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Hui, the winter is here. He came very suddenly and Electric City's Winter Wonderland right now. The bad thing about the whole thing is that it will be until this week to minus 15 degrees. I still do not know how and if I survive it ...
was in the last week once again a lot of electric-City-nonsense announced in the evening. Problem: Offer far and few between, so you have to come up with what can be, you know. So I am invited by Monis and Kipras followed mother and Jurga've let me introduce you to the Kibinai art. Yes, again cook, I know, but I stand on it. Kibinai not be confused by the way with Cepelinai ... although both are typical Lithuanian, but very different ...
since then I knead the dough around and make up with Moni, Jurga and Vile (that was a girlfriend of Moni) the dough with lots of onions and meat, and always follow the advice of Jurga ". Julia, without miltai it will be shudas" What does that mean as much as : Julia, more flour, or you can forget the Kibinai ... So, the result was more than acceptable and we crammed all night long with the Kibinai.
went there on Friday in the weekend in the wonderful Woo-Club Vilnius. Live music and Tomas Kipras and Katja were beside me at the start and that was just great. On Saturday at the Black Taxi to Panevezys. This is a bigger city, about two hours from Vilnius. As a birthday was a volunteer. His invitation almost all accepted (no joke) volunteers in Lithuania and so would have the motto of the Party can be: Why procure space for Partygaeste, although approximately half a square meter per person enough? On Sunday morning wanted to Katja and I actually do a little sightseeing in the city. No way, because two guide books had been executed, the city did not even another told us that it is almost so special of the city, that it has no sights. Okay. So sooner rather then back to Vilnius, briefly brought the would-be Christmas market and decided the weekend ...

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8. Report: No travel, yet the final report

Friday, 12/11/2009

My year in Togo is now long gone and where I happened to me again look at my old blog, I realize I've uploaded my last report had not been. There is so much happening again, since I came back, it's hard for me to bring all of this in relation to each other. Since I was still in Agou recently on the sports field and have shown my students Frisbee, and now I am a student at a German university, I can again among the smallest and learn even Frisbee in high school sports. When I look back, I can believe people of what all happened and I have experienced. I learned an awful lot about myself, know my limits and horizons expanded.
During my entire stay and even now I have not regretted the decision of my stay, even if it was not always easy, I was overwhelmed with sitaution and I have made mistakes. Nevertheless, the stay as a unique asset to me. My wish and hope is also to continue the enrichment and can return.
Nyadogolo - à bien tôt.

Saturday, 06/20/2009

One last trip, this time to Benin, the last weeks of school and the recent experiences in Togo, which will also refer to the most recently uploaded photos, it is my last, written in Togo report. One last time I would look at what happens around me and to me acting before I return from Germany in a final report, look for a conclusion and an assessment to draw my stay.

Holidays

On 04/27/1960 Togo won its independence, now celebrated as National Day, on 01/13/1963 Togo was the Honor the first African country to be subject to a military coup. Eyadema Gnassingbe's seizure of power is to be celebrated to this day also from the people - for the opposition, it is either a commemorative day to honor their fallen president. Both events are equally celebrated, and both times I looked at the spectacle taking place across the country in which large rallies by students, unions, workers associations and organizations.

In Agou, my village, region, form several thousand students of all surrounding schools, from elementary school (from the third grade) to the Lycee (high school), the largest part, because for them it is a Required course. In their khaki-colored uniforms, the students gain first school way around then sorted into small blocks, then by age and sex to position. A marching music sets the clock to the parade with sweeping arms and legs, the students face serious at the same pace in front of the Préfecture (local government). Even if it's only a few hundred meters, only the full Schülerzug takes over an hour, then align themselves with other groups of soldiers on dance groups to tailor associations, groups of hunters and last but not the moto-drivers who are irresponsible with daredevil stunts the amount of their driving skills . Present From the first paramilitary deployment is thus ultimately a kind of people moving in the colorful costumes and presents the audience to be entertained. The whole procedure is always already rehearsed the day before, which means it paralyze all traffic both times.

During my first time in Togo, I was constantly asked what are the many, confusing road markings, well, I could find in Lomé, until I saw the first move its usefulness as a means of orientation of the marchers. Me as a German, might seem slightly odd, the parades and even though for many students it is merely a free lesson required course is, can detect a certain pride in the students as it accrues for their school closed before all.

is now teaching all over, and all final exams, including the BEPC (the audit of the 3eme) and BAC (Abitur), which queuing last. What is being introduced in Germany, with headquarters audits only gradually, here's a long walk and add. For the BEPC all the pupils were split from Agou the largest schools in order to deposit their checks. At my school, as the largest, the students came from eight different schools together, while the teachers to other schools also divided so that no one supervised either his own students, nor was able to correct their exams. As with normal exam, all subjects are tested after the other off, both morning and evening. After a week it's all over and the teachers to make the corrections to send it in. Finally, the Préfecture .

