Monday, November 29, 2010

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Lausanne

... in Lausanne, we were already about an hour later. Overall, you drive about 2.5 hours from Geneva and Lausanne is located on the route.
There is no motorway connection to Geneva once you have to drive straight through's Jura Mountains. We were also really lucky that we went last weekend. Because we had already seen warning signs everywhere with snow chains. In the mountains was already snow everywhere, as we were over 1200. And this weekend we were there, not without snow chains come dürber.

Anyway, we arrived safely in Lausanne and have quickly found the center and parked in a parking garage.
Unfortunately, in Switzerland, as well as in France nothing going on Sunday. There are no open cafes and restaurants. Real funny, especially on Sundays in Germany are all full of cafes and it is also often eat lunch with the family. Well not in any case in Switzerland and France.


has disturbed us but no further, we then went to the beautiful old town and then at least 3km "down" to Lake Geneva (Lausanne jaa lies on Lake Geneva). The old town that is high on the mountain. We went for 2 hours along the lake went to the port, etc. It was really beautiful and it was a lot of people on the go.

Before
are again moved to Besancon, but we wanted to eat. We took the metro back "high" were moved to the center and then to McDonalds, because as I said really had nothing else open. I think I was already two years not to McDonalds. It was ok, but it's now back for a while;). After that we went to Starbucks just squander the last francs and then we went off home.


afternoon we noticed real that we had little sleep the night before. But 1.5 hours later we were already home.

was again a suuper weekend and Geneva and Lausanne are beautiful, but the next Time I want back in the spring or summer, it's intended dream.

Many greetings and Bisous
Madeleine

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Genève

Saluut,

as promised, I still despatch on the report to Geneva and Lausanne.
My Cam was indeed stolen in Spain, so I'm currently the Cam from my parents here, but the battery is somehow broken, so I was after 2 hours will make no more images, and therefore only had to wait until I from the other the got pictures.

Alsoo, last weekend we had five people (Kim, Nadine, Chris, Stefanie and me) in Geneva and Lausanne.


We are Saturday morning and then drove off straight to our hostel. After we checked in we are right in the city. The hostel was located just 200m from Lake Geneva, so we also ran along the lake. We had no real plan, but are just going on it went:)!
We could then also be relatively fast in the center, which is very beautiful and are then directly to the highest church tower in the city, the Temple de Saint-Pierre. I liiebe cities viewed from above. Above all, the really beautiful Lake Geneva and in the background of the city you can already see the precursor of the Alps. Supposedly you can see from Geneva and Mont Blanc, but we did not know which of the many mountains of the Mont Blanc was;). But it was also unfortunately seehr cloudy, but fortunately it did not rain.


We are simply walking through the city ...
And on the way back we went with a small boat to the other side from the shore, where our hostel was. In the hostel price was also a ticket for the whole of Geneva included and these small boats have also heard the transport system, so we were able to ride for free:)
afternoon we will again briefly to the hostel and then continued to run through a beautiful park in the direction of UN , which, as you all know, has its headquarters in Geneva.
It is really extreme in Geneva and one notices immediately that here the UN and all the embassies are. At each corner we have seen Americans with their families and constantly has to hear someone speak English. Because you realize then the difference with France, for the Swiss in the French-speaking Switzerland can speak English.
Yes because then it was already dark, when we were at the embassy, we decided the next day to come again. We are then briefly at the American Embassy walked by. Christophe and Nadine have unfortunately made the mistake to take pictures of the Embassy, then came the same course the guards rushed out and they had to delete all the pictures again, hehe. Then we have
then Pizzeria searched and found and of course, but us Americans were only in the restaurant;). Was very very nice just expensive.. (
then we are then back to the hostel, since Geneva is really extreeem expensive, we had to drink already mitgerbacht of Besancon what
Our room was a 6-bed room, but we had all the time. hoped that we remain alone and no one comes into our room.
But I was wrong, at just before 11 when it was fun just came right inside a small, thick English. He then asked if we go to bed soon. He was shy and has totally played around all the time on his cell phone. English he could not, so we could not even talk. And then we will be soon to bed. A wonderful night for us should wait .... The guy is soooo superior to snoring. We girls all have max. 2 hours sleep, Christophe Ohropaks had it, quite mad: (
Well, we survived this, we have then in the morning for the first time on the light and behave a little quiet when sleeping he wanted to but we have already packed;!.) !
After breakfast we took another short stop to the UN and have great pictures at the Broken Chair made. He is a symbol of explosives victims who have lost a "leg".


