Things I miss about Germany/ Things I like about Ireland

Hey guys,

in this post I will talk about things I miss about Germany and about things I love about Ireland. Some of the things are food, but of course not everything. Have fun! :)

Things I miss about Germany:

- my short way to school
   In Germany I have to walk less than ten minutes to school and if I take the bike it takes three minutes. Here I have to walk 40 minutes and take the train for 20 minutes and that is one way. So I have to do that twice a day.
-german planning and organisation
  That sounds so rude oh my god. One example are the infos about the sleepover cause we got them one week beforehand and the note for our parents on the day before. Or our teacher told us the information about our portfolio we have to do for midterm one week beforehand as well.
- sparkling water
   I thought I would miss it more, but actually I don't. But from time to time it would be nice to drink a glass. Last weekend I drank sparkling water with another German friend of mine and we realised that it doesn't taste as good as we remebered it.
- a punctual bus
  The busses here arrive when they want to. And I am always afraid that the bus doesn't stop at my bus stop because they don't announce the name of the stations.
- cheap stationary
   My teachers wanted me to buy sooo many things! And everything is so expensive. For three copy books I paid 6€ or 7€.

Things I love about Ireland:

- Mince Pie
   These are small pies that are usually eaten on Christmas or Easter. They are filled with fruits and sooo tasty!
- Appletarte
  This is also pretty irish. Appletartes are small apple pies and the people usually eat them with fresh cream.
- Black tea with milk
  For me it was always so weird to put milk in tea,but now that I'm here I wanted to try it. And it is actually quite good.
- the landscape
  The landscape here is so pretty especially the hills and since I live close by the sea I can always see green hills to my right and the sea to my left as I walk to school. That's lovely!
- the people
  Everyone is so polite and kind and everyone greets everyone else on the street. And they apologize for literally everything and always they thank you. That is so amazing!

I hoped you liked this quite short post and had fun reading it.

See you!
Nici

 

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Hey Leute!

In diesem Post werde ich ueber Dinge reden, die ich an Deutschland vermisse und natuerlich auch ueber Dinge, die ich an Irland liebe. Manche Sachen habe ich hier neu probiert und es geht sowohl um Essen, als auch um Kultur etc. Have fun!

Dinge, die ich an Deutschland vermisse:

- meinen kurzen Schulweg
 In Deutschland setze ich mich 3 Minuten aufs Fahrrad und bin in der Schule und hier bin ich             insgesamt eine Stunde unterwegs. Pro Weg. Also jeden Tag zweimal.
- deutsche Planung/ Organisation
 So klischeehaft es auch klingen mag, aber in Deutschland ist es teilweise echt strukturierter. Naechste Woche haben wir ja die Uebernachtung in der Schule und in Deutschland haetten wir einen Elternbrief bekommen und so weiter. Hier wurde das mal flott 5 Tage vorher erklaert. Und den Elternbrief haben wir am Tag vorher bekommen.  Oder auch die Klausuren werden teilweise nur ein paar Tage vorher angekuendigt.
- Wasser mit Kohlensaeure
 Ich vermisse es nicht so stark, wie ich vorher dachte, aber manchmal waere so ein Glas Wasser mit Kohlensaeure doch ganz schoen. ;) Edit: ich hatte am Wochenende Wasser mit Kohlensäure und ich war überrascht wie schlecht das auf einmal schmeckt.
- Ein pünktlicher Bus
Busse kommen hier wann sie wollen. Und generell ist Busfahren total anders. Die Stationen werden nicht durchgesagt und ich habe immer Angst, dass der Bus nicht hält.
- günstige Schulsachen
Ich musste für meine Schule so viele Sachen kaufen und das ist hier alles soo teuer! Ein Pack mit 3 Heften hat 6€ oder 7€ gekostet...

Dinge, die ich an meinem Leben in Irland liebe/ Dinge, die ich in Irland zum ersten Mal probiert habe und liebe

-Mince Pie
Das ist eine irische Feiertagsspezialität, die man meistens zu Weihnachten oder Ostern isst. Mince Pies sind kleine Küchlein mit einer Fruchtfüllung und sie sind einfach so gut!

- schwarzer Tee mit Milch
  Für mich war es immer sehr befremdlich, wenn eins meiner deutschen Familienmitglieder Milch in seinen Tee gekippt hat. Aber hier musste ich auch mal probieren, weil es so typisch ist. Und inzwischen mag ich es auch ganz gerne.

- Apfeltarte
  Kleine Apfelkuchen, die oft mit Sahne serviert werden. Auch ziemlich irisch und echt lecker.

- die Landschaft
   Die Landschaft hier ist einfach so wunderschön. Alles ist total grün und das sieht echt toll aus. Da ich ja auch am Meer lebe, ist das hier nochmal besonders schön. Denn der Kontrast zwischen grünem Hügel rechts und dem Meer links ist echt bezaubernd.
  
- Die Menschen
   Wenn man auf der Straße jemandem begegnet, wird man immer gegrüßt, die allermeisten Leute bedanken sich für alles und entschuldigen sich immer, wenn sie dich z. B. versehentlich anrempeln oder so.

Ich hoffe dieser eher kurze Post hat euch gefallen. :) Im Laufe des Tages kommt auch mein 2 Monate im Gastland Update.

Bis dann!

Nici

I am back... I guess

Hey lads!

You probably can’t believe you’re reading this and I can’t believe I am writing this. 6 months ago I published my last post and if I am right I was still in Ireland back then. Actually I wanted to keep you updated on my situation back at home and about my re-integration in Germany but it didn’t feel right at that time. But I guess now it feels right to post and that’s why I am doing this. This post is probably going to be pretty messed up because there are a few things I wanna talk about. Let’s get started!

First of all: I am going to create another blog. It is probably going to be about bullet journaling and art but I am also going to share my favorite recipes and maybe also post stuff related to traveling. As soon as it is out I am going to insert the link right here so if you’re interested in stuff like that go check it out.

The posts that I wanted to make about my exchange year will follow in the next 10-14 days.
(My uniform, I know, I promised this post in November, I am SO sorry!!; my favorite places and restaurants in Cork; advices on finding the right organization for your exchange year + review and honest opinion on Experiment e.V and EIL Ireland; advantages of an exchange year; my seminar I had in March; my Ireland/exchange year playlist  and last but not least some more impressions from my time abroad)

The next thing I wanna talk about is going back home. I want to be honest with you guys, getting back into my German life was so much harder than becoming acquainted with the Irish culture and Ireland in general! My last day in Ireland was horrible and I cried almost without any breaks.... Luckily I had my amazing friends with me and they really helped me through this day and especially night. Seeing my parents for the first time after such a long time was very overwhelming! On the day after I came home my friends had organized a surprise party for me which was amazing. (If anyone of you reads this, I love you <3) Fortunately I was allowed to stay home two more days so I had to go to school on the 30th of January. At first it was horrifying because it felt like before but everything was so different ( I am in senior cycle now which is pretty different from Junior Cycle) and so many people wanted to talk to me and all I actually wanted was being alone. All in all I was very overwhelmed during the first weeks. Somehow everything got back to normal and became routine again. From time to time there are days or a week where I feel really bad and sad and it feels like my heart is getting pulled out of my chest. Most of the exchange students will know this feeling. It is like being homesick but 1000 times worse...  But I guess that is the price you have to pay for all the amazing memories you make during your exchange time.

I am still in contact with most of my friends and my hostmum. If I am lucky we will go to Ireland next year!

I hope you enjoyed reading my post and are not too mad I hadn’t posted in 6 months because I promise I will post some more things soon!!

Nici