Decisions

Tomorrow morning, my work is eventually going to start, and almost eight months of speculation on the “how it’s gonna be” are finally over. I’ve come to know a lot of interesting people from all over Europe and with a diversity of different backgrounds in the last few days, that are going to be my [...]

Warm Welcome

Hot waffles with Polish greetings for breakfast, after sharing my half-Polish descent with the waiter (who’s from Poland). Sorry for the bad picure quality, I only had my cellphone camera with me.

Making First Friends in Dublin

Day Three

Whoops, my third day in Dublin, and still nothing in this blog. Shame on me. In my defence, I can say it’s been exciting first 48 hours. It all began with a rather painful goodbye at Hamburg Airport, a pretty calm flight over the North and the Irish Sea, and a hard landing in Dublin [...]

Magic Moments in Consumer Society (1)

Shower Gel. Caffe Freddo aroma. Ahh, those Germans… As seen in a Hamburg drug store on August 16, 2008.

A “Moin!” from Hamburg

Goodbye Münster, hello Hamburg! – For a couple of days, the German metropolis at Elbe river will be my temporary home. From here, I’ll eventually take my flight to finally move to Dublin on Monday, August 18. Oh boy, what an immense effort to get two bicycles transported from one German city to another! Deutsche [...]

On the Road

Today, I finally left my room in Münster. I’m typing these words from (very) home, back at my dad’s house in Altenberge. Yesterday, I packed the last pieces of furniture and stored them here, so I actually spent my last night in my student’s flat the day before, not even realizing it then. And as [...]

Solitude is a Faithful Friend

My room’s pretty empty now, the relocation service has been here. Notably, my contact with this international relocation specialist – let’s call them “I.” here – assured me the team would visit me in the afternoon, and call at least one hour before they arrived. Well – reality hit me, when shortly after 8 this [...]

The Aftermath

Wow. This was one extraordinary party. Lots of old and new friends said goodbye to me last Saturday, even some of the guys living a far cry from Münster visited their old home town, or at least the place they studied at. Famous German brewery Beck’s kept her promise and equipped me with no less [...]

So this is where it all starts

Welcome. So this is the first entry to my new, English-based blog, describing my journey to and new life in Dublin, Ireland. But before actually moving over and experience the feeling of insecurity adapting to a new country, there’s lots of stuff to complete here in Germany. I have to give notice of departure to [...]