Tuesday, the class and I went back to BMW for further presentations and evaluation of the plant. It was a lot of fun. It just was not a lot of exciting things to talk about nor do I really remember at this point, so we will just move on to the next day.
Wednesday came and gone with nothing real special. We had real class in our kindergarten room. After class, I headed back to the dorms with the rest of guys to try to plan out our weekends for the rest of time in Leipzig. Only Troy and I were the only ones who actually did some planning. During our planning process, we decided that we should not waste the weekend that was about to come, so we “planned” a trip to Berlin. The “plan” will be further explained in the upcoming days. Since my host family had left for the Baltic Sea today and were going to be gone until Sunday, I had dinner with the neighbors below where I lived. If I did not mention before, they used to be owners of a hotel and have very limited English speaking abilities. It made dinner very interesting. I am not sure what sort of meat that was served to me, but I did have potatoes and a reddish-purplish cabbage. The meal was not too shabby. After dinner, I went back up to the apartment to do laundry for the first time in a different country. The wash machine was easy to work and figure out since my host mother had gone over how it worked the night before. It was interesting though when it went on its final spin. It sounded like and aircraft was about to take off in the apartment. It wasn’t as loud, but it definitely reminded me of about to take off in Cincinnati a couple of weeks ago. I put my clothes in the dryer for about 10 minutes or so before I checked on them because I didn’t want them to shrink. The clothes were extremely hot, like I just pulled them from boiling water. It was then that I realized that the dryers in Germany were not at all similar to those in America, so I decided to lay my clothes out on the drying rack to dry overnight. I proceeded to then pass out watching an episode of South Park.
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Monday, 18 May 2009
Well today was a fun day. We went to BMW in Leipzig, which is north of the city center. We were given a tour of the plant by a man who sort of reminded me of the character Borat. It was pretty amazing walking around a manufacturing plant of BMW. It was very clean and quite. We were able to see the production of the X1. It will be released in Europe in October and next Spring in the US. There is no picture on the internet that depicts that actual look of the model. There are only speculation pictures and drawings. It was a rather interesting car, and I am very pleased to have gotten to see it months before it is being released to the public. However, it is not really my type of car that I would want to buy for myself. Lunch was pretty good considering we got food from the cafeteria there. I was impressed. Also, I was impressed by the ladies in yellow leading around car salespeople in the plant. After lunch, we had some presentations by people from the plant and by our professor Dr. John Heitmann. Once they were over, we were released and made the journey home back to our respective places to return once again the next day. I had dinner on the balcony and then I passed out watching an episode of South Park.
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On a side note: If you ever have a questions about parts of what I right about or wish to know more, please let me know, and I will do my best to answer your questions.
Thank you.
Sunday, 17 May 2009
Today when I woke up, I was so tired and sire from all the dancing and drinking that I ended up spending most of my day in bed watching episodes of South Park and sleeping. It was a glorious day for me. However, I did miss the opportunity to go to the Leipzig Zoo. The only thing I really missed though was some different architecture from the buildings they house the animals. Believe it or not they have the same animals in the Leipzig Zoo that they have in the Cincinnati Zoo. Weird, isn't it?
For dinner, my host family and I went down to the neighbors that live below us for a little barbecue. There was bratwurst and, what I believed to be, pork steaks of some sort. There was also an assortment of salads as well. It was all very, very delicious and was only cooked on like a 10 inch diameter grill on the balcony. The only problem was that the neighbors do not speak very good English, so I was unable to communicate with them, but it turns out that their son is in Dayton right now studying abroad at one of the high schools. Who knew it was such a small world? Barbara and her son was also there. He is around Sonja's age. She was pounding down all the food that was put in front of her and drinking it all away. However, it did not seem like she was getting the least bit of drunk or tipsy, even after we all had a shot of schnapps. It reminded me a little bit like Jagermeister. After dinner, I went back to my room and was preparing to just go to sleep for the rest of the evening until Troy gave me a call, saying he and some of the other guys were going to go to Champions to watch some of the NBA or NHL Playoff games. They were only able to find the NHL Game, which was Red Wings vs. Blackhawks. So, we watched some of that and ordered food and a beer. Then, we left after the 2nd period was over and then passed out in my bed.
I know this day was very uneventful, but after my past couple of days, the rest was definitely needed because the coming week was going to be full of more crazy adventures along with trips to BMW and the start of school work. Ugh...
For dinner, my host family and I went down to the neighbors that live below us for a little barbecue. There was bratwurst and, what I believed to be, pork steaks of some sort. There was also an assortment of salads as well. It was all very, very delicious and was only cooked on like a 10 inch diameter grill on the balcony. The only problem was that the neighbors do not speak very good English, so I was unable to communicate with them, but it turns out that their son is in Dayton right now studying abroad at one of the high schools. Who knew it was such a small world? Barbara and her son was also there. He is around Sonja's age. She was pounding down all the food that was put in front of her and drinking it all away. However, it did not seem like she was getting the least bit of drunk or tipsy, even after we all had a shot of schnapps. It reminded me a little bit like Jagermeister. After dinner, I went back to my room and was preparing to just go to sleep for the rest of the evening until Troy gave me a call, saying he and some of the other guys were going to go to Champions to watch some of the NBA or NHL Playoff games. They were only able to find the NHL Game, which was Red Wings vs. Blackhawks. So, we watched some of that and ordered food and a beer. Then, we left after the 2nd period was over and then passed out in my bed.
I know this day was very uneventful, but after my past couple of days, the rest was definitely needed because the coming week was going to be full of more crazy adventures along with trips to BMW and the start of school work. Ugh...
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