will the moment of delivery note, I no longer noticed, but last year there were reportedly 70% at my school, the BEPC and in the other cohorts were on average 50-60% over the next year added. On the private schools should these values turn out better, however, where repetitions rather constitute exceptions. During my year I was of course much confronted with the Togolese school system and I think an idea to have won over its complexity and problems that sometimes something like that and sometimes it completely different, than in Germany.

the Dahomey kingdom

Since my lessons very early on was over and I quickly had entered all the notes together with my colleagues, I had still got the A third possibility Time to travel. 6 days after Benin, which I've finally seen all the neighboring countries of Togo, a post-travel were relaxed with short distances to major historical places West Africa. In pairs, again with Lenny, we went first to Ouidah, a small coastal town, dominated by the slave trade with the Europeans, on we went to Cotonou, Benin's large, desolate, unofficial capital and finally we went to Abomey, where we insights into the pre-colonial history of Benin received.

Ouidah I will always remain as a beautiful small town in memory, which has a central park to relax and its roads, mostly paved abound, as so often in Benin, right in front of cleanliness. The road leading to the beach with white sand roads, past palm groves and is the historic slave route, the last transition, which the slaves after they were long held in the Portuguese fort had to compete to be brought to their ships. Blindfolded, tied in long chains competed over 10,000 slaves over the centuries that way. They passed the "Tree of Forgetfulness," which the seven women, had to circle the men nine times, so as to leave her old life and her personality back, until finally the "Point de non return "reached the Ablegeort the great vessels.

Similar to Cape Coast in Ghana, where they were jammed tightly inhumanely, for the three-month crossing, which they finally mainly to Brazil and the Caribbean, shipped mainly Haiti. Those who fell ill or not the trip survived was thrown overboard and drowned early.

was bound by the slave trade is a mixing of cultures, the slaves began their voodoo religion in the new world exercise, they still practiced their dances and played their music. As for slavery, many former slaves came back they brought in turn a part of the South American culture and so we could hear a few times at night in bars beninsche samba music.

Furthermore, even when Benin was also flying the French flag, but the Portuguese influence was very strong and in Ouidah, some quarters maintained until independence from the Portuguese.

130km further north also brought me the small town of Abomey even further back in the history of Benin, which also changed until the Communist revolution in 1976 the old name Dahomey. When I inquire about the history of Togo, everyone always starts at the "highly successful" colonization by the Germans that came before, no one knows and no one interested.

The history of Benin will be held in Abomey, the headquarters of the Dahomey kingdom from 1645 to the appointment of the first king and the establishment of his palace. From then follows a long succession of 11 kings who were true to their culture every time a new build their own palace, which still today can be seen distributed throughout Abomey. For several years, the remains will be restored with the help of European funds and the youngest, but also the only completely preserved, are now as a museum. It is wide courtyards, where protected by high and thick adobe walls and halls are small temples. In addition to the large wooden doors are often embedded artfully painted colorful symbols of each king, as there would be a lion, two hands holding an egg or a dog. The former Dahomey Empire, which occupies a large part of present-day Benin, and parts of Nigeria and Togo, was the most powerful in the region and has also always tries to stay.

Museums inform you of a very brutal and hierarchical history, where the king took an unassailable position, and was always intent only on his power to present and to enlarge so was a guiding principle, pass your kingdom is always greater than you found it. A very strong king was therefore within its 40-year term each year war against neighboring kingdoms, which he won without exception. In his palace is on display including his throne, which dominates built on the skulls of four of enemy leaders, all other thrones by far. Any rule violations were punishable by beheading, and a temple was built with the blood of slain enemies. As some point the men for the war were limited, said King, the army of the Amazons, who later in a strong and brave warriors of the Wars have been praised.

In the 19th Century, appeared with the French, who signed a protectorate with a neighboring kingdom and as reinforcement Senegalese troops brought with them a new counterparty. For a long time held the Kingdom of the crew of the French was, until finally the last king Behanzin, 1984 showed. The name "Dahomey" should have said how the colonization and independence to survive.

met at the museum visit each other often two different conceptions of visits. We, at least in terms of history, Dahomey, as a completely clueless needed classified only once a certain time by the given information and understand and would have looked like the very well structured and detailed exhibits and panels in peace. However, the visits were always guided by a leader who in a given time, passed through his program at their own pace. The guides were at least mostly informative and interesting, but when we bit longer than planned dedicated a plaque, they were dismayed and when we after the tour again back into a room wanted, we were more or hinausgebittet less pleasant, was the lead over. Too bad, because we are, the really good museums easily angered and sometimes still left ignorant.

During a city tour with our knowledgeable owner we were sure to simple African Erzählungsart, using a lot of direct speech, explained the various stages again and so have finally the individual information still puzzelartig into a coherent picture together and I finally have a idea has been like this part of Africa before the arrival of white men looked like.

Back in Togo, I am now busy with final preparations for departure, a final meeting with my fellow teachers, one last time to Kpalimé, many souvenirs and enjoy the last days with the family. It is too early for me to look back and somehow it is also difficult to realize that these days are the last, as they have become for me everyday and I no longer like a tourist on vacation happen, although I always as white occupies the role of a visitor.

