Bremen & surrounding area

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I am very glad I ended up in Bremen for my praktikum because the city is large enough to have everything that you need but it also small enough so that you can make it your home quickly! And not to mention that its great that you can get from one end of Bremen to the other on bike. Everyone here rides around on bikes, and they are not your state of the art bikes at all, most would not be worth more than 10 Euro and if it was, it would be stolen pretty quickly. If anyone rode these bikes in Australia I think they would be teased for the rest of their lives but for a student its a very cheap way of getting around.

My landlady bought a HOT PINK bike for me to use while I am here and it is hilarious however I haven't been on a bike since i was primary school so getting on a bike and having to ride on the WRONG side of the road was interesting to say the least.

Whats also good here is that Airbus in Bremen has over 100 praktikants and every Wed night there is a get-together called 'stammtisch' which is a great way to meet new people. All the Germans drink their beer of course and they have even managed me to convince me to try what they call good beer on two occasions but it still tastes horrible, so i generally stick to my 'heisse schokolade mit sahne' which is probably the first thing i learnt to ask for...as you can see my priorities are in order, chocolate first!

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Photos

060822 – Leaving Bremen :(
Caro, Rach, Pauli, M1, Sven, M2 and Nico

060819 - Pauli & Me at my Goodbye Party
In typical Vesna fashion, the party had to be a dress up one!!!

060819 – My Goodbye Party
Ready to fight with our Aluminium Foil Weapons

060819 - My Goodbye Party
Andreas, Sawan & Daniel

060818 - My Supervisor: Timo, Emilie & Me
Of course the photo had to be taken if front of the many broken pieces of equipment!!

060818 - Me & Pauli at our Goodbye lunch at Airbus
Where we finally got some free Airbus Bremen Merchandise

060817 - My Last Stammtisch
Caro, Pauli, Marchs, Me, Marcel & Sven @ the 2raumlaunge

060817 - My Last Stammtisch
Pauli and Me before leaving for Stammtisch

060802 – Me Cleaning the Grit Blasting Machine
One of the definite disadvantages of being vertically challenged is being the only one being able to fit into such machines!!

060721 – Andi’s Last Day
Swimming at the Wedersee

060722 – Party at M1’s House
Hannah, Marcel (M1), Sawan, Me, Marcel (M2) & Rach. This is also when I discovered M1’s Salsa skills

060726 – Cocktail Night
Pauli, Marcus and Me

060716 – The Old Bremen City: The Schnoor
These cute little houses are still standing here from the medieval times

060716 - The Old Bremen City: The Schnoor
These cute little houses are still standing here from the medieval times

060705 - Pauli & Me at the Dom
This is the gogeous Bremen City Centre!

060630 - Germany vs. Argentina at the Domshof
Just to give everyone an idea just how football crazy the Germans are. Before the WC I did not see a single German flag but the WC has resulted in every 2nd German having a flag on their car!

060530 - Bowling at Strikees
Bowling is definately not something I'm good at. In the 1st game I had an embarassing score of 50, however, in my 2nd game I got 77. But if I continue improving at that rate who knows how good I'll get ;)

Comments

[Ishan]

Snow? Isn't it supposed to be, like, summer over there? And i see no WC fever! Show me the WC fever!

[ticino]

Cooking Nights....
Oh I miss these cooking nights. And I miss you're chocolate-cake... So delicious. Cant wait to cook with you again. :-) By the way, I started my own blog: http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/ticino/ CU, Stef