Wednesday, February 25, 2009

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Carnaval en Ecuador










And whether here in Ecuador is celebrated Mardi Gras!

is clear, unlike in Germany and therefore looking for a scary new funny and crazy experience was.

Carnival is here to beschmeißen with everything you find. Mainly, however, is wetted with water and tossed with water bombs.

disgusting will be provided by the "foam spray stuff" that is sold on every street corner and in all possible colors and variations.

If you're unlucky, but you will also sometimes flour or an egg on his head.

early on Friday in the school began the "mud Party".

There were actually prohibited, however, was not it and it was made wet, and the hallways were a single lake and as a consequence of the taps were issued.

Up to the last lesson, I stayed fairly dry. Health before but I wanted to get on the school bus, stopped me some friends from all sides of me and poured cold water down the back. But that was nothing compared to what I should expect the following days ....

On Saturday morning I took with my host sister Majo and away my friend Lena in a "Desfile", a kind of parade in Sangolqui, 20 minutes from Quito in part. In this small town my parents have their own hotel and there is this parade as an advertisement for the various trades have also three of us girls, advertising made for the hotel.

covered in a decorated horse-drawn carriage through the streets and we are everywhere on the roadsides waiting crowds to marvel at the parade and throw them with water and other things.

three of us on the coach were of course one of the perfect targets and so there was really no part of the body dry.

Although we could defend ourselves also with "spray foam", but 3 against the rest ... .. of course difficult. So

sprayed and bombed us, and we did not just stick anything in your clothes and hair, but sometimes also the ears and mouth.

Nevertheless, it really fun made, even if we longed then soon after a warm shower.

then we got the but freshly showered and then ate my family and I have started us poured charge each other with water, and then afterwards we all, with clothes, ended up in the hotel pool.

Not enough with the crazy driving, we went on Sunday with my family to Amaguaña where Carnival even more intense, even more crazy to be celebrated.

(expected to follow me, of course, strong sunburn) with a clear blue sky we set out on the day trip and went with old clothes and looking forward to Amaguaña.

already been on the way bombed vigorously and reached the goal, took the wet Make no end.

Unfortunately we had to contend with so many crowds that we hardly mitbekamen of the parade there.

So we walked through the streets, or rather we ran, because of all sides they came back to us, "einzumatschen.

This time, my hair thoroughly dusted with flour and Lena could finally find an egg on his head again.

We came out of the laughing.

The return should not all be easy to make, because a huge traffic jam for hours would not let us drive out of the city.

Thus we

admired so much longer the busy and had our carnival weekend, with a lot of fun and an enriching experience, even brought us back.

Monday, February 16, 2009

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Valentine





The day of love and friendship, here in Ecuador!
Even the weekend before one could number, of course, chocolate, roses and other small gifts now for the partner, as so also here in Germany.
However, I had the impression that it is celebrated even more intense and all float, with or without relationship to cloud 7th
When I failed even lessons. Of course, we still had to go to school, but this time, exceptionally, not school uniform, but in jeans and red T-shirt. It has launched a competition and the classroom with the most beautiful Valentinsdeko and the most delicious dessert should win 2 pizzas.
We are starting down the 1 hour to stuff and decorated our room with balloons, hearts, and candles. By dessert, we have not given us so much trouble, as should be the most important and the most striking decoration.
All have helped, of course, and it was: Place1 for 5to "A", so my course!
Dannach it was for everyone in the auditorium with music, theater and poetry about love has been completed then the school and opened a nice start in the real Valentine's Day the next day.
On Saturday we saw this couple, of course, about this couple in the restaurant, on the streets and in parks.
The discos in the evening were mostly filled with Singel and otherwise there was a rather Ruige atmosphere when I read end together with some friends to Valentine's Day.

Saturday, February 7, 2009

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Quarterly Report 2

Hi everybody at home in Germany!

I can not believe it did not want me two weeks ago was allowed to celebrate my 5-month-day.

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a rather long time that I'm already here, who hurried past, but also very fast to me ... I can not imagine, almost half a year here in Ecuador, too far away from his home.

However, I can also say with certainty that I now resulted in a 2nd have found at home, with a really nice host family, lots of great friends that I miss now when I think of my journey home and all in a small but incredibly diverse, exciting and beautiful country.

I'm doing really good and everything is currently running very well.

An Overview on a typical week here looks to me like this:

course I'm going to school, must therefore rise up early in the morning at half past 6, have breakfast and am therefore the first to leave the house.

school is going well. In the tests, I try to answer what I understand and homework, which really are not much help, something to improve my English, which also is getting better