Preparation Seminar

One week ago I had my preparation seminar, which is obligatory for everybody who wants to do an exchange. When I arrived I wasn't really motivated, but as I got in contact with all the other exchange students I got more energy and had four days full of fun. The teamers were great and we learned important things for our stay in our host countries. I am feeling more secure now and I know a lot more about the risks and what I can do in difficult situations. I got to know a few other people going to Argentina.We drank mate together and had a lot of fun learning about our destination.
I hope to stay in contact with all the people I got to know last week and I can't wait to see them again next year!
Also there are only 42 days left until I will leave my life here and explore the new me and there is so much more to do before this journey can start!!
But luckily I am almost finished with the visa which is amazing! I am so thankful that my mum is supporting me with the visa because we were really fed up.
Now I only have to do some small things and wait!
The first people got their host families and maybe the rest will too really soon(at least I hope so):)
I will give you some updates as soon as I can and I hope you have a wonderful start in this week.
Cara
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We've got spirit, yes we do! We've got spirit, what about you?

France

Another journey is now over. The last week I've been in France with my school. We made a small exchange with a Lycée near to Paris. In March the french students came to Germany and now we've been in France. I had a great week! It took about twenty minutes to Paris and we visited almost all the famous sights. I've been on top of the eiffel tour, seen sacré-coeur, notre dame and I've been to the musée d'Orsay. Furthermore I ate loads of Crêpe and Baguette. But that is nearly not everything we made and ate! I took many pictures and I will hopefully never forget this time! I got to know lovely people and my french got a tiny bit better:)

But all in all I am also happy to be home, sleeping in my own bed and have my family around me, because not everything there was great. Nevertheless I can't wait for my exchange to Argentina! 

Flight Information

A few days ago I got the exact information for my flight. It will be the 28th of July and the first plane starts in Hamburg. From Hamburg I will fly to Frankfurt where I'll meet the others going to Argentina. I already know one girl flying from Hamburg with me. We will fly from Frankfurt to Madrid, which will take about two and a half hours I believe... From Madrid we'll fly to Santiago de Chile. This will be the longest flight (almost 14 hours). From Chile we are almost there. Just one flight left. From Santiago to Córdoba:) We'll arrive the next day and I really don't want to calculate how long the whole journey will take... I am getting more and more excited for Argentina but we are still doing the visa which costs, like I mentioned before, a lot of time and nerves (and yes, also money). 

The next step would be the preparation weekend and maybe a host family:)

I can't believe that I will be sitting in the airplane in less than 3 months. I am already waiting so long for this day to come! Time can run so fast but it can also be the total opposite and one second feels like an hour. 

Crazy, isn't it?

I am happy to say that summer break will start in 54 days and in three days I'll be sitting in the train. Destination -> Paris!! 

Since I have still a few exams ahead of me I think/hope that the time will actually ran fast! I think my task now is to enjoy the time I have left here in Germany until I'll be gone for almost a year. I can't imagine how it must be all alone in a foreign country with new people and a new culture, but I will find out:)

I just got a letter...

Today I've got a letter from my organization in Germany -  Experiment e.V. Basically I got two important information. First they told me the date I will fly to Argentina. It will be the 28th of July. We start at an airport that is close to us ( I hope I can fly from Hamburg because there are some problems why my mum can't bring me to the airport and my father lives in Hamburg, so this would be way easier). From there we fly to Frankfurt, where we'll meet all the other exchange students going to Argentina with Experiment. From Frankfurt it goes to Madrid and from Madrid we fly to Santiago de Chile and then we finally fly to Córdoba, where we have a preparation, organized by EduQuality (the Argentinian organization). The preparation will be  five days long  I believe...

The other topic in the letter was the visa...

They told us what we have to do for it and all that kind of stuff. And I can say that the visa for Argentina is not funny! I am already looking forward to when I finished all the paper work for it.

I think I gonna start with that on Tuesday, when eastern is over.

Maybe I will make another post, in which I explain the things I have to to for the visa a bit more detailed, but I am not sure about that, yet.

Oh, and by the way, I finally send all of my documents to Experiment so they can send it to EduQuality in Argentina. That means the searching for a host family will start really soon:)

Enjoy your easter and I will talk to you soon:)

Cara

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Sweden

I haven't been here for a really long time but now I am back!

I've been in Sweden for a week and it was amazing....
 I had an awesome time and I learned a lot! We've traveled from Kiel to Oslo by ferry. From there we drove the rest by car. It was a bit awkward because nobody talked but it got better on our way back. I didn't had a phone or internet while we were staying there and I didn't miss it. The whole week we've been together with huskys!! We baked (typical for Sweden)  kanelbullar and we slept outside once. We made so many amazing things that I can't tell you everything.
I just wanted to say that I made great experiences and I want to thank everybody who made this time possible!

Cara
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