Blogs from North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe - page 25

Havent done much since i last wrote on this. On Saturday went to Carinas grandparents house for her grandads birthday. For the 10 of us they had 4 homemade cakes that were so good. Her family were pretty similar to ours, relaxed and nice. Yesterday I went to where I will be working. Met the guy i will be working with. His german is nt too good but Carina said i will be able to understand him easier because he will make the same mistakes i will when talking german which shouldnt be too bad. Once my german is good enough i might end up learning some polish off of him. He said that the language barrier wouldnt matter too much because he learnt the same like me and will use his body and hands to ... read more

Wow, 2.5 years without leaving the country, it doesn't seem that long. A member from Diamond Valley reminded me about this blog, I completely forgot about it, I may use it if I have time when I'm abroad. Anyway 2 years of uni (Physical Education @ Victoria University) done and I'm off again thanks to uni!! They're giving me $4000 to boot!! How could I refuse?!? I'm heading to the German Sports University in url=http://maps.google.com.au/maps?oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&ie=UTF8&q=dshs+cologne&fb=1&gl=au&hq=dshs&hnear=Cologne,+Germany&cid=0,0,577651751356189434&ll=50.933118,6.868386&spn=0.013496,0.038581&t=h&z=15Cologne for a semester. Subjects I'll be doing are: soccer, football/cricket (weekend course), Mental coaching, Teaching Values through Sport (Football 4 Peace project based in Israel), International School Project (teaching sports in schools from my culture) I'll ... read more

Hallo Leute, heute haben wir die heimatlichen Gefilde verlassen und sind aufgebrochen in Richtung Düsseldorf. Unser Flug geht zwar erst am Freitag 07.01.2010 um 20:45 Uhr, aber wir haben uns hier bei Agnes eingenistet und wollen uns vor unserem Start noch den Kölner Dom anschauen. Wir wollten eigentlich geplant heute mit dem Auto nach Düsseldorf fahren, aber unvorhergesehene Ereignisse haben uns gezwungen auf die Bahn umzusteigen. Wir sind auch so gut hier angekommen und genießen die Gastfreundschaft hier. Wir haben zudem auch noch nützliche Informationen über unser Reiseziel und unsere Arbeitsbedingungen erhalten. Klingt spannend. An dieser Stelle möchte ich allerdings noch nicht zu viel verraten. Fotos wirds dann wahrscheinlich morgen die ersten geben, um die Eindrücke unserer Ausgangssituation festzuhalten. ... read more

Sorry. Not only have I been really busy but I managed to lose the last post. So, I'll try again. I broke off in mid sentence on the freezing platform of the station at Frankfurt Airport, waiting for trains that never came, However, eventually one came and i made it to Cologne, where, on the advice of my brother Chris, I had booked into the Ibis hotel at the station. He wasn't joking. I was accessed through a door in the station right next to the ticket vending machine! With only two hours to go before the opera started at 6pm I needed to eat. Almost everything was closed except a super posh 5+ star hotel near the Dom. Asked the bounce guy where I could have lunch at 4pm. He directed me to the piano ... read more

Or "All I Want for Christmas is Warmth" It's 10 o'clock in the evening and I hurry back home, walking just fast enough to avoid skidding on the slushy snow under my feet. It's an early finish today - the market is empty, the wet white clumps falling from the sky having scared off even the biggest mulled wine and sausage enthusiasts. The whole city is getting ready for sleep under a thick snowy blanket. It's highly amusing to see rows upon rows of bikes in a city as cyclist-oriented as Oxford covered with a think white layer. Amusing purely because I don't have a bike here, so I can giggle as I imagine the suprise or indignation on their owners faces in the morning, safe in the knowledge that the God of bikes can't get ... read more