Yeah and then we drove directly to Lausanne ...

Wednesday, November 24, 2010

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internship search

Saluuut,

I'll be in touch again at last, although I really what to make for IMEA, but I'm a little unmotivated.

As you all know, I wanted to make you an internship next semester in France. I knew that it would not be easy to find one, but I did not think that it is impossible.
has now been found: It is IMPOSSIBLE!!

I have about 35 applications sent out to all kinds of companies, well aware of German companies in France, or at least companies that have headquarters in Germany. I really thought that it could work because I have a riiiesen advantage over all French have: Practical experience plus 3 foreign languages.

I started in early October with the candidate and I will get slow panic, as after 5 weeks was NOT the only answer, by any company. I initially thought that the French are just a bit slower and need more time. It must be said, however, also meant that the French begin in early January 2011, all placements. I of course applied only to agencies that have met my profile. I started in the meantime, apply to me in Belgium and Switzerland, but also because the same picture.
As as I said still after 6 weeks, no answer was there, so no cancellation, I once checked with the French, whether this is normal.
And YES, it is normal. It is almost impossible to live in France a work placement in a well-known companies, if you do not either mega Connections has or is studying at one of the elite universities in France. Everything else is one that is not here.
The French ship, no cancellations, that costs too much time. If one has not heard after 4-5 weeks, that means no.
You only get one chance for small companies that nobody knows. So I
had two alternatives: I apply to small companies that nobody knows, and for no later also interested in Germany when I apply for a real job or look for me a cool internship in Germany, that my professional experience and foreign language skills to appreciate.
Sure, actually I wanted to do an internship in France, but not only that France is in my testimony. This practical course I should also enable me to be clear about what I want to do after my Master and to get an idea for my master's thesis. And I see just the danger that this does not work in a small, pobligen French companies. The French are always little as less demanding. Everyone in my class have to do an internship, apply it all hard and find something only they would be satisfied with an internship in the call center and I'm certainly not. So I'm
come to the conclusion that I will do my internship in Germany!
Two weeks ago, I then sent the first applications and a week later, the first two invitations to be interviewed. Next week at Gruner + Jahr in Hamburg (magazine publishing, eg star) a phone interview aaaand this Friday at SAP.
This is sooo cool, never thought that they invite me. The place is really great and SAP course. On Friday I got the interview and so I will go home tomorrow, too. But I will stay only in Germany's interview, because I have to do very much and Kim at the weekend visit and get together as tour guide are;).
I have some cool places and businesses open and I hope really that it works.
An internship in France I abgehagt in any event and will see to it any more.

Bisous
Madeleine

PS: My report to Geneva and Lausanne, coming soon, but I have to wait on the pictures.

Sunday, November 14, 2010

Nylon Feet Smell Stories

Stiiiihiiile night ....

... or so. In Auckland's going all right around the Christmas preparations. Everywhere you see Christmas trees, pralines in red boxes, Christmas decorations and Santa Claus as seen here on Whitcoulls on Queen St.

to already strange something while in the T-shirt to walk around ^ ^ I'm sometimes really looking forward to Christmas on the island. Just before Christmas, I'm also again briefly in Auckland. Since I will definitely check again and the city. Until then, it must indeed go hand in hand very Christmassy:)

Otherwise, there are also some news. The New Zealand eight months (which were never. I think more 7) I reduced to 6 and come home for New Year. The reason for this is that I really wanted to spend New Year in Sydney. Got no property but more and then I decided that Australia is stupid and worth seeing under any circumstances. That is Christmas, I still spend in New Zealand, namely on Waiheke Iceland, where we were already on our bike ride (see below). Other news are: My parents, with whom I was now actually eat in the Sky Tower high above Auckland at night, could not come. They will try again a week later and I very much hope that it will work. If all goes well we are at 23.11. in the Abel Tasman National Park Namely, I will fly on Tuesday with a few people down to Christchurch. This has fortunately all cut very short term there (unfortunately, not cheap). That is the moment I am busy with packing and move out. I will have my laptop in Auckland, as I see on the South Island anyway little chance for extensive blogging. That means I'm going first for quite a while no longer inform. Thanks to all who have followed here with. I'll try to report again before the flight home.

Friday, November 12, 2010

Rules Of Frustration Game

university life at the IMEA

Salut à tous et toutes,

since yesterday was a holiday in France (end of 1st World War) and today we have a long weekend, I finally have time to write here more often.
I do have a long weekend, but I must also make seehr much for the university. As for today, but I'm tired, I thought that I'll even a could be updated to IMEA.