Greetings from Kpalimé,

nyadogolo,

Robert

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here so I'm hanging on the ropes. Between the ropes? I really can not speak German more ... So the weather can thus not decide whether it is winter here now, or at least not easily or is just shit weather. And the people here fall into such a very strange winter torpor. Most of them look even more so than if they were their livers in 1000 lice gone.

Hm And I have done over the weekend also has the mistake two nights stay times in Electric City. died were on-Ueberlangweilung almost ...

There is nothing new, I list just a few curiosities of this country that I so in the nearly three months I 'm here now, have noticed. Some amusing. Some hard to understand if one has not seen :-)

1. leaf rakes . Rakes leaves here should really be named the official national sport. They checked not just leaves. No. Two leaves have fallen from the tree, and back for grandma, grandpa, mom, dad and even other people with their Laubspezialgeraet in and start. Not without

   work clothes. No, first of the vest is tightened. And do not forget: To enable everyone knows that there is a Laubentfernaktion is, of course, still form a construction site and appropriate conditions as a warning sign saying ...

2. The phone. The mobile phone is the One and All

   s of the Lithuanian. He may not have Lita in the pocket more, he has a cell phone. No, two mostly. With accompanying five cards. All of five minutes to be replaced, so that even so no Lita cent away when sending text messages or telephoning. An adjacent to the cell phone ringtones ERSC

   heinen a Westeuropaeer like me annoying to deadly annoying.

3. Black Taxi . The Black Taxi is part of the mafia here in Lithuania. I call it the Black taxi mafia. It is therefore at the bus stop, which is of course on the highway, waiting for the official bus. Five minutes before the official bus, however is the so-called Black Taxi. This is usually a simple Bulli, which then stops at the bus stop and asks you whether you want to come. ERSC

   heint very illegal and not trustworthy. But is simply the job of many people here: All day from A to B to A and go to Black to play taxi. In most cases, you sit with up to nine strangers in a car and by the usually even friendly drivers from A to B.. And the even cheaper than the bus. Funny it is, above all when one is in Vilnius at the bus station. Since then is always at one point one of those Black taxi drivers and to make a carnival barker. And then calls the names of

   the Lithuanian cities, where it will go up, all over the place. If you want to come, you go and sit in the boat. Respectively. Black taxi. ...

4. tea. Tea is next to the phone, the one and only the Lithuanians. Arbata. Juodos Arbata. Vaisiu Arbata. All Arbata. In all - I know, I am inclined to exaggeration, but that's really true - is in every room of hydro

   dwo a kettle to Teeschluerfen. And I'm honest: My tea consumption has increased exponentially over the last three months and I now own a small selection of teas in my kitchen.

So, that's it for now. As I think some very funny curiosities, of which I no longer even noticed a few ... And finally, a small picture that reflects just a lot. ... I run so recently with Katja by Electric City. Grast because at one time a cow. Just like that. Behind her prefabricated buildings. And browsing around there. I could not ...

Oh, and do not forget-me Germany very soon, if only for 10 days ...

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So, here I am back from even higher in the north, alias from my vacation Estonia. First observation. In my next life, I accept the Estonian citizenship and will Kaesitoeoe-shop assistant (which has now not because of the English keyboard, but Kaesitoeoe is just my favorite Estonian word meaning gift).
after an overnight bus ride over Latvia, and twice to be awakened in the middle of the night by border guards who want to maintain so that we are no illegal immigrants come, Katja and I on Wednesday morning in Tallinn (Katja could in the short term until to take Friday off and is at the start). As we meet with Laura of Rostock, together with Louisa from Berlin, Felix from Dortmund and Anna from Lund, Sweden in a volunteer-WG lives. We live here. And draw on Wednesday morning in the city to go sightseeing. Nice, really nice the whole Tallinn. Many things medieval, and yet received from the what-I-know-how the passes century. Finding two: The further north you come in the Baltics, the less one sees that the Soviets have driven to mischief ...
On Thursday we thunder by speed boat over to Helsinki. They are only 1.5 hours and we are for the first time in more than two months EVS jet to non-alumni Sow terrain. I do not know if it's because in any case I like the city immediately. Everything is somehow familiar (it could also be because I sometimes am not the only exceptionally bright blonde within one square kilometer in all of these Finns). The city is a lot. Lakes, coastal town, generous architecture. Well, except for the small drawback that it is pitch dark at four clock. When Katja and I nibble Muesli front of the cathedral sitting on the sun to appear at four simply do not feel everything and lets us sit in the dark. Pff. Well, back to Tallinn.
On Friday, we feel like real Muensterlaender lend us bikes and cruise the beach city of Tallinn. So, I notice I I really bike withdrawal. Katja evening I put on the bus and then go to a German-Estonian school party of Felix. He works in the German Gymnasium in Tallinn, where it has organized what. Together with the other volunteers from the WG I feel again like 12 'Ner school party with Coke and Fanta. Very funny and even after we meet with other volunteers. make perfect
To Estonia holidays, jet-Louise, Laura and I were in Estonia University of Tartu city . Small town where one can imagine being anywhere else, as in old town of Münster. We are committed to - is just usual in Estonia - in cafes do stay out of sheer coziness almost there, but then get even the bus back to Tallinn, where I on Sunday with the two still the Christmas market ( CHRISTMAS MARKET , at home :-))'m unsure glögi drink and ask me again when I stroll through the town again, how many Oes , Aes Ues and you could potentially put it in words.
Well, I never want to go because I like it and all, Tallinn, Estonia as well. The two do not let me go. I have to but then the third and put firmly on the way back to comfortable travel at just under 1.80 meters Koerpergroesse in a bus is simply not possible ... well, my great memories of Esti-country bus ride that can also not destroy. Most of all I want to go back there ...
before I have to just get a few rounds of work in electrical City. My projects are now so slow. On Monday I started the photo project where, or ever been around a few good pictures in Electric City with a child with. Today, for the first book project. Compiler work and read a lot and Co., but to me makes it fun and so can the first time by Christmas survive ...

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Tuesday time is blog writing time and so here comes a small update from Europe, North East. Yes, well first of all: Thanks for all the birthday messages, instant messages, text messages and phone calls. Ha t give me that you all but I have not forgotten. And my parents certainly not. The fact I have visited last week for my birthday and I gave them in return, sometimes just short of Lithuania, or what I know so far of Lithuania, as shown in rapidly. For my birthday. the I did not notice anyway. First beautiful morning brunch with nuts and Vattern, then to work. First I think they forgot my birthday, but then are suddenly all the kids with a homemade poster in front of me and sing me a "Su gimtadieni u'', ie the Lithuanian s version of''Happy Birthday''. I may reward them with a child's birthday Play some German . To pf beat find such che children soooo cool. Eating chocolate and only . As the kids go completely straight. I get there nn more freely, since the center of swine flu reasons anyway on Friday before closing. To''Kielauniu grippa'', ie Swine flu more later, this is nämlic h all a bit crass. Back to my birthday. First evening, eating beautifully Lithuanian in Vilnius with my parents and then goes up in Katya's apartment. As already Kibras and Tomas wait (Monika from Electric City are not of the swine flu affected). The two guys were so gracious and I have a Birthday gsbrot, yes, bought a cake and I can blow out 20 candles. Katja given to me properly and then there are the other four FÖJlerinnen the weekend in Lithuania s North and Estonia / South are visiting. We go to eight e rst m al in the play-bar and then later in the Bix-Club, where I meet other volunteers. Quite nice, but a uch pretty different, the unfamiliar own birthday in a circle, with a bunch of strange quasi-or semi-frem people to spend n. Saturday and Sunday show I my parents still Traka i and evening we drive to the Hote l to Kaunas, because the two a m Early Sunday morning beautiful . Fly I can tell you that it's pretty casual, after two months of volunteer apartment-living in a wake luxury bed and then one on "I brush my teeth on the hotel balcony overlooking Kaunas to make.'' Yes, it was then anyway unclear if I have to work this week ever has, because electric-City now in swine flu Hausen can be renamed. In the schools, is well in Lithuania so are sometimes 50 percent of the children sick, and all schools, kindergartens and including my center work this week and have not quarantine closed moderately in electric-Ci .... ääh, swine flu Hausen. people running really well with mask around and even though I sometimes find a bit ridiculous, and so on. The swine flu favorite things is epidemic. In Lithuania, there is not the vaccine. Therefore, people have more fear. So I make myself on Monday morning due Schweinegrippen free (once I was glad when I snow free or snow chaos had :-)), free to Vilnius. Here I am since yesterday morning and photography a bit in the city,'ve been covering me with a new artist's materials and virtually already sitting on hot coals. For this evening enjoy a short trip to Tallinn . By Sunday evening, then Estonia, I will probably still 'Another day can go to Helsinki by ferry and hopefully also the great National Park visit ...

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Project - Christmas Cards

We are currently working on a donation program that I want to briefly introduce. It is to home-made Christmas cards that you can order it for little money with us and so much can cause. Here's the official description:

What are you doing there exactly?
Christmas cards. Together with the students of the Rehabilitation Centres Edwenase we make Christmas cards that your order and then send in more. The base of the card consists of a piece of dried plantain leave (cooking banana tree leaf), on the front panel designed by students sheet is glued paper (an image, a symbol, etc.) on the back of an empty colored sheet for personal congratulations and greetings . Special requests can of course be expressed as to whether they enforce them to be seen;). Moreover, any card with a "certificate" in the way of "Made in Edwenase rehab. Centre excellent "and bear the name of the student, who designed the card. If the Internet allowed here I will upload a picture of each student along with the name.
pictures with examples of cards I upload in any case soon.

