Last day of the month, should have bought an Advents Calendar by now, hehe!!
One of our teachers was sicks so I had my first ever art lesson, never again thankfully. I'm so thankful how good the Australian school system is. Here they have to do 10 subjects in year 11 and 12, they are all jealous of me.
We are doing an Advents Calendar in class, 1 person per day and I have decided that its the perfect way to hand out my small koalas, looking forward to the surprise.
School was ok, I collected all the textbook from the textbook library, was very heavy and then I walked around Starnberg for a while, so my shoulders will need a bit of time to recover. I bought some English books and some German books and magazines. Starnberg is like Chapel St, but even more exclusive, with some normal shops in between. There are shops with 100 euro scarves and 200 euro shoes, shops for watches ranging from 1000-10000 euros!!
Dienstag, 30. November 2010
29.11.2010
As I am writing this I am cuddled up in my bed. I can smell the half-eaten Lebkuchen that I
so dearly want more of, but I have brushed my teeth. Damn! First thing tomorrow tomorrow
I am eating it.
It snowed absolutely heaps overnight, but I didn't have time to take pictures, in some
places it is beautiful, in others it's just a mud slushy.
In the week I have been here I haven't had a maths class yet, wasn't even worth turning up
to class because we were gusted enough to go on with work, like that would happen. We
are going to have a class Advents calendar where one person gets something every day.
After school I took the train to München city and because Sara and Vroni had to go home,
we were there for 30 minutes and then we left, planning on coming back on Thursday to
take pics and buy presents, it's such a great atmosphere.
Germany is so great, if i had the chance to stay, I totally would. I was looking today at the
University of Munich, the best in Germany, and in the top ten in Europe. I could see myself
back here in one and a half years time, we will see. I want to go to the university and
check it out, see what is going on there.
Tomorrow I'm going to spend a little time in Starnberg exploring, I want to try and find
where Didus stayed, but I have no idea where to start, maybe a map...
so dearly want more of, but I have brushed my teeth. Damn! First thing tomorrow tomorrow
I am eating it.
It snowed absolutely heaps overnight, but I didn't have time to take pictures, in some
places it is beautiful, in others it's just a mud slushy.
In the week I have been here I haven't had a maths class yet, wasn't even worth turning up
to class because we were gusted enough to go on with work, like that would happen. We
are going to have a class Advents calendar where one person gets something every day.
After school I took the train to München city and because Sara and Vroni had to go home,
we were there for 30 minutes and then we left, planning on coming back on Thursday to
take pics and buy presents, it's such a great atmosphere.
Germany is so great, if i had the chance to stay, I totally would. I was looking today at the
University of Munich, the best in Germany, and in the top ten in Europe. I could see myself
back here in one and a half years time, we will see. I want to go to the university and
check it out, see what is going on there.
Tomorrow I'm going to spend a little time in Starnberg exploring, I want to try and find
where Didus stayed, but I have no idea where to start, maybe a map...
Sonntag, 28. November 2010
28.11.2010
Today's day got off to a really slow start. Slept in and didn't do much until an American friend of Sara's (mother) came with her 2 daughters. They hadn't seen each other for ages and they caught up. The two girls have grown up with English and German, just like Sara and Vroni.
One of the girls is 18 and she offered to show me the Munich club scene, will be interesting! They live a little bit closer to Munich than we do and they also offered to take me snowboarding. I'm keeping in touch with them on Facebook so we will see how it goes.
Apparently all farmers here hate Ikea. Absolutely hate it! They want all the furniture to last for centuries and good it to be of the highest quality.
If there are any questions, please comment!
School tomorrow (an enthusiastic yay)!!!
One of the girls is 18 and she offered to show me the Munich club scene, will be interesting! They live a little bit closer to Munich than we do and they also offered to take me snowboarding. I'm keeping in touch with them on Facebook so we will see how it goes.
Apparently all farmers here hate Ikea. Absolutely hate it! They want all the furniture to last for centuries and good it to be of the highest quality.
If there are any questions, please comment!
School tomorrow (an enthusiastic yay)!!!
27.11.2010
Hallo!