I like it is definitely well on the IMEA, primarily because the level is not too high, is all quite relaxing.
Although we often all day lecture and a lecture takes an average of 3-4 hours, but as you know, I'm used to it by the BA and the IMEA defnitiv not compare with the BA.
is also very interactive style of the lecture and not like a dictation, as usual at French universities. Because normally you have to write down every word that says the Prof, as scripts does not exist. We use Power Point but all beautiful and give us the præsis:)! In addition, all professors have practical experience and have schonmal worked really, Mhmmm:)!

What I like really great, is the fact that not a week like the other. Since we have many visiting scholars from Spain and the UK, it is very diverse. If such a guest-Prof is there, we usually have it a whole week every day, then we no longer have this course. The good thing is that we are the tests for these lectures and thus can often prefer the exam week in February are slightly relieved. So this week I've
already written my first exam here in Managing Innovation, so in English. The exam was really easy and we Germans have learned the most, because it just our first exam was. I will do in the future but no more;) However, we were just so easy. The French felt before and after, that was the hardest exam they have ever written. Last year had failed because 5 people. HELLO?? You do have to say that normally flies at the IMEA no man by an examination, because this is a private university and yes mom and dad pay a lot for the university. Normally there is only As and Bs ..

said, the exam was in English and that bothers me at the IMEA actually the most. I knew that the course is bilingual. However, this does not mean that one has 50% English and 50% French lectures. In the first two Years, they have almost all French courses because they can not speak English so because they have not been abroad. The third year spent abroad and in every fourth year (my year), then about 75% of the lectures in English.
I went out of about 60%, but there are now even lecture in English, in it are in the curriculum than French.
On the one hand, it's great for us because the level is still low in the English lectures, as in the French and the exams are really easy for us. But we are here to learn French and I have me some more hope.
speak As already mentioned, the French constantly English with us, especially before, during and after the English lectures, which we have all the time.
And outside of the course we have little to do with the French. Slowly, it is quite stressful, so does every night during the week for what the university and go home at the weekend the French. Yes
Erasmus and we are only German, so we usually only speak German.
Well, can not be changed. My French has obviously been improved, but not as hoped.

Last week we had a lecture on International Trade and Financing. To this end, we sat the whole time on the PC and have worked with Excel. The only challenge was that the French Office version was. We had to create formulas and calculate values. Since it has understood better than that of the others has no practical experience. The simply having not checked. I'm no Excel freak, actually I hate Excel, but I was pretty much the only one to derive the hoooch complicated formulas themselves. Accordingly, the lecture was boring for me, we have always waited until the last come to the right result, but fortunately the PCs had Internet access;)

My worst course of all is English, which still has not changed;)
Leave In two weeks we are the first exam in early December I have a 20 min presentation hold and in February we have to write an essay in the exam with 500 words. I do not know 500 words.. (But English does not matter, the note gives me nothing and I can not fail also

is otherwise is to Christmas already quite busy We have to prepare many præsis keep in groups and and a lot of languages. . make this week was the first exam and then come to Christmas at least another second
But the stress is different, as at the FH. At the FH it's more panic stress, because you do not know how to learn everything, something etc., do not get it
The stress here is more likely therefore that we have to make so much at once and all in group work and I I can not choose the people with whom I can work effectively in a group. It is simply much at once, but not really challenging.

Yes and all the stress is still searching for an internship in France, which turns out also in a lot more difficult than expected. But to do more next time ..

Bisous
Madeleine

Thursday, November 11, 2010

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Costa Blanca - Segundo Parte (

... as already written, we have halted briefly on that day, a Saturday, on a small bay near Javea. The Bay was situated at the end of a residential area, and we have parked there, we about 10 other cars. The beach was a small group of divers and we were short on the cliff, near climb, because it was from there an even better view. As we

then after about 25min came back to the car, we just noticed that the buttons were in the car up, but we just thought we had forgotten to complete and drove towards Javea.
When we arrived at the center, we wanted to go eat something and when I got my handbag, which was in the car when we were at the bay, had lifted, I realized that it is very easy. And then I also saw immediately why: My wallet was gone, digital camera and mobile phone.
We knew immediately what happened and then we have also seen directly that someone has broken the car on the passenger door, probably with a screwdriver.


We then have the police immediately searched, which was not as easy as the Ortpolizist was over in the pub. He then briefly with the car, has looked at everything and then we further referred to the Guardia Civil, which is responsible for it. should
In the meantime I had already called my mom that they block all the cards and mobile phones.
The Guardia Civil has Fabi then again explained everything and we have filed a complaint.
came to the same time, then even a Spaniard to the complete but the car was stolen.

