The week of walking

Monday - the day of German unity

On 3 oct  was the day of German unity. It is a national holiday here so I got an extra day to lay in my bed and get better. During the weekend I got sick and tried to rest as much as possible.

Tuesday- The beginnig of studies

 There was a small info for exchange students who arrived later. There were only five students including myself. Three of the other ones were from the faculty of business and one in social studies. Basicly the coordinator gave a pile of papers and explained everything that needed to be done. And that, unfortunately, was not a short list. Another unpleasant surprise was that nothing were ready in terms of my studies. I was not registered in as a student ant thus student ID card was not pessed, I did not have access to school intranets etc. I got also invited to the official welcoming events, such as sunday brunch. What I’m still lacking is the contact to other students. I did give the other social studies student my contact info and am hoping she will send me message if there is something nice happening.

In the evening there was another event at cph-house. It was a thank-you dinner for people who had financially supported the organization during the last year. The event was called freundeskreistreffen. It consisted of presentation of the house, a dinner and a interview of the artist who made paintings in their new auditorium.

Later I went out to find another interesting place. It was local hlbtq-center called Fliederlich. On tuesdays they have open youth group so it was a suitable time for a visit. It was already late so not too many young people were in. Nevertheless I had a really nice conversarion with a volunteer working in the house. She told me about the organization and their field of work. When leaving I took with me a big pile of info fliers. Perhaps I need to make a post entirely about hlbtq work in Nürnberg.

Wednesday - the day of walking around.

I woke up 7.30, Breakfast downstairs at 8.00. Insurance company down the street 8.30, I dropped there some of my papers. Shools International office 9.30, I got the password and username for school intranet. Shool cashier 10.00, I paid the student fee 112e. Back to my room 11.30 I found out that the password I got does not work. I sent a email to tech-support. The answer was that I need to go to the tech-support office to get a new one. After a luch break and calming down from the frustration I went to the yet another new building for my new password.

At 19.00 there was again an event in the house. This time the event was in the field of culture. It was the opening of the exhibition Glänzende Aussichten.  The artpieces are caricaturen around the themes lifestyle, consumption and climate change. 

The rest of the week

Einwohneramt is the place where you have to go register in when you move to Germany. I was told in the orientation day that you have to be there very early because the lines are unbelievably long. I took the tip in and went to the building 7.30 when the doors opened at 8.00 - and the line was already there! During the 30 minutes I waited outside dozens of people gathered by the door. When the place finally opened and everybody rushed in, I got the line number 53 and it took almost an hour to get to a serving counter. In the end I was happy there are some things that are better organized in Finland.

Otherwise. There is not much to be told. I got some books to read for the rest of the week and that is what I have been doing. Well, I did take some pictures while I was walking around: