Centers; eine nationale YMCA Christian Mission Network Konferenz, eine Jugendkonferenz, ein Subregional Leaders Meeting; eine Vorlesung über Umweltprobleme und erneuerbare Energien, eine Umwelt-Demonstration; Zeremonien zum Unabhängigkeitstag; per Bus auf einen Müllberg gefahren, mit der historischen Eisenbahn hoch nach Ooty, zu Fuß auf den Yercaud Hill; Wasserbüffel, Elefanten, Affen, Geckos, Straßenhunde, -ka... read more