Sunday picknick by the Kemnader See

- what an awesome relaxing afternoon (when we finally found a place which wasn´t literally really shitty. seriously, how much can the ducks produce? o.O)
- this nice weather gives me so much energy

(unfortunately I had to leave early to study so I didn´t get to play cukrkavalimonadacajrumbum)

BlauPause (6th June)

BlauPause

- The university’s 50th birthday. The whole Universitätstraße was closed for traffic. Hundreds of stands, thousands of people.

- Wir machen nicht blau, sondern Pause.

- Finally sunny!

- I realized how Czech people don´t celebrate almost anything (compared to Germany but to other nations as well). Except maybe for Christmas, Easter, St. Nicolas day and birthdays. I feel like there is always something happening here and people are always excited to participate actively.

Bonn

- Daniel didn´t join us so this trip was desperately unorganized. Plus the trains were 50 minuts delayed. Plus we had a barbecue last night so everybody was exhausted even before the trip started.

- But it was fun anyway.

- Beethoven´s city

Rhein

 - Botanischer Garten

(First two books are waiting for me in the library!! Can´t wait to pick them up tomorrow.)

- Drachenboot competition in Essen with mom :)

- tandem-tandem-tandem

- tandem

- the holidays are over, it is 1am and I am drowning in japanese syntax

- when you try to google a term and it gives you literally only TWO links

- when you try to google another term and it only gives you links leading you back to your university page

- finals start in a month

- I bought the ticket back home already

!!! Today is the most successful day of my Erasmus. I finally managed to order most of the books I need for my bachelor thesis (all the most important ones). Since none of the books I need are available anywhere in the Czech Republic, I consider this my studies-saving success. What a relief this I-might-be-actually-able-to-write-my-thesis-one-day feeling. I love German interlibrary loans.

Oh Neal, I am so so so excited to read them alllllllll. Can´t wait for the books to arrive!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7mSZWQoBnI


(I went to eat lunch in the Menza to celebrate.)

-          The European Championship was a huge mess but also a huge success for the Czech team. 4 gold, 4 silver and 10 bronze medals only for the first day! Congratulations!

-          Disorganized organization is how I´d describe the event.

-          No time table of the categories (not even for the coaches!), no certificates for the winners, no winners podium (!)

-          Kata eliminations → kumite → kata finals. Logic?

-          There was a drum performance in the middle of the day for some reason.

-     Unless we were standing on the chairs, we couldn´t see anything on the tatami.

-          And the organizers smiled and pretended everything is going according to plan. (what plan?!)

-          I am telling you, this Pünktlichkeit of Germans is just a one big lie. A rumor they created. (Not that it is such a bad thing I guess.)

-          But our flag was hanged properly which is probably the first time.

-          May break: a whole week off! Sometimes I really love Germany. (Actually, it is pretty awesome here most of the time.)

-          Now I will catch up on all my homework, assignments, essays, presentations, kanji and vocabulary studying. I will.

-          Also, I will finally find out where to get literature for my bachelor thesis. I will.

-          Tandem is seriously one of the very best things you can do to improve your speaking skills in a language. Plus it´s free. Do it.

-          Time flies. I am already looking for tickets back home. More than half of my Erasmus stay is over.

-          Despair is: when you forget to buy a tooth paste and the shops are closed on Sundays.

- Der obdachlose Otto und die Fashionistas: my first visit of a German (student) theatre play. Very entertaining (and I even could understand what´s going on most of the time!). Also probably the creepiest play I have ever seen (reality show about girls... made from plastic).
- I met a Slovak guy at the Sprachkafe tonight and he knows who stole our table! (Apparently that person threw it out of the window and the police came too.)
- So many people want to go / actually go to Prague now or soon and ask me for advice. So much responsibility! :-D Any ideas what to recommend them?
- Can´t wait to see the European Karate Championship in Bochum this weekend!

(Got a 100 % on my first test here! Yeah it was just a vocab test but it still feels nice. And it means bonus points for the exam.)