Why all?
Edwenase The Rehabilitation Centre is an initiative which, along with other similar institutions of Ghana's first president - Kwame Nkrumah - was launched, so it's a "Governmental Organization ". One of the main intentions of Kwame Nkrumah, was the killing of disabled children by their parents, due to stop by the financial position or the like.
Killed Disabled Children born today are not everything, but here as elsewhere, people with disabilities still often discriminated against (someone in a wheelchair, for example, could never be "Chief"), and neglected by their parents, be it technical or training in other respects. This is usually not out of malice but simply because people with disabilities often need more attention than others. Attention to the parents often can not afford.
The idea behind these Rehabilitation centers is now so to take the parents the burden from the shoulders by their children, "the full monty" provides: full board, accommodation and training with which they eat after either independently or at least contribute to preservation of the family can afford. All this without compulsory costs (a contribution of some 10 € per quarter will be asked if the family can afford it). The full costs of accommodation, meals and training with the state so. Theoretically.
is now're Kwame Nkrumah, the program in the mid-20th century launched the interest it has unfortunately fallen with each new government. Today it seems finally so that is provided for the teachers but that would regularly get their reward, but everything else was apparently forgotten: Subsidies from the state for providing food and teaching materials will arrive every three months. This year, the government has paid a cent. In which quarter we are at the moment? Exactly. Something to eat with the students, however, and air and love one can teach anyone the tailors. So the project is dependent on donations. The problem is: It is after all a government project, which means that, in contrast to an NGO should be promoted in a big way to donate (such as on television or on billboards). So the project is on private donations instructed by word-of-mouth. The majority of these donations come from local churches and individuals (only recently donated a supermarket chain owner from Kumasi a larger sum). In general, the ranges in order to buy enough food around, but it is exciting again each semester if at all can be opened. And for course materials is then far from ensured. As we come into play.

What is spent the money collected?
What is done with the money we collect depends largely dependent on how much money the whole way here refers. On the one hand, we want more tools for students buy and expand the inventory of the library further, if possible increase but on the other hand, the teaching materials for the workshops (at the moment are, for example on a sewing machine of four students, with the result that is in the classroom much been waiting for). More accurate data we can make only if we know our budget. will also be discussed with staff of course, lacking the most urgent of material. It is certain so far only that not a cent in administration, labor, transportation, or anywhere else in the bureaucratic swamp disappears. The cost of transportation from Ghana to Europe, we assume.

What does it cost?
10 € for 10 cards as a guideline. A price we do not stipulate how much you are donating in the end is ready, with you.

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pictures of the Christmas card project is here:

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next two weeks ... two weeks more crazy Lithuania with a fair amount of work and frustration but also new ideas.
ago from my activities the last 14 days were rather quiet, though still quite great. Two weeks ago it was with the Centre in the Park Indians. Small addition of Peter: Big snow trickled from the sky all day and we stood with an Indian in the nowhere of Lithuania in his village. Because it was snowing so beautiful, there was for the children yet another round sled dog driving to reward that these Indians had somehow in his village. to give the illusion for children that Indians came to me quite funny dog sled ride and at the end of the trip to nowhere we could volunteer teacher and I also heat a round through the woods with this sled dogs. Very cool. When I then jumped after work to the supermarket, I got myself all the time wondering why I look at all so stupid. Well, I was then clear, as I stood at the fruit shelf. My whole face was in fact still beautiful painted with Indian colors. Because I would have probably looked like this ...
The weekend Katja and I spent it for the first time in Kaunas . Peter said the whole thing not so good with us and left us standing in the rain. What was a shame because the Old Town of Kaunas really is a small diamond in the rough Sun
The fact that we are in terms of rough diamonds have jaws, Katya, Kira (a volunteer from Vilnius) then also proved. True to the motto: "Banished from the Kuemmel Lithuanian bread, because it has only just Caustic" we bake our own bread. Took a long time, but night it could cost at half past twelve en we from our first home-baked bread. Finally without Kuemmel ...
Then another choir for the first time where I go started arriving yet, because there was not the right teacher. So I sing because the sample and make beautiful one at: Lithuanian, no problem for me. Then I want to look at the whole course in the fair. Hm Goofy just that I'm sitting at one time in the choir at church and then just sing along. Was probably something about Jesus, but I have longer as the humming sounds, sung as any reasonable Lithuanian word. It was nice anyway ...
This past weekend, the weekend as the foundation of the legendary " MERGAITES 'round are known. We girls, we are making in Vilnius EVS plus all-electric City-Julia have established our own little club, the Mergaites, namely so "girls" Round and have now made, often times we take them all together and start something funny. On Friday evening ended with cucumber masks and Grey's Anatomy look-up night at half past three ... then Katja and I were able, for the first time with the electric-city people in the home of Monica's and Kibras grandfather. The outside is a bit of electro-City and is a small wooden house that the family has renovated the inside and outside so awesome ... sauna included. Just very perfect for a relaxing evening ...

