The second part of the orientation occurred in Stuttgart and served as our introduction to the GIZ and all of our contacts for our time in Germany. Day 1 we had introductions, and did activities to adjust for jetlag (soccer, meditation-esque activities, and eating).
We were lucky and stayed at the Schloss Waldthausen, which is essentially a converted castle/estate that is used for training and seminars (banking specifically). We stayed in individual rooms at the guest dorms.
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| Meeting GIZ and learning about PPP (hopefully you can see on the slide what that means) |
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| a game of soccer to stay active and awake until the evening |
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| at night we could hear the music escaping from a violin and piano duo's concert. The audience was in suits and nice dresses; the performance was filmed for German TV. |
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| The "castle" had a basement filled with ping-pong, pool, and German bowling. |
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| Another view |
In the morning we will cover more program details and then bus to our language school sites. My host, Manuel, will pick me up at some point and show me my new home and Cologne. It is 5 minutes from school and in the heart of downtown.
No curveballs on that bowling lane...finally my chance for glory!
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