German Dutchie has arrived...

So this is my first post being in Bonn, Germany. An historical moment... after all the sterotypes and football clashes, and jokes back and forth, a Dutch @er has joined the German MC :)
Last night I arrived in Bonn by train, 1.5 hour delayed. So far for German punktlichkeit LOL, well, the train was quite confortable and I was travelling in nice company (German and Canadian guy, and a Mexican couple), so it definately made up for the delay :)

When I arrived, all my team members were waiting for me :) that was sooooo cool. I actually didn't see them at first, so I already walked out of the station, but luckily they chased me and then I saw them running down the tunnel, with a big AIESEC banner! So cool.
We went for dinner in a restaurant to get to know the whole team better, and afterwards we went to the office to learn the MC roll call and off course champange to celebrate to completion of the team!!!

And now, I am in the office having had a short introduction into AIESEC Germany! And tomorrow... my first regional conference in Bielefeld :) I can't wait!!!!

Oh and for all Dutch people who wonder now what will happen with the upcoming World Cup, off course The Netherlands will win the cup by beating the German team in the final lol ;) haha. And might they not make it that far for some reason, I now can always cheer for Germany as well, alwasy good to have options :)

Rotterdam...

This could be Rotterdam or anywhere... Last week I was visiting some friends in Rotterdam :) although the weather was not very cooperative, I still had a great time.
Visited an old friend from Maastricht, who is now working and studying in Rotterdam, stayed over the night and we just caught up with each other lives! I also could have joined the alumni meeting the weekend before, but in the end I decided not to. Usually it means having a lot of people in one room, and the longest conversation that you have is based on the question: "What do you do now?" By the time you explain for the 25th time that you're still in AIESEC, but abroad, you kinda get sick of it. No than I rather spend some quality time one on one, and talk about any random topic for as long as you want without being interrupted. And then, whenever the conversations ends, it ends...

Next day I visited the AI office, as I wanted to catch up with Veronica, and some other people. Also the leverage and expansion teams were there. It was cool, seeing lots of familiar faces, people you haven't seen in a long time. So I decided to stay over. besides, it was Nava his birthday they wanted to go out that night. It's cool, having lots of people around from different countries and different stories. I ended up in some interesting conversations and lots of fun :) The night ended in the Skihut where we sang and screamed the night away.

Rotterdam or anywhere was cool, you can say anywhere as you're surrounded by the world. Looking around you, you see people with different habits, cultures and stories, and it's those stories that make you feel alive. So powerful to share each other's stories. Rotterdam or anywhere, see you soon...