relaxation and good mood I had in the past two weeks also urgently necessary because much at all at work has not worked. My sports-AG did not work and I have come to the conclusion that, unfortunately, not all children can do something together. For fear that these children are in the large group, just a big bunch of loud, difficult to control young people, takes your last nerve. That made me quite depressed and we talked about it in a round with all the social workers. They have advised me to take from now really only a very few children at once and start something with them. I've also done it all last week and it worked really better. Well I felt with the whole story, however, still do not think just because I desöfteren: Wow, everything here is not to shock Sun After a sag on the weekends but again my "Okay, if not great, then you have to keep changing what" attitude strengthened in me and I now have a new master plan, which I also Agne, my mentor had discussed and found them very good. First, I do with the children a kind photo project, which it is to show kids in their town. The whole is then supplemented with small text by the children who write about what they are so like and what not. This project will I make by the end of my service and it should be remembered forever because I was here as a volunteer ...
Then it gives off Now once a week the " Dienas su savanore ," the volunteer day. Thus, a child who has behaved in the week very well be rewarded. It should then come up one day a week something special, what would like to make it and I accompany the child while then. It may be that the two of us then go ice skating together, cooking or anything else to make the best results do not belong to the Center ...
And then I'll start one day a week does not work with the children, but goes to my own book (huh, huh, Julia among the writers :-)). I create about EVS, ie European voluntary service here in the center and to contact I ex-volunteers, and question them, or write such a kind of small guide for all volunteers coming here who will help them make the best possible for them out here. By the way, the whole is very interesting for me because I can have my own experiences and so on and also applied for the workers here is really great to see you what volunteers here are good or not so good. Because this will be a fairly complicated things, I get a full day a week for this project free and I have very, very much the mood for this work ... And I hope that I manage a bit of what I have in mind now, so ...
So, that hopefully not too much at once. Then my parents come tomorrow for a few days (why, why, has Julia birthday??) To visit. Supi ...

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Katja and I have the weekend then that is carved on the lats (Attention, play on words :-)) and were in Riga . This, however, it would hardly come, because my bus from City Electric has come to Vilnius for the first time in the evening rush and the whole bus waiting for me in Vilnius had ...
Well, arrived in Riga, we drove to our couch-surfing opportunity I eva . This nice lady made us kip her apartment and has all Weekend no more aufgehoert to cook for us. On Friday evening there was first Indian soup and tasty meat, and as we got up on Saturday morning, the breakfast was already ready. Very nice and on top of that you could be in English with Ieva also maintained very well.
We spend the Saturday in Riga City. Anyone who'd like to see a beautiful city should be north-eastern Europe, then. are on the e inen hand, the small but fine Vecriga (Riga Old Town). The old town is so often times the capital of a beautiful city and pimped accordingly. On the other hand, it can also discussed the Centraltirgus (Central Market) and stroll in women with a little crown on the head (that will come from the Soviet era) the weekly shopping or get what ever ... The sun shines all day long and only when Katja and I the evening the German-themed neighborhood parks mega drive, it suddenly becomes cold. So much so right. And by five Clock then already the moon is in the sky. Instead we get two, however, a su by panoramic views of the lake in the recreation area. Had they really can paint a painting of, was so beautiful this evening
we cook it in return for Ieva and make us later on in the city. It is rather quiet, what the nightlife is concerned, because the Depo Katja and me, a cute, alternative pub like best ... On Sunday morning we say goodbye
us and make us Ieva after Jurmala. Of the tourist-site, located just 30 minutes from Riga and a n the Baltic content. In summer, bathed here. Here at All Saints walk hordes of Russian Oelscheichen (at least these people saw with their furs like this) over the frozen beach. We picnic on the beach and have once again hit the jackpot in terms of scenery and Katja comes to the glorious conclusion is that the Holland of Latvia Lithuania : It is fast as you, quickly to the sea and all people do on weekends to Latvia on. Unfortunately, it is so infinitely cold that Katja and I are already making earlier to Riga and back to us with a few Lats (Latvian currency) or sit in a cafe for the evening to ride the bus back to Vilnius.
It really is a great weekend and it's been crazy, just for NEN apple and an egg to Latvia was rueberfahren able to ...

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Autumn turns slowly here in wintry November weather. However, I must say that I'm already become resistant to the cold condition and I even climbing stairs have acquired in matters. After five floors of stairs I'm not totally namely recently at the end :-)
The last weekend was definitely great. On Friday we went to the MTV B-Day Part y . It was a kind of concert with many Lithuanian bands that all have occurred, probably because MTV Lithuania birthday. There were even a few bands from the Eastern European stereotypes picture book here (just think - these people go to the Euro Vision Song Contest), but also very very many good bands. At times, had the whole Festivalatmo what I was naturally very pleased. Small curio: The last band is finished and 2000 human en WUUUUUSCH are gone from the concert hall. Only Katja, the Elektrenai and I remain. I know really do not know how can so many people so quick to leave a hall ... We are tired though, but then do even more and almost accidentally stumble into a very good club . In ground floor looks like the whole Kavet in Muenster, in the basement is still a dance floor which, although tiny, but is quite musical sonicated according to me ...
Saturday stroll Tomas, Monica, Katja and I went through Vilnius and the two Lithuanians drag ourselves to the hill of three crosses, from where a superb overview of the city ... And we will still find Kuenstlerviertel's most famous . Namely, the MTV presenters of the evening before. I would be so not me, because I would not run after ice cold and get me a photo with the Zw an ...

