I have successfully made it to Leipzig! No thanks to trains though which have been late or delayed all day. This is what made me think about stereotypes because I'm sure everyone in England thinks that Germans are very punctual and organised etc.
This is definitely not true! I'm sure that some Germans are punctual and organised, however their trains are no more punctual than ours, they have the same delays and the same excuses coming over the tannoy as you stand waiting frustratedly on the platform (albeit these come through in German and then English and listening to the announcer as he tries to remember the right English words is rather amusing). I will update you on the destruction of more stereotypes as and when I come across them. One of our tutors this week said that apparently Germans think that English people can't cook. I look forward to proving this one very wrong indeed.
So yes, I am here and unpacked and surfing on some random unsecured wireless network I detected on setting up my laptop. If you see someone with my name doing crazy things, I've had my identity stolen (or it's actually me having a wild time here in Leipzig). I have yet to meet my two flatmates but I know that they are both footballers and are currently out at training. Just going on that I don't think they could possibly sound more different from me but I hope we get on well. Further updates will possibly follow tomorrow when I visit one of my schools for the first time.
Bis bald!
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Sounds like it's going well. :-)
ReplyDeleteAnd as I said to Ollie, you should tell me if you meet any students from England, on the off-chance that they're from my school. :-P