I was then also in the sense that I do not fly home without identification can do what I wanted to make on Monday. A total
me 100 € in cash, stolen all my cards (Visa, driver's license, passport, etc.) and up my cam and phone.
We drove in the evening to Valencia, because the rules easier to read from there everything.

I then looked the same, pointing with my flight looks like. easyjet After calling was clear that nothing works without the original card. The only alternative is to go to the consulate and apply for substitute documents for departure. However, was the next day and the Sonnatg 01.11. is a holiday.
So I looked to see if I can rebook the flight for another day. Was not, however, because in France again for the whole week strikes were planned, so the next flight to Basel, where's my car was, would have been on Sunday a week later, for the lowest € 200.

So Plan B: bus or carpooling. With €
Lines I could have gone from Valnecia to Freiburg, which would have lasted 22 h, that I should have driven by the Föughafen Freiburg to Basel again and then only 2 hours home to Germany.
Fabi but came up with the idea to look for a lift, and we have found is really a.
Monday morning at 4:00 it really took off and after a very very long drive to Basel and then drive home, I was in the 0 Clock at home.
My parents were of course all the time something in a panic, because I had no cell phone, which allowed me to report me. Yes but has fortunately everything worked out. The next day we went
then right to the German police to file charges again, because the only way I get new papers. Yes and I have everything re-applied, which has a whole lot again cost about 200 € (

This weekend we will definitely not soon forget especially because that was really the only time I have my bag. have left in the car, which I normally never do. Also was really all in the car, our camping gear, Fabis laptop, GPS etc. but they have only taken my things. The must also all be gone very quickly, because even were people everywhere.

But still, not only because of the holiday was really nice suuuper. On Sunday we were also still in Valencia, on the beach and yacht harbor. And in the evening we were eating tapas, which was also brilliant.



And now there are only 6 weeks until I see Fabi, juhuuuu!

Hasta luego,
Madeleine

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Costa Blanca - Primero Parte:)

holaaaa,

after a long time (I know) I finally come back to write something here.

end of October, it finally happened, I flew to Spain to Fabi:). Also has all
worked super, the flight from Basel to Alicante was even on time. To explain, I had to fly to Alicante, because there is no airport nearby, which flies to Valencia. And Basel is about 2 hours away from Besancon.
I had seen before, that it is smarter to park there on the long-term parking, than to take the train. Price it would have been no difference, but definitely train would have taken longer, would have been cumbersome and also far too risky striking at the French;)

Fabi was then also in the arrivals hall when I arrived:)!

The plan for the next few days, was the most beautiful town along the Costa Blanca to visit and stay overnight at a different campsite each day.
have for the first day we will equal times See by a luxurious place, with swimming pool, sauna, etc. Since we were in the low season there, the price was too much ok. On the day we went for a walk on the beach, have cooked and were in a sauna. The next day we went
then to Alicante. The city itself has not soo much to offer, except a beautiful beach and has the Castilla de Santa Bárbara, a castle overlooking the rooftops of Alicante on the view you have a hammer over the city and the sea.



Yes, and so we went the next day even further. I now have no desire to describe everything in detail, you just look at my pictures in Facebook, which says more than 1,000 words and you can imagine how beautiful it was all about:)!

A highlight was definitely still Altea, a small town whose old town is situated on a hill with beautiful narrow streets and houses. And are partly due to this house, which in fact all white, the Costa Blanca takes its name, jaaahaaaa, sooo learned something new!


We have then gone on a trip made to Benidorm, the Manhattan of Europe with a "skyscraper" in addition to the other, or rather bed strongholds. In the summer of Benidorm bursts only way for tourists, but can not understand why we want to make you leave DA.
Generally, the Costa Blanca probably in the high season quite crowded, but the end of October was just fantastic. We could not bathe more, it was too cold, but with about 20 ° C, the weather was perfect and better real worlds better than in Besancon.

Our campsites were all really great, especially in Calpe was brand new and which was also noted. However, we have
lowered the average age a lot more and were the only ones with most of the tent.
The majority, or rather, all except We were retirees from Germany, Holland, and UK, Sweden and Norway spend there with their hyper-luxurious motor home buses in late summer and autumn.

Until then ran really great things, we have enjoyed the time and seen so many beautiful places:)!
We have packed our things in the morning, all loaded into car and then just went straight on to the evening to make the next campsite maintenance. then we have made

up short in Javéa stop at a beautiful bay ...