So its Monday again! :P I've officially been here for about 3 months and one week... I can't even believe it! Time flies by here!
Like I said last time, Saturday night we went to Sonnendeck. The other day one of my friends put up pictures of me & Wandy & Vartan dancing on the bar ...so embarassing! They were an automatic de-tag. Just the worst. I was a sloppy sweaty mess!
Would you believe... that yesterday I went for a run!? Yes its true! In the woods too! Its nice living in Dodesheide becuase its right on the edge of the city & there's a lot of nice things around here to see like farms & woods. :) Last night I hung out with Ian & Mike & we watched fantasia! Tripiest movie ever!
Today I had trumpet ensemble & a trumpet lesson & tutored for an hour or so. I also practiced trumpet for a while & piano for an hour! :P so good for me! :) Theres this little clothing shop on Johannisstrasse that sells the nicest stuff and I couldn't resist and went there today and got another shirt! Its the third one I have from there! :P ahah I'm such an impulsive shopper it is just terrible. I watched some Community & The Office with Ian & Mike tonight also, and that leads me to now! Not the most exciting day.. but if I don't write about it I will forget what I've done here!
Suze
Monday, May 31, 2010
Saturday, May 29, 2010
Ahh love the Erasmus life
So the past few days have been really great!!
On thursday I went out with one of my german friends to Sunrise & there we ended up running into a whole bunch of international students! It was a really really really fun night. Lets just say OSH is bia ;-)
Last night was pretty relaxed! On thursday I only got like 3 hours of sleep... so last night I went to bed pretty early! There was a Greek/Turkish party happening in Haus 6, so I stopped by there of course, and then me Mike & Wandy played a couple rounds of beer pong in one kitchen. I can't believe I've actually never played that game before in all my years at Laurier!
Today was a unusual day... because it is Saturday, but yet I had rehearsal alll day! Gosh darn orchestra! After that I practiced a tiny bit & then came back to Dodesheide. Eurovision 2010 was happening tonight... which is like this HUGE singing contest but for all of Europe! It is soo epic, and gets more ratings than the super bowl here! It was really fun, so many people crowed into Nachtasyl here & cheering for their own country! And cocktails at Nachtasyl are only 1.50 euro, just ridiculous, because it is a student bar & they are not in it to make money so they sell the drinks for what they buy it for. So anyways we were in Nachtasyl for quite a while then went to Sonnendeck! And we danced on the bar again!!! hahah it would not be a night in Sonnendeck unless we danced on the bar! ;-) And we managed to catch the last bus back:)
So that brings me to now! Wandy & I sat in the kitchen for like a half hour eating some pasta & chatting when we first got back!
But! Big news!! I am thinking of staying here for another semester... so far it looks like I think I will. There are pros and cons to both staying and going... I have to look into it though from the sides of both schools... its really complicated!! I will keep you updated though...
okay thats it! I'm exhausted.. its exactly 4:01am now!!
Tschuss! Gutan nacht!
Susie
On thursday I went out with one of my german friends to Sunrise & there we ended up running into a whole bunch of international students! It was a really really really fun night. Lets just say OSH is bia ;-)
Last night was pretty relaxed! On thursday I only got like 3 hours of sleep... so last night I went to bed pretty early! There was a Greek/Turkish party happening in Haus 6, so I stopped by there of course, and then me Mike & Wandy played a couple rounds of beer pong in one kitchen. I can't believe I've actually never played that game before in all my years at Laurier!
Today was a unusual day... because it is Saturday, but yet I had rehearsal alll day! Gosh darn orchestra! After that I practiced a tiny bit & then came back to Dodesheide. Eurovision 2010 was happening tonight... which is like this HUGE singing contest but for all of Europe! It is soo epic, and gets more ratings than the super bowl here! It was really fun, so many people crowed into Nachtasyl here & cheering for their own country! And cocktails at Nachtasyl are only 1.50 euro, just ridiculous, because it is a student bar & they are not in it to make money so they sell the drinks for what they buy it for. So anyways we were in Nachtasyl for quite a while then went to Sonnendeck! And we danced on the bar again!!! hahah it would not be a night in Sonnendeck unless we danced on the bar! ;-) And we managed to catch the last bus back:)
So that brings me to now! Wandy & I sat in the kitchen for like a half hour eating some pasta & chatting when we first got back!
But! Big news!! I am thinking of staying here for another semester... so far it looks like I think I will. There are pros and cons to both staying and going... I have to look into it though from the sides of both schools... its really complicated!! I will keep you updated though...
okay thats it! I'm exhausted.. its exactly 4:01am now!!
Tschuss! Gutan nacht!
Susie
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Back in the game!! I love Germany! :)
So my two month blog hiatus is over! ...and man have things changed!
