First Month In Germany

Hi there! This past week marked my first month in Germany! So much has happened in that short amount of time! I am very much looking forward to the rest of my year here! 

Monday the 11th of August:

(one month since arriving in Germany!)

On this day we visited the BIZ (Berufs Informations Zentrum), which is a german employment agency. It has many resources available to young adults looking for jobs. Our CBYX group was able to work with their programs and find jobs and assess our skills for certain professions. It was very cool to see how easy and organized it is to get help to find a job in Germany. 

Later Monday night I went to the Universitat to see two silent films. There they show two films a night from the '20s from all around the world. Is is held in the courtyard of the Universitat and can seat 1,500 people. While the silent films are playing there is live music to accompany the film. I saw the films Valentin Auf Der Festwiese and  Die Bräute Des Alten Gauners. They were both good films and the music matched the films perfectly! This was such a fun night!

Tuesday the 12th of August:

After school we celebrated two birthdays by going to the Melbad outdoor swimming pool. Although the weather was slightly cold and overcast we had fun hanging out in the pool. Post swimming we got some Eis and chilled in front of the Poppelsdorfer Palace. It is the Summer home for the royalty that lived in the main palace (the University). 

Wednesday the 13th of August:

We had a normal day of classes but afterwards we had a guest speaker from the European Union. I really liked this presentation because it was interesting to hear the history and developments that evolved to create the EU today. We also had the opportunity to discuss big topics like Immigration, TTIP, and what the future of the EU could look like.

Thursday the 14th of August:

On this day we had an excursion to a very serious place in history. We visited and toured the EL-DE House in Köln. This building is known for being the Gestapo HQ and having a prison underneath. The history shown in the museum focused on purification, race, Hitler Youth, and other various groups that were active during the war in either support of the Nazis or against, like the Edelweiss Pirates who smuggled Jews.

prisoners wrote on the walls with pencil

12 people could be held in here

Think German. Buy German. Never the Jews.

People they were checking for German heritage

Friday and Saturday the 15-16th of August:

On Friday I went to Königswinter with two friends and crashed there so that Sara, Morgan, ad I could go to the Rheinau Flohmarkt in Saturday morning. On Saturday we made it to the market and it was packed. It started to rain but that didn't stop us and everyone else from enjoying the market. Around lunch time we headed out with the things we found and went to chill and watch a movie. At the Flohmark I picked up Avatar on DVD and we watched it in english, but later on I plan on seeing it auf Deutsche! Later that night we met up with some friends in Köln and enjoyed the night with some bier that is the the ''best Kölsch in Köln''. 

Time has flown by so fast and I cannot believe that I will be leaving Bonn and all of my friends in two weeks!

I have had a blast here, and there is still time to enjoy it before I go:)

Tschüss!

~Alexandria