Today Vroni has her birthday party with all her friends. I woke up at 9 and decided I would go for a walk in the forest with Rocky, the sheepdog. we came back at 12!! At first it was all good, I thought Rocky would lead me in the right direction but we ended up on the edge of a farm, which I thought was ours, as we were walking across to the buildings, the dog started sniffing around. It was a f&%$ing mouse, I had a panic attack for the next hour, we all know where that fear came from...mother.
If you look on a map you will see Wangen, that's where we ended up, 2.5 km away from where we started!! I met some people doing Geocaching along the way and they gave me a map and helped me on my way, thank goodness. Then when we were walking through the forest the dog just ran into it and then I couldn't see it or hear it anymore. I ran around in the forest, not to mention that I was also lost, trying to find him. Then I heard Sara voice and she was on a horse he and was with them, what a relief!!
Vroni's birthday started at home with cake and then we went bowling. I won both games, being very modest in saying that! Then we came back and had dinner. We had Leberkaese, literal translation "liver cheese", but its more like meatloaf and it tastes great. I got to know Caspar, one of Sara's friends, we were at his house for the Christmas market, the one with 30 rooms, he's really nice and cool.
He slept over and we stayed up and watched Pineapple Express.
Today Vroni has her birthday party with all her friends. I woke up at 9 and decided I would go for a walk in the forest with Rocky, the sheepdog. we came back at 12!! At first it was all good, I thought Rocky would lead me in the right direction but we ended up on the edge of a farm, which I thought was ours, as we were walking across to the buildings, the dog started sniffing around. It was a f&%$ing mouse, I had a panic attack for the next hour, we all know where that fear came from...mother.
If you look on a map you will see Wangen, that's where we ended up, 2.5 km away from where we started!! I met some people doing Geocaching along the way and they gave me a map and helped me on my way, thank goodness. Then when we were walking through the forest the dog just ran into it and then I couldn't see it or hear it anymore. I ran around in the forest, not to mention that I was also lost, trying to find him. Then I heard Sara voice and she was on a horse he and was with them, what a relief!!
Vroni's birthday started at home with cake and then we went bowling. I won both games, being very modest in saying that! Then we came back and had dinner. We had Leberkaese, literal translation "liver cheese", but its more like meatloaf and it tastes great. I got to know Caspar, one of Sara's friends, we were at his house for the Christmas market, the one with 30 rooms, he's really nice and cool.
He slept over and we stayed up and watched Pineapple Express.
26.11.2010
Today was the last day of the week. I'm starting to know where things are at school and friends and that stuff is coming along. Vroni had her birthday today and she was only allowed to open 1 present in the morning and she opened mine. She really liked it.
For lunch we had Weisswurst, a special sausage from Bayern. I've heard about it but never tried it. It tastes awesome, you just can eat the skin, you need to peel it off.
After school we had the guests arrive for coffee and cake at our place. I met more of the family and the they are all smaller than Sara, so I understood she is the oldest. They ran after the kitten and scared it half to death and then asked why it didn't want to come out.
Sara (mother) warned me that Max and his sister get into very heated conversations, and coincidentally, it did happen!! They got into an argument about how unfairly teachers mark schoolwork.
For lunch we had Weisswurst, a special sausage from Bayern. I've heard about it but never tried it. It tastes awesome, you just can eat the skin, you need to peel it off.
After school we had the guests arrive for coffee and cake at our place. I met more of the family and the they are all smaller than Sara, so I understood she is the oldest. They ran after the kitten and scared it half to death and then asked why it didn't want to come out.
Sara (mother) warned me that Max and his sister get into very heated conversations, and coincidentally, it did happen!! They got into an argument about how unfairly teachers mark schoolwork.
Donnerstag, 25. November 2010
25.11.2010
It didn't snow today! Sara stayed home to study because she has an important test tomorrow. Here its not like in Australia. If you don't call the school by the end of the first period, they call the police and send out a search party!!
I got to know one the boy in my class a little better today. He went on exchange to France in the North-west. Some time after that he got depression and he has been in a clinic for the last 12 weeks and he has only been at school for the last 4 weeks.
On the trip home I saw the mountains because it was really nice and clear and sunny. Sara said that it gets better.
I booked my train to Berlin and back. I found a train that goes overnight from Munich to Berlin, with a bed and everything. Better than wasting 10 hours in the day traveling there.
I took the dog for a walk in the forest, I want to go for a run with him tomorrow, we'll see how it is to run in winter in Germany.