The week starts again with much food in my project. My boss is cooking namely because it was his birthday. So, I've never really experienced that everything tastes better than me .... Here in Lithuania, but the so ... Also my first Lithuanian Cepelinai (specialty here) are quite acceptable. Tomas and Monica had prepared the dough on Tuesday evening and are then passed to Katja and me into the Cepelinai-art ...

the week, I work every day rather long, because I will go early on Friday. Why, this later. Problem of the week - the kids have vacation and therefore no school work, which of course calls for even more creativity in terms of employment. On Tuesday
supported me while Katja (they must not work that day and comes spontaneously Elektrenai), but I am still of the opinion that one should offer everything here for the kids, I will also say Gintare on Wednesday. I describe to her my situation and tell you quite honestly that I find that not everything goes right. Finally she explained to me once that the social workers have to make a lot more here than in the afternoon to take care of the children. Can I know of course not, I'm finally in the morning never there when the social worker home visits and Co. do. Okay, I'm a little light, but I ask anyway, that maybe we can do more with the children, because I find it really horrible, sometimes with the kids to be together and simply not knowing what to do. .. So far my requests
works quite well. On Friday, there's a Halloween Party , for which we prepare everything since yesterday. Since then as I sat down with a child and made a lantern from a pumpkin. Pumpkin aushuellen and so on. Then yesterday was still making pottery and I really looked like ne Pottsau. AAAB - the kids were busy yesterday and played with me even reloaded ne extra round Obadetti and Obadetti. Oh, and High Five, Low Five, touch the floor I have also established some kids and Plumpsack washing machines and the game (zaidimas skalbimo masina is the translation) must not be missed ...

Oh, why then tomorrow I do not work so long: Katja and I go to Riiiiiiga ....

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Sun here time flies a little bit. It occurs to me again, in view of what it is assiert in the past 10 days p .
First, I am the last Saturday of the reputation of a relatively experienced hostess complied s and ha be some volunteers z u a party in my Soviet Flat Elektrinai in which I officially been last weekend have renamed in Electro-City invited. Okay, en we tell you, it is quite scary when you a English volunteer named Raymon three hours before calling party begins. Until that moment I knew not the namely Raymon. He let me know but that he and even the 10 other EVS volunteers already in Elekro-City are in a bar and wait on us, we were all still in Vilnius and also so wanted with 15 volunteers in my apartment. Lala, I've then horror scenarios of an absolute all-you-can-destroy-party in my flat now fond of Soviet painted. Was then, however, e ines taught better. At nine are so about 25 people from all over the world (with the possibility exotics like someone from Azerbaijan, and Ramzi from the Gaza Strip) in my Where DRAWINGS. From my empty living room, they make a pick-nick Place, in the kitchen keeps to itself about the respective EVS-projects and all have brought what to eat and drink with . At some point we make a great massage transform circuit and a dance floor in my hallway. Up to four, we play salsa Something and other European music. Since nn are all tired, lie down just to where they have to just dance and will make for the most part already in the morning at ten as of the dust. Okay, apart from Ramzi from Gaza and a few others from Vilnius. Ramzi is so friendly and defines a 'wake up' music, he insists, in his National Songs. Unfortunately, in the time loop. When I ask him to hang up gonna be a different album, it's so good and plays alternately "Dancing Queen" and "Thank you for the music" by ABBA. I give up and say goodbye to all Partygaesten shortly before twelve. It should be emphasized, perhaps, is that not a single neighbor in my panel (and I live on the fifth floor and the whole thing has just 60 apartments) and complains that the tidying up of the party took only a wimpy 60 minutes. Wiederholungswuerdig So, even if not every weekend ...
the work week was for me then only from Monday because of the on-arrival training. But on Monday the first time with a small test in Lithuanian course . Announced course on Sunday and I had really learned yet. With success, for the test result, there was praise from my first voice teacher Gintare. ACOR. This inspired me at work on Monday and then to attempt the whole thing in Lithuanian. Even worked sometimes.

On Tuesday it was then Jovariske , a village in the vicinity of Trakai. Besides, Lithuania from the picture book, I have long not seen in something so idyllic . The seminar house was then again the coronation. Holzarchitekur with large windows and furnace. Madness. The On Arrival-Seminar was then qualitatively really good. The coaches have with my opinion, very good practice and act much taught to volunteer life in the general one to Lithuanian culture and to our situation as a volunteer at the beginning of the service and I found the whole thing very productive. Additionally, the seminar showed me one more time different perspective on my project and my work and I will use as much of it at work. The evening program was always very nice. The first night we have a nice walk in the woods in the pitch black jungle Lithuanian made. I have not seen anything. And then have had a group are also looking for the other under the guidance of the seminar house owner. So I squat for half an hour of nowhere with a Turk, a Macedonian, an Austrian woman and a Portuguese and will - Nauter - not found. Then it starts to rain also still on. I'm really a lover of nature, but that was me then a little bit too much. UN evenings with folk dances from the different Countries of the seminar participants and a sauna evening made the whole thing pretty perfect and I have yet many can make new contacts or my Partygaeste from the previous Saturday can meet again :-)