Well, first off, about three weeks ago I moved into a different residence. Actually, I switched rooms with another girl. She was really unhappy here & I didn't like where I was living... so we made a simple switch! :) Its worked out for the best for the both of us. I love it here. Where I'm living is called 'Dodesheide'. It is a dorm style residence... long corridors with single rooms, and the whole floor shares a kitchen. There are SO many international students here I love it. Most of them go to the Uni. There are people from everywhere here... USA, Indonesia, China, Korea, Bulgaria, Romania, just everywhere! Its a ton of fun! There are three separate buildings that all form our little dodesheide community. :) I love it. And there is a little pond right behind my building which we hang out at on sunny days. There is also a little bar in one of the buildings called 'Nachtasyl'. Its really cheap and theres a dart board & a pool table, its a good time. We also have poker nights every week... and I'm actually really good! I've been playing poker with my dad forever.. and its finally paid off! ;-) This residence is also the cheapest residence to live in... just 144 euro per month!! just ridic! The only downside is that it is kind of far from the school... about a 30 minute bike ride. But at least I'm staying healthy!! :)
Honestly in the past few weeks I can't even count how many times I have gone out! Its about 2 or 3 times a week. I wish I had stopped my hiatus earlier so I could write about each night, but now its back! So I'm back in action with the blogging about some outrageous stories :) but I'll say the highlights I can remember of the past week or so...
So for the past 10 days there has been this huge festival here called "Mai Woche" which means May Week. Throughout all of the pedestrian only streets there were all these different types of booths, mostly food and beer! And on every corner there was a stage, it was saweet! I think I went there waaayy too much :P They even built this outdoor club, it was amazing and they hired girls to dance on the bars! I was in there the opening night & this large drunk guy got on the bar as well and danced but he was so drunk that he just fell completely backwards off the bar! It was so ridiculous! The festival was a ton of fun to go to, even if just during the day to see some live music. :) It just ended the other day.
So I think I am going to be doing some traveling in July! I will be going to Pampelona in Spain to run with the bulls in the streets! It is insane I know, I hope I don't get hurt! I need to start running in advance! :P I also really want to go to Ireland! I think I'll be going there too! and then on the 17th of july to Croatia! oh baby! Thank god for my tutoring money! ;-)
My classes here have been going well!! Life actually started to get really busy! I have to write an essay for one of them, and I have been putting it off for like 5 weeks.. actually. this weekend maybe I'll live in the lib and just get er' done! :) And I lovee my trumpet teacher here still, he is just amazing. I'm learning so much from him. I definitely could not have gained the knowledge I'm getting from him, in Canada.
So the most outrageous story from the past couple weeks is this one night, we were all just at this bar Sunrise where we always go and we stayed there really late and a few of us were really pretty drunk, and so we were walking through the MaiWoche festival, but like everything was closed because it was so late. All of the booths were closed, and at this one bar the tent flaps were covering the whole bar and the entrance into the bar (which actually spins during the day), and so us being so clever, we decided to go into the bar! We just opened the door and crawled right in! It was sooo cool! And hilarious! So we were in there and just poured ourselves some strawberry drinks and then left like nothing happened! My one friend who was pouring the drinks spilt the strawberry stuff like all over the counter hahaha. but now I have the glass cup from that night & its such a good souvenir! Then a couple nights later we went to this karaoke bar, and things got a little out of control again... well first off were were there until like 5:30 am! It was light out when we left! And so the three of us from the last time we went into the spinny bar were walking through the MaiWoche again, and we decided to go in again! And this time we weren't even drunk really! And it was daylight! haha so again we got some drinks. All in a days work!!
Tonight I played poker in the bar here in Dodesheide with the Americans and our friend from Indonesia. We play every Wednesday, Texas Hold Em'! Its always a good time. :)
Tmrw I have no classes because its Thursday, but I have to tutor for a few hours and practice of course. I also have my weekly massage in the afternoon :) :) :) I think I am actually addicted to great massages now! When I go back to Canada I'm scared I'm going to need to start getting weekly massages! Eeek!
But, thats all for now! I'll write tomorrow of course!
Thanks for reading!