I spoke with Viktor again and he invited me to his house. I can't come the next few days because Vroni has her birthday tomorrow, her party on Saturday and today was Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving is basically a stuff-your-face-full-of-food festival. Sara's parents and friends have been calling all afternoon and night. The apple pie is tastes so great, need to get the recipe.
I am starting to understand how everything works around here and friendships are forming too. I am planning my trip to Neustadt to visit my host family from my last trip. Blog for last trip is: http://www.antontkacz.wordpress.com/
The cats are all so cute here. Mr. Poo is about as hairy and fat as Lili and Taco Bell the kitten is so cute!!!
I got to know one the boy in my class a little better today. He went on exchange to France in the North-west. Some time after that he got depression and he has been in a clinic for the last 12 weeks and he has only been at school for the last 4 weeks.
On the trip home I saw the mountains because it was really nice and clear and sunny. Sara said that it gets better.
I booked my train to Berlin and back. I found a train that goes overnight from Munich to Berlin, with a bed and everything. Better than wasting 10 hours in the day traveling there.
I took the dog for a walk in the forest, I want to go for a run with him tomorrow, we'll see how it is to run in winter in Germany.
I spoke with Viktor again and he invited me to his house. I can't come the next few days because Vroni has her birthday tomorrow, her party on Saturday and today was Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving is basically a stuff-your-face-full-of-food festival. Sara's parents and friends have been calling all afternoon and night. The apple pie is tastes so great, need to get the recipe.
I am starting to understand how everything works around here and friendships are forming too. I am planning my trip to Neustadt to visit my host family from my last trip. Blog for last trip is: http://www.antontkacz.wordpress.com/
The cats are all so cute here. Mr. Poo is about as hairy and fat as Lili and Taco Bell the kitten is so cute!!!
Timetable
24.11.2010
Sorry I'm having problems posting the timetable. I'll do it some day. Today I had Economics IT, which is basically learning about the technology behind economics. We are finishing up on Excel and its so easy, but some still don't understand.
We only had 4 periods today so I caught a train to Starnberg (one stop before mine) and walked to my station. To get to our farm there are three options: get picked up by Sara (host mum), take the school bus that only comes at 13:30 or take the other school bus which comes at 14:00 and get picked up.
After school I went exploring in the forest around us, its so different to what we have in Australia. I met Viktor, a worker on the farm and he is from Siberia. I speak Russian with him. He has two older sons and two younger sons. He says it is much warmer here than in Siberia.
As Sara is American we are celebrating the all-important Thanksgiving. There will be lots to eat.
We only had 4 periods today so I caught a train to Starnberg (one stop before mine) and walked to my station. To get to our farm there are three options: get picked up by Sara (host mum), take the school bus that only comes at 13:30 or take the other school bus which comes at 14:00 and get picked up.
After school I went exploring in the forest around us, its so different to what we have in Australia. I met Viktor, a worker on the farm and he is from Siberia. I speak Russian with him. He has two older sons and two younger sons. He says it is much warmer here than in Siberia.
As Sara is American we are celebrating the all-important Thanksgiving. There will be lots to eat.
Dienstag, 23. November 2010
23.11.2010
My first diary entry for this trip
Its been interesting the last few days coming to a new region. I've been procrastinating so there is lots to write about. We arrived in Germany on a morning flight and it didn't help that we arrived from Abu Dhabi after the bomb scare a few weeks ago. It took one hour for the baggage to arrive. I met up with all the DFSR people and we had breakfast and then we did a walk up to the Starkenburg. Katja lost her dog, and it was found by a stranger in the next town and luckily the dog had a chip. Jet lag was not a big problem on the first day but then it got worse and then better. We had three people from Victoria, one from Queensland and three from Sydney. It was really fun to be back in Germany and to hear people all around you speaking German.
The day after I caught a train by myself to München. I caught an ICE (Intercity Express) the fastest train in the German fleet. They are so comfortable and great. If only Australia had such a great transport system... When I arrived on the platform I didn't know where to meet them, so I waited and then went to the entrance. There they were, with a gingerbread heart welcoming me to Munich. The car was parked on the four floor and to get down you needed to take a car elevator, just shows you how advanced Germany is. The city centre of Munich is so packed and impossible to get out of, but once we did get out of there, it didn't take long to get to the farm.
