The preparation seminar

I already had my preparation seminar  at  22.April.18 at the AIFS office in Bonn. Embarrassingly I was a bit too late, ´cause my mum and me get lost on the way through the downtown. However they welcome us calmly and very friendly. I directly get a hoodie, a t-shirt, a little notebook, a pen, a nameplate and a textile bracelet (you can see everything in the photo) by AIFS. During the morning the parents and we (the students) had separated presentations about the exchange program. The presentation last almost three hours that´s why we had a break of twenty minutes. After the presentations the parents went away and we ate some bagels. Then  we came together in a circle of chairs and present ourselves. At the beginning of the afternoon we talked about differences in the culture. Therefore we builded groups with the returnees (exchange students that are backf from their exchanges), which already answered questions during the presentations. My group talked about family living and the respectful handling with each other. Later we wrote down our fears in relation to the exchange, also in our returnee groups. At the end the returnees showed us photos of their years and all exchange students needed to write a letter to themselves, that we´ll get with the welcome home package after our return next year.

It was really cool to meet other exchange students and since then I know people who going to fly with me and we are still in contact to each other. (Fun Fact: At the day of my preparation seminar there were only 100 days left until I´ll fly ✈ 😂 )