2011 recap

Another year went by. What an amazing and unbelievable year it was. The first half of the year I continued to work as an au pair which was a great and amazing experience. The best highlight for sure was to see my host family in California again, especially my little sister whom I have not seen for three years. And after I was done with my au pair job my family came over and we travelled throughout the United States. What a great vacation. And the last few months I started studying Simulation Technology in Stuttgart.
But 2011 was also an incredible year worldwide. Unbelievable how much has happened this year.

Christmas Oratorio

Hymnus Choir

The same procedure as every year.  Hymnus Choir was singing the Christmas Oratorio in Stuttgart again. Although I am not singing in the choir again at least for Christmas I participate again. But because of university I only can sing at Christmas. Otherwise it is to stressful to sing every week. After the concert we had dinner in a restaurant nearby and went to the movies again where we watched another bad movie, as usual. Before we went back home in the early morning we stopped at a bar.

Christmas

Wow, today is Christmas again. Unbelievable, how fast time goes by ;). As usual we went to the Stiftskirche in Stuttgart where we were singing again. But no white Christmas this year. Merry Christmas to everyone!

Difference between the States and Germany

I have lived in the U.S. for over two years and I have experienced all kind of difference to Germany. Here  is a short list about the main differences

• public transportation is in Germany way better
• Americans use the car to get everywhere and gas is way cheaper
• but Germany has the autobahn and the States always the speed limit
• Americans news do not talk about the world just about the States
• most popular sport in the U.S. is football, in Germany it is soccer
• school system is different. In my opinion high school is easier than the German school
• doing sport is more common and easier in the States

Santa Claus...

Christmas is coming ;) today it snowed for the first time this year.
It only snowed for a few minutes but at least it snowed ;) and what a perfect timing : today is also Santa Claus Day. In Germany is usual to put out your shoe in front of your house door and then "Santa" fills it with candies and little presents. But I am little bit too old for this tradition...

Happy Volunteer Day

Happy Volunteer Day! Since 2008 I work voluntarily for the exchange organization AFS. It is always fun and excited to work for AFS and I always enjoy it. There is like no week where I do not have anything with AFS. As we always say "once an AFSer, always an AFSer".  But I really like working for AFS!