Autor: Gunnar Schwarz

In 1 day, 6 hours and 30 minutes I’ll be leaving the UK. At least for a month, since I have plans to meet up with a couple friends in Manchester then. At the start of this internship I was hoping that at the end I would say all these cliche things everyone says after their stay abroad. That I experienced a different culture, had a lot of new experiences and made a lot of new friends. Those same things I said after my stay in Canada seven years ago. That I would look back fondly to my time here.

Unfortunately I don’t feel any of these things.

„Almost time to say Farewell“ weiterlesen

Well today has been quite stressful, trying to get all the signatures I need. I found out today that my company here never received the login to the europass and over the course of two hours I think I got it to the point where it should be.

„My last day at work“ weiterlesen

So on Saturday at 19:00 UK time our flight is scheduled to depart. We were told by the agency to arrive at the school at 8 am that day, only to wait until 2 pm to take the bus to the airport. Everyone is a bit confused why we need to be there that early, considering Twin doesn’t even open up that early on weekdays and our flight isn’t until 11 hours later. „Plans for the rest of the week“ weiterlesen

At the time of writing this I have 4 days, 2 hours,9 minutes and 11 seconds left in London, as long as our flight isn’t delayed. I really can’t wait to get back. Today I did more work to get the back room ready for students. „Getting close to the end“ weiterlesen

My last week here started with a bit of an unusual Monday. I started off writing two blog entries in the morning and after that the director called me into the virtual school room and told me that all their students that were supposed to be there all ditched them and they had no one to make phone calls. „My Monday“ weiterlesen

So in this blog entry I’m gonna share some of the little things I picked up or noticed while in London. Most of them are quite random and don’t really fit into other blog posts so I thought I would just make a list of everything that comes to mind.

„Little titbits“ weiterlesen

So we are finally in the last week of this internship and since it was our last weekend here we decided to celebrate a bit. Around three o’clock on Saturday Julius, me, Nickolas, Steven and Dustin met on the basketball court near me to really get our moneys worth out of those 7£ I spend on a basketball and a football last week. „The last weekend“ weiterlesen

Today my second-to-last work week ends. It actually went by fairly quickly., in part due to the Monday being a bank holiday but this week I also didn’t do what I was expecting to be doing. I thought I would continue working on the new room, but instead I mostly sat in front of my computer. „The second-to-last work week“ weiterlesen

The last long weekend of my stay is coming to an end. Like most other weekends I didn’t go into the city too much. Only time I took the bus was to go to „Wimpys“, a burger chain not common in Germany. „The last long weekend“ weiterlesen

As of Saturday it is officially only two more weeks until I get to go back home. I must say I wasn’t expecting to look forward to going back this much. This experience in London has unfortunately rarely been a positive one. Apart from a few minor details most everything here is just better at home in Berlin. „Nearing the final stretch“ weiterlesen