news from Frankfurt December 4, 2006

hey,

well…the first week has just passed.

i am living in a house with grass in the garden, and 4 more other people from different countries, in the suburbs. the house is nice, my room is also nice, and the people (a russian, a slovakian, an indian and another romanian) are nice also.

i am working in a modern building, where the T-brand is everywhere and where people love their jobs and are very respectful and polite. Germans are really nice, and they are not cold as it is said, they just respect privacy. this building is in the center of the town, surrounded by skyscarpers. the department in which i work is doing development programs for the managers of the company and i am sure i will learn alot of things from them:)

AIESEC here is very different. they have different problems then in Romania, and even the culture seems different. i was at a trainee meeting last week – in Frankfurt are 10-15 trainees…but is hard to meet eachother, since here everybody works until 18.00-18.30 and then you have to take the train to the suburbs and it take some time.

because i live in that nice house, i have to wake up at 6.30 to be there at 8.30. it is not so far though, because German railway system works really well in here.

here they have a very profound Christmas culture, there is a Christmas market in the center for almost a month, and the spirit of the Chirstmas is everywhere. they give much more importance to this hollyday then any Romanian:). the tradition here is to drink Glühwine (boiled wine with cinnemon, no sugar though), and eat traditional sausages (they have like 20 types of sausages…). also applewine is specific to Rhein-Main region (which includes Frankfurt) but i didnt taste it yet.

on the streets, more then half of the people were elegant cloths, because most of the multinationals have their international head quarters here…so there are many nice guys in suits around and many many women in skirts:)…and even if they are elegantly dressed, they take the U-bahn (underground) dayly. in the U-bahn 70% of the people are wearing head-phones and are listening to music.

the weather is similar to Romanias weather…

food prices are tipical EU prices:) nothing special…but i did try something new, is called Butter-Milch, and is milk with butter and fruits flavors…yum yum:)

well…for the moment this is it:)

i had no expectations and i was surprised in a very positive way:)

hugs,