22.9.2011 von Alma.

One of the things we heard when our exchange partners were in Sweden was that they found it strange that most of us had our own unique style. And when we came here we felt the exact opposite, everybody was dressed the same way.

Everybody wore something blue, beige or/and white, beige shoes with wool inside and a leather bag. Of course there are exceptions but all in all people didn’t seem to dare to stand out.

When we were in Köln and went shopping we also noticed that almost all the stores sold the same clothes, same colours, models, style etc. 

It doesn’t have to be a bad thing, as long as you wear whatever you want. But as soon as someone doesn’t dare to wear something unusual and unique we think that maybe it has gone too far. 

/Julya and Alma

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22.9.2011 von SisselaochMilly.

Today we were in school all day, we got to experience how the lessons are formed here. We went to one English class and one religion class. The two classes were very different from each other. The English teacher was a lot stricter than the Religion teacher. When the English class started everyone had to say “Good morning miss …” and everyone sat quiet and still and really concentrated. The religion teacher on the other hand was a lot more fun and more relaxed and taught the students in a totally different way. 

After school we went home to get ready for the night. 

In the evening we went to a German restaurant with typical German food. It was a very nice and cozy restaurant with a lot of tasty food. Some of us tried schnitzel and other German dishes and some of us went fore “normal” food that we would eat at home to.   

After the restaurant everyone went bowling together. It was a lot of fun and we had a really good time together. 

Milly and Sissela

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22.9.2011 von SisselaochMilly.

We took a bus from the school in Kerpen to
Brussels. The ride took three hours. When we got there we went to the EU Parliament to listen to one of
Sweden’s representatives, Cristoffer Fjellner. He talked about his life as politician in the EU Parliament and his specific tasks. His main tasks are about public affairs and the environment. We were allowed to ask as many questions as we wanted and it was very interesting to listen to him. It seemed like he had a very hectic life and most of it circled around his job. He travels a lot. He spends his weekends in Sweden and the rest of the days in
Brussels or in other parts of the world. His main focus was Indian trade from an European point of view.   

After the visit at the Parliament we received some free time to walk around and see the city. At first everything in the city looked very new and modern. It almost looked like the whole city was made of glass. But all of a sudden when we turned around in to a small street we came into a square surrounded by absolutely beautiful old buildings. We were fascinated that the big modern city so suddenly became so old and interesting. The buildings around the square were huge with many really well made details on them.

We walked over the square into a small ally with a lot of chocolate shops on both sides. We went inside one of them and the whole boutique was filled with shelves overloaded with the most beautiful chocolate boxes and chocolate we had ever seen.

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