individuality rulez!
@church service in African American community:
As you've already been told by the others, we've been to an African American service in a baptist church. I was stunned by what was happening right at the beginning of that hour we spent there. After the announcements for the week to come had been made, all those who were not members of that church were asked to stand up and to present themselves to the rest of the community; which was about 25 people, including our group. One of the church representatives did not miss to tell that he had spent 2 years in Germany serving the US army. You wouldn't believe that everything he said was accompanied by "Amen, Amen", and they were really happy to have had us there! I've never felt so much welcomed in a German church. Afterwards, we've been shaking hands with so many people and it took everybody in church approximately 10 minutes to go round and say "Hi" and "Hello" and "God bless you all" to all those surrounding you ... what a great idea to create intimity! You immediately get the feeling of knowing a whole bunch of people!
@dinner at the German House - Max-Kade-House
Who knows that there also is a Max-Kade-House in Dresden??? I didn't until today! ... According to Regine Schwarzmeier, the German teacher of German, it is located in Gutzkow-Strasse 29-33 and is one of the Studentenwohnheime. The Max-Kade-House here at Belmont is dedicated primarily to students of German or German students. There are 5 girls living there at the moment. The reason why it has been named after Max Kade is that this man, who was born in Schwaebisch-Hall in 1882, emigrated to the United States of America where he was in the pharma business. Actually, he was the founder of a big pharmaceutical company which helped him to accumulate wealth. With the help of this money, Max Kade and his wife Annette incorporated the Max-Kade-Foundation in 1944. The tenet of this organisation was to help rebuild a democratic German society and focussed especially on young post-war German academics. Among other things, many student dormitories have been built and financially supported by this foundation all over the world.
Back to dinner - as we've already told you, we were going to cook spaghetti ... and we really did a good job, indeed! I was pretty much proud of our cooking ensemble! We had : GARLIC and GARLIC and everything had GARLIC in it - sauce, salad, bread (which, after being toasted in the oven, tasted like real German Zwieback ... and made me feel that my teeth were doing a good job because it got so crispy!) ... finally, the moment you were entering the house you were embosomed by a sweet cloud of GARLICky air. Yummy!
@monday hiking
Today, our group had their field day - just like everyone's is very well familiar with from elementary school! We went to that lake of which I forgot the name, unfortunately! This lake is home to turtles (which were so sweet! I was stunned because I am not used to seeing turtles in the wild, laying in the sun on a tree trunk next to a lake), beavers, otters and muskrats. ... It was very very nice to have had the opportunity of walking and enjoying the woods! Except for that, everything else is forbidden round the lake. You are even supposed not to run around the lake (although this is just a different form of walking ... hmmm ... can anybody explain that to me?).
by the way ... if I'm ever going to continue blogging, I will have to be better equipped. I'm thinking of a digital camera in order to support the reports by strong, colourful and interesting pics.
As you've already been told by the others, we've been to an African American service in a baptist church. I was stunned by what was happening right at the beginning of that hour we spent there. After the announcements for the week to come had been made, all those who were not members of that church were asked to stand up and to present themselves to the rest of the community; which was about 25 people, including our group. One of the church representatives did not miss to tell that he had spent 2 years in Germany serving the US army. You wouldn't believe that everything he said was accompanied by "Amen, Amen", and they were really happy to have had us there! I've never felt so much welcomed in a German church. Afterwards, we've been shaking hands with so many people and it took everybody in church approximately 10 minutes to go round and say "Hi" and "Hello" and "God bless you all" to all those surrounding you ... what a great idea to create intimity! You immediately get the feeling of knowing a whole bunch of people!
@dinner at the German House - Max-Kade-House
Who knows that there also is a Max-Kade-House in Dresden??? I didn't until today! ... According to Regine Schwarzmeier, the German teacher of German, it is located in Gutzkow-Strasse 29-33 and is one of the Studentenwohnheime. The Max-Kade-House here at Belmont is dedicated primarily to students of German or German students. There are 5 girls living there at the moment. The reason why it has been named after Max Kade is that this man, who was born in Schwaebisch-Hall in 1882, emigrated to the United States of America where he was in the pharma business. Actually, he was the founder of a big pharmaceutical company which helped him to accumulate wealth. With the help of this money, Max Kade and his wife Annette incorporated the Max-Kade-Foundation in 1944. The tenet of this organisation was to help rebuild a democratic German society and focussed especially on young post-war German academics. Among other things, many student dormitories have been built and financially supported by this foundation all over the world.
Back to dinner - as we've already told you, we were going to cook spaghetti ... and we really did a good job, indeed! I was pretty much proud of our cooking ensemble! We had : GARLIC and GARLIC and everything had GARLIC in it - sauce, salad, bread (which, after being toasted in the oven, tasted like real German Zwieback ... and made me feel that my teeth were doing a good job because it got so crispy!) ... finally, the moment you were entering the house you were embosomed by a sweet cloud of GARLICky air. Yummy!
@monday hiking
Today, our group had their field day - just like everyone's is very well familiar with from elementary school! We went to that lake of which I forgot the name, unfortunately! This lake is home to turtles (which were so sweet! I was stunned because I am not used to seeing turtles in the wild, laying in the sun on a tree trunk next to a lake), beavers, otters and muskrats. ... It was very very nice to have had the opportunity of walking and enjoying the woods! Except for that, everything else is forbidden round the lake. You are even supposed not to run around the lake (although this is just a different form of walking ... hmmm ... can anybody explain that to me?).
by the way ... if I'm ever going to continue blogging, I will have to be better equipped. I'm thinking of a digital camera in order to support the reports by strong, colourful and interesting pics.
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oh, I forgot to tell you about the headline! ... individuality is a character trait ascribed to students of German. Because they are the one's who are most likely to go abroad and to hurl themselves into the ongoings of the life of a student at a German university, which is alien, independent and self-organised. here, students at the age of 19 or twenty are still brought to campus by their parents, who even decide which courses their son or their daughter is going to take in their first year as a freshmen ... whoa! ...
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