Suze
Well, first off, about three weeks ago I moved into a different residence. Actually, I switched rooms with another girl. She was really unhappy here & I didn't like where I was living... so we made a simple switch! :) Its worked out for the best for the both of us. I love it here. Where I'm living is called 'Dodesheide'. It is a dorm style residence... long corridors with single rooms, and the whole floor shares a kitchen. There are SO many international students here I love it. Most of them go to the Uni. There are people from everywhere here... USA, Indonesia, China, Korea, Bulgaria, Romania, just everywhere! Its a ton of fun! There are three separate buildings that all form our little dodesheide community. :) I love it. And there is a little pond right behind my building which we hang out at on sunny days. There is also a little bar in one of the buildings called 'Nachtasyl'. Its really cheap and theres a dart board & a pool table, its a good time. We also have poker nights every week... and I'm actually really good! I've been playing poker with my dad forever.. and its finally paid off! ;-) This residence is also the cheapest residence to live in... just 144 euro per month!! just ridic! The only downside is that it is kind of far from the school... about a 30 minute bike ride. But at least I'm staying healthy!! :)
Honestly in the past few weeks I can't even count how many times I have gone out! Its about 2 or 3 times a week. I wish I had stopped my hiatus earlier so I could write about each night, but now its back! So I'm back in action with the blogging about some outrageous stories :) but I'll say the highlights I can remember of the past week or so...
So for the past 10 days there has been this huge festival here called "Mai Woche" which means May Week. Throughout all of the pedestrian only streets there were all these different types of booths, mostly food and beer! And on every corner there was a stage, it was saweet! I think I went there waaayy too much :P They even built this outdoor club, it was amazing and they hired girls to dance on the bars! I was in there the opening night & this large drunk guy got on the bar as well and danced but he was so drunk that he just fell completely backwards off the bar! It was so ridiculous! The festival was a ton of fun to go to, even if just during the day to see some live music. :) It just ended the other day.
So I think I am going to be doing some traveling in July! I will be going to Pampelona in Spain to run with the bulls in the streets! It is insane I know, I hope I don't get hurt! I need to start running in advance! :P I also really want to go to Ireland! I think I'll be going there too! and then on the 17th of july to Croatia! oh baby! Thank god for my tutoring money! ;-)
My classes here have been going well!! Life actually started to get really busy! I have to write an essay for one of them, and I have been putting it off for like 5 weeks.. actually. this weekend maybe I'll live in the lib and just get er' done! :) And I lovee my trumpet teacher here still, he is just amazing. I'm learning so much from him. I definitely could not have gained the knowledge I'm getting from him, in Canada.
So the most outrageous story from the past couple weeks is this one night, we were all just at this bar Sunrise where we always go and we stayed there really late and a few of us were really pretty drunk, and so we were walking through the MaiWoche festival, but like everything was closed because it was so late. All of the booths were closed, and at this one bar the tent flaps were covering the whole bar and the entrance into the bar (which actually spins during the day), and so us being so clever, we decided to go into the bar! We just opened the door and crawled right in! It was sooo cool! And hilarious! So we were in there and just poured ourselves some strawberry drinks and then left like nothing happened! My one friend who was pouring the drinks spilt the strawberry stuff like all over the counter hahaha. but now I have the glass cup from that night & its such a good souvenir! Then a couple nights later we went to this karaoke bar, and things got a little out of control again... well first off were were there until like 5:30 am! It was light out when we left! And so the three of us from the last time we went into the spinny bar were walking through the MaiWoche again, and we decided to go in again! And this time we weren't even drunk really! And it was daylight! haha so again we got some drinks. All in a days work!!
Tonight I played poker in the bar here in Dodesheide with the Americans and our friend from Indonesia. We play every Wednesday, Texas Hold Em'! Its always a good time. :)
Tmrw I have no classes because its Thursday, but I have to tutor for a few hours and practice of course. I also have my weekly massage in the afternoon :) :) :) I think I am actually addicted to great massages now! When I go back to Canada I'm scared I'm going to need to start getting weekly massages! Eeek!
But, thats all for now! I'll write tomorrow of course!
Thanks for reading!
Suze
Sunday, March 28, 2010
Disco Pogo
It is inevitable. Apparently I cannot handle having a blog hahaha. But I have not given up yet!
...I will work backwards!!
Okay so for the past few days the internet here has just been awful. I'm not just talking like turtle slow... I'm talking like five minutes to check your email slow! Well my point of this story is, I made my Ice Breaker video a few days ago but I made it really quickly & it was just a rough draft. I wanted to make sure my idea wasn't totally out of the wazoo. Well anyway, I made a new one and added a whole bunch of stuff, but it wouldn't upload because of the internet here. :( so lame!! I hope the song Disco Pogo will win over the markers hahah. :)
I'm feeling a lot better being here now. It was hard at first... but I think I have come to terms with everything. There's no use in being upset anymore about how things worked out, so I should just try to make the best of it and seize the day. Speaking of which, I bought a flight to Sweden! I will be going to visit Lucas on April 8th, less than two weeks away! The flight round trip was only 38 euros! Really cheap!
