This past weekend my host family and I went to the city/federal state of Bremen and Bremerhaven. We had a really great time. There is a pretty well known childrens´story about an donkey, a dog, a cat and a chicken that take a journey to Bremen. It is called "The Town Musicians of Bremen" Maybe some of you have heard of it? I got to take a picture with their statue! Bremen is a port trading city that started doing really well during the Renaissance. There are so many old, beautiful and quaint buildings! The damage to this city during WWII was not too severe, so almost everything is in its original state. We stayed in this super space-age modern hotel that really didn´t seem to fit with the old -world feel of the city, but it was still cool. On Sunday we went to the Klimahaus which is a really impressive museum on global climate change and environmental issues. http://klimahaus-bremerhaven.eu/ There is no way we could have possibly looked at everything in there in one day!
Two weekends ago I went to see the production "Der Mann in Schwarz " or The Man in Black, a take on Walk the Line and the life of Johnny Cash. I have to say I was a little disappointed, but I suppose I am spoiled by American entertainment. <.<>
I have been working with my future internship co-workers on small environmental projects in the area on Saturdays. It has been a lot of fun. I will be starting my internship with the ´Biologische Schutzgemeinschaft´ (biological protection community) in mid January. It is based out of the Umweltschutz Zentrum (Environment protection center) downtown. I will be involved in many different projects such as the Paper Conservation Project where we go to schools and give a little presentation and teach the students and teachers about what they can do to reduce the amount of paper used. I will also help keep up-dates on the marked trees in the city center. Because of the constant rain and moisture here, a lot of non-native trees in city get bacteria growth on the base of the trunk with makes it extremely dangerous during windy days (trees falling on pedestrians...not good) Another project they are working on is converting this old army shooting/training ground into a public nature reserve. The army had laid out a bunch of random concrete slabs everywhere for whatever reason, so we will probably work on getting those removed. There are a lot of other projects that were explained to me, but I just wanted to give you all an idea of what I will be doing in my internship.
Thanksgiving was a quiet day here although I still had to go to school (not a holiday here). I called my mom, grandma Krajeski, grandma Denton, and my best friend Rain to send some Thanksgiving greetings. It was nice to talk to them. Saturday evening I will be preparing a few small traditional Thanksgiving dishes for my hostfamily and then on Sunday I will be feasting with my american friend, Evisa, at her house. Then next Wednesday is my 19th birthday--kind of a boring year but it is an exuse to bake cupcakes! Hope you all enjoyed the holiday and that no one got hurt on Black Friday! I will try to send Christmas cards as soon as I can so they get to you all in time! >until next post!<
Elena
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