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New week, new challenges could say so far. Because - my course has begun. I had and have still Bock dr a uf, because the last time again for what's head is. And I can tell you - hard. Lithuanian quasi by the grammar ago w ie Latin , sometimes know I also parallels to the French. Hm Latin, small Untersch ied - Man does not seek to make accusative and Co., but has in speaking and writing the whole is always himself. Okay, not easy, but as I said , I find it good to do something demanding slopes for large and small brain and can say for the first time I we am Klich glad Latin in Sc hule to have had , otherwise I would occasionally gather r nothing. (Oh, and Keywords teaching Latin, beautiful salute to Leonard :-)) remains addition to language classes will of course still the Ar tion in the center, with you I got more and more understand when, where, what happens . Monday or Tuesday for example, is always a very passionate and talented woman who makes the kids ceramic . Since Monday I've just set it and busy with painted. Very cool. On Tuesday I had my then Autumn Art & Craft Action , part reality, and tinkered with the kids Kastastanienmaennchen. It should Kast to ienmenschen are, in fact I've chaetzt but the abilities of the kids Unters . Who astanien namely s wanted all houses in K and Holzstaeben made. It was beautiful to see oen that so many kids have seen my offer. However, it turned more and more fu he pay me, the kids are a problem for some time, ideally even for an hour, then they are ready or not, and do something else. The attention span of many children is just tiny and when they first again account without specific employment , they are difficult to motivate selectively or not at all. And then usually ends with the fact that they make back some nonsense ... But I have now, because yesterday I Gintare for example, my work skollegin and language teacher was talking about this issue, rkannt e that I can solve this problem is not necessarily. Ginta said re, that it would be just fine, wen I come n creative ideas would how to get the kids back which could offer new and exciting. Okay, do 'So I . Located in the Arbe it now. The weekends and evenings are always very funny. At the weekend i have ch z . B. Katja Elektrenai to visit and she had really once again g enos sen, to be in nature and not in Vilnius City. On Tuesday I cooked for Tomas, and Kibras Moni ka from Elektrenai and they have brought the cards for me MTV B-Day Party to which we are a n 23 October go there and see lots of Lithuania (good) bands are. Tonight only go to one he movie showing , here in the gymnasium and later get a few people e from Elektrenai and Katja from Vilnius and we bake together Pizza in my apartment which has now become a small Designerloft ...

the way, I had mentioned that it snowed here yesterday added. Yes, snow. Yes, October. Hm for that is now a very nice fall day with bright blue skies ...

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So, the first week is up, time for a brief summary.

My work begins as to approximately one at noon. From there the kids a spin. Until about three must then only times the homework be made. Small teach kids the basics (yes, Julia makes Now here voluntarily math!) and English homework are my specialties. What strikes me after the few days here is that many large gaps of the children what she regards education, the ... I am considering something like a regular private lesson offer ... At three, the kids eat, and then a half hour tea break is for the social workers and me ... Oh, and without "arbata" So tea here goes nothing into Lithuania. After the meal, the children still remain to six, half-seven or six forty-five in the center, until they are picked up. Yes, you can paint the children here, Lego games, puzzles and so on. The emphasis is on "can". Unfortunately, I think there is little guidance from the social workers. And if kids do not have a concrete offer, I can tell from Holiday fun times of a song, they are quick to start times, simply rumzuschreien, rumzutoben and to do nothing but funny things they should not do.

Actually my plan was to me the center work in the next few weeks to my On-arrival training (which is almost a welcome seminar for European volunteers who have just come to Lithuania and is in my case from 20 to 23 . October to look out instead) to get in.. Well, on Thursday I was then packed but creative ambition and I am simply asking if I did not include Some children go out, can collect chestnuts and leaves, to the later to dry and to tinker with it. Yes, that's really cool when you can make it on Friday after only four days a project has its own first-time-action leaves with the kids. Well, I have to say but in all honesty that the work at the moment very unusual, demanding and different from what I know the from my previous experience with children. The biggest problem is simply the fact that I almost do not speak Lithuanian.

AAAAB that will change as of Monday . There's the first time for me to say: "Prasom kalbete lietuvski. Speak Lithuanian alias Monday for the first time language course .

Great news in my social life. Meanwhile, I know hi him eat really quite a few people I invite also busy in my apartment, evening cook s with them and chatting. Yesterday, for example, four Elektrenai there and we have in my kitchen, which is slowly gaining aesthetic quality, made with a cozy lap Lithuanian pistachios (the first course I have eaten with skin), chocolate, chips and beer. Very nice. And with some of them I will go in two weeks after Vilnius on a MTV Party where most bands play Lithuania . Supi, good music there is still the same d azu ...