Okay, so my bed here is like a good foam mattress, and it is on top of the bottom (obviously)... but the bottom is made out of like many wooden strips about 2 inches wide each and a few inches in-between each one... making the bed bouncy. Okay, so the other day I stepped on my bed for some reason instead of just sitting... and what do you ya know! I hear this huge snap! How embarrassing for me! One of the wooden strips broke hahaha Something like this would happen to me! hahah
So my biggest accomplishment so far since I've been here... drum roll.... get ready for it..... I completed seven seasons of Gilmore Girls!! I'm not sure whether or not I should be disgusted or proud. Seven seasons, that is 100.45 hours of tv. Next up: 10 seasons of friends! Yay!
Well this week here is Easter week, so a week of holidays!! I am going to go to Bremen, Hannover, & the North Sea I think! These are all places I can get to for free with my student card which is kind of fun! :) I might as well go if its free, right?
Also, I've been tutoring alot! I did like 7 hours last week and I think I'll have the same amount the week after this one. For Easter week most students went home! I think if I keep up these hours, Egypt will definitely be a go!! :D
Anyways thats it! if you are interested in seeing my breaker video, its on youtube called "European Breaker". Its also a sing along!!
Thank you kindly for reading!!
Susie
...I will work backwards!!
Okay so for the past few days the internet here has just been awful. I'm not just talking like turtle slow... I'm talking like five minutes to check your email slow! Well my point of this story is, I made my Ice Breaker video a few days ago but I made it really quickly & it was just a rough draft. I wanted to make sure my idea wasn't totally out of the wazoo. Well anyway, I made a new one and added a whole bunch of stuff, but it wouldn't upload because of the internet here. :( so lame!! I hope the song Disco Pogo will win over the markers hahah. :)
I'm feeling a lot better being here now. It was hard at first... but I think I have come to terms with everything. There's no use in being upset anymore about how things worked out, so I should just try to make the best of it and seize the day. Speaking of which, I bought a flight to Sweden! I will be going to visit Lucas on April 8th, less than two weeks away! The flight round trip was only 38 euros! Really cheap!
Okay, so my bed here is like a good foam mattress, and it is on top of the bottom (obviously)... but the bottom is made out of like many wooden strips about 2 inches wide each and a few inches in-between each one... making the bed bouncy. Okay, so the other day I stepped on my bed for some reason instead of just sitting... and what do you ya know! I hear this huge snap! How embarrassing for me! One of the wooden strips broke hahaha Something like this would happen to me! hahah
So my biggest accomplishment so far since I've been here... drum roll.... get ready for it..... I completed seven seasons of Gilmore Girls!! I'm not sure whether or not I should be disgusted or proud. Seven seasons, that is 100.45 hours of tv. Next up: 10 seasons of friends! Yay!
Well this week here is Easter week, so a week of holidays!! I am going to go to Bremen, Hannover, & the North Sea I think! These are all places I can get to for free with my student card which is kind of fun! :) I might as well go if its free, right?
Also, I've been tutoring alot! I did like 7 hours last week and I think I'll have the same amount the week after this one. For Easter week most students went home! I think if I keep up these hours, Egypt will definitely be a go!! :D
Anyways thats it! if you are interested in seeing my breaker video, its on youtube called "European Breaker". Its also a sing along!!
Thank you kindly for reading!!
Susie
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Note to self...
don't step fastly onto my bed.
I'll explain tomorrow.
thanks for the short read! Night!
Suze
I'll explain tomorrow.
thanks for the short read! Night!
Suze
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Professional English Speaker
So I started tutoring today! Its pretty relaxed... we just talked for an hour and a half. Its a pretty sweet deal. I'm just scared that with all these students I will eventually run out of things to talk about! The guy I met with today mostly just talked & I said: ya, okay, ooh really why is that? My usual responses :)
So I went to the international dinner tonight. It was good, met a couple of people. The event wasn't very big. I also finally got a buddy, which is a german student who lives here who helps you out with anything you need. At first I didn't have one because I am studying music... but I think because of my previous email I sent them they were concerned. Also, the rice crispy squares were a success! This one girl liked them so much she wants me to email her the recipe! haha :)
Thats its for now! I've also started to work on my video for my breaker creative skit! Skype interview is a go!
thanks for reading!
Suze
So I went to the international dinner tonight. It was good, met a couple of people. The event wasn't very big. I also finally got a buddy, which is a german student who lives here who helps you out with anything you need. At first I didn't have one because I am studying music... but I think because of my previous email I sent them they were concerned. Also, the rice crispy squares were a success! This one girl liked them so much she wants me to email her the recipe! haha :)
Thats its for now! I've also started to work on my video for my breaker creative skit! Skype interview is a go!
thanks for reading!
Suze
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