My first impression was that they lived in all of the different buildings. We arrived at the duck pond and we had to make all the ducks go into the cage. We continued driving and arrived at a large farm that has too many buildings, all lived in by the family. The main house has 30 rooms and inside there is everything you would ever need. The son of the parents, Caspar, is in Sara's class. She said she would marry him just for his library, full of antiques and not to mention that the son is named after a 16th century guy in his family.
I came to what I would be calling home for the next three months. I'm on the second floor, in a room near Sara and Vroni. Everything inside is antique in my room. Cats are absolutely everywhere. Wherever you are, there is at least one cat within 5 metres. They also have a dog and 9 horses. It is so cold down here in Bavaria. It is 2 degrees here while it's about 12 degrees in Heppenheim. It snowed earlier this week.
On Sunday we went to Max's parents to remember the passing of his auntie. She passed away 2 years ago. I met the family, Sara's family lives in California, but all of Max's family live near us. Sara and Vroni's grandfather has a really big bareyisch dialect. I can hardly understand him. The food was great and here they have both sweet and normal mustard. They had four different types on the table! The grandmother made the best apple cake, so good!! Straight afterwards we drove to a sugar beet farm where they had a display of how everything works in the industry. There was so much advertising. We spent the afternoon looking at everything. Fresh sugar beet tastes so good. Inside the factory where they build the machines that harvest the sugar beet they had seats everywhere and it looked like a mini Oktoberfest. Everywhere were people drinking and waitresses walking around carrying ten beers and then selling them all at one table. The line at the toilet was like at a women's toilet. Caramelised almonds are so great, I love them so much!!
I woke up at 6:20 for my first day of school and Sara was in there for the whole time until we left, what can you do:) I came to school and got my timetable and I was led into my first class. You probably won't believe this but the class has 21 people, of which 18 are girls!! Talk about male to female ratio. I'll post my timetable below, many more subjects and periods than in Australia. The first class was maths and the teacher was sick so we went to the computer room and did maths exercises. The school has no bells so you just look at your phone to know when the time is finished. The school it quite big and also modern. I like it, but I don't like the German school system, because for their equivalent of VCE, they get very little choice of what they do. We have to do a religion and i chose to do ethics, which is basically Philosophy, its very interesting. We had 7 periods so we went to the Mensa, which is the canteen, but it's so much cheaper and better and it is the greatest place on earth. The English teacher is not great, no one likes her and me included. My mobile phone doesn't work and it's really frustrating. When I arrived at the train station I had to be picked because the bus to our house only comes once and I couldn't take it because I had 7 periods.
My coordinator came to us after school She is also Vroni's German tutor. The family have known her for a while so it was not completely awkward. She congratulated me on my German, said it was very good. Afterwards I spent a while trying to fix my phone, and nothing worked.
On Tuesday I did the whole trip - bus to the train station, train and then walk to school, just to be in time for class. Sometimes we can be late and some teachers are understanding, but some get very angry. Therefore on friday we get dropped off at school because Sara has such an angry teacher.
I have started to remember people's names and I am beginning to notice who is friends with each other and who isn't. Some of my classes I have changed today because I don't do Latin, so I can help the younger classes with English. I got the impression from the timetable organizer, Herr Holzmann, that he doesn't really like art, because he told me that I shouldn't do it, WIN!! After school I followed Tato's instructions to unlock my mobile phone We are in the country so the Internet isn't great. I had to update and it took most of the afternoon to do. But now my mobile phone works!! Sara doesn't get any reception around here but I get reception nearly everywhere. I am sitting at the table with two cats sleeping, Taco - the kitten and the cat that she thinks is here mother. She tries to drink milk from her.
Any other questions fire away in the comments section
Thanks dad for calling Telstra and unlocking
Anton
Its been interesting the last few days coming to a new region. I've been procrastinating so there is lots to write about. We arrived in Germany on a morning flight and it didn't help that we arrived from Abu Dhabi after the bomb scare a few weeks ago. It took one hour for the baggage to arrive. I met up with all the DFSR people and we had breakfast and then we did a walk up to the Starkenburg. Katja lost her dog, and it was found by a stranger in the next town and luckily the dog had a chip. Jet lag was not a big problem on the first day but then it got worse and then better. We had three people from Victoria, one from Queensland and three from Sydney. It was really fun to be back in Germany and to hear people all around you speaking German.
The day after I caught a train by myself to München. I caught an ICE (Intercity Express) the fastest train in the German fleet. They are so comfortable and great. If only Australia had such a great transport system... When I arrived on the platform I didn't know where to meet them, so I waited and then went to the entrance. There they were, with a gingerbread heart welcoming me to Munich. The car was parked on the four floor and to get down you needed to take a car elevator, just shows you how advanced Germany is. The city centre of Munich is so packed and impossible to get out of, but once we did get out of there, it didn't take long to get to the farm.
My first impression was that they lived in all of the different buildings. We arrived at the duck pond and we had to make all the ducks go into the cage. We continued driving and arrived at a large farm that has too many buildings, all lived in by the family. The main house has 30 rooms and inside there is everything you would ever need. The son of the parents, Caspar, is in Sara's class. She said she would marry him just for his library, full of antiques and not to mention that the son is named after a 16th century guy in his family.
I came to what I would be calling home for the next three months. I'm on the second floor, in a room near Sara and Vroni. Everything inside is antique in my room. Cats are absolutely everywhere. Wherever you are, there is at least one cat within 5 metres. They also have a dog and 9 horses. It is so cold down here in Bavaria. It is 2 degrees here while it's about 12 degrees in Heppenheim. It snowed earlier this week.
On Sunday we went to Max's parents to remember the passing of his auntie. She passed away 2 years ago. I met the family, Sara's family lives in California, but all of Max's family live near us. Sara and Vroni's grandfather has a really big bareyisch dialect. I can hardly understand him. The food was great and here they have both sweet and normal mustard. They had four different types on the table! The grandmother made the best apple cake, so good!! Straight afterwards we drove to a sugar beet farm where they had a display of how everything works in the industry. There was so much advertising. We spent the afternoon looking at everything. Fresh sugar beet tastes so good. Inside the factory where they build the machines that harvest the sugar beet they had seats everywhere and it looked like a mini Oktoberfest. Everywhere were people drinking and waitresses walking around carrying ten beers and then selling them all at one table. The line at the toilet was like at a women's toilet. Caramelised almonds are so great, I love them so much!!
I woke up at 6:20 for my first day of school and Sara was in there for the whole time until we left, what can you do:) I came to school and got my timetable and I was led into my first class. You probably won't believe this but the class has 21 people, of which 18 are girls!! Talk about male to female ratio. I'll post my timetable below, many more subjects and periods than in Australia. The first class was maths and the teacher was sick so we went to the computer room and did maths exercises. The school has no bells so you just look at your phone to know when the time is finished. The school it quite big and also modern. I like it, but I don't like the German school system, because for their equivalent of VCE, they get very little choice of what they do. We have to do a religion and i chose to do ethics, which is basically Philosophy, its very interesting. We had 7 periods so we went to the Mensa, which is the canteen, but it's so much cheaper and better and it is the greatest place on earth. The English teacher is not great, no one likes her and me included. My mobile phone doesn't work and it's really frustrating. When I arrived at the train station I had to be picked because the bus to our house only comes once and I couldn't take it because I had 7 periods.
My coordinator came to us after school She is also Vroni's German tutor. The family have known her for a while so it was not completely awkward. She congratulated me on my German, said it was very good. Afterwards I spent a while trying to fix my phone, and nothing worked.
On Tuesday I did the whole trip - bus to the train station, train and then walk to school, just to be in time for class. Sometimes we can be late and some teachers are understanding, but some get very angry. Therefore on friday we get dropped off at school because Sara has such an angry teacher.
I have started to remember people's names and I am beginning to notice who is friends with each other and who isn't. Some of my classes I have changed today because I don't do Latin, so I can help the younger classes with English. I got the impression from the timetable organizer, Herr Holzmann, that he doesn't really like art, because he told me that I shouldn't do it, WIN!! After school I followed Tato's instructions to unlock my mobile phone We are in the country so the Internet isn't great. I had to update and it took most of the afternoon to do. But now my mobile phone works!! Sara doesn't get any reception around here but I get reception nearly everywhere. I am sitting at the table with two cats sleeping, Taco - the kitten and the cat that she thinks is here mother. She tries to drink milk from her.
Any other questions fire away in the comments section
Thanks dad for calling Telstra and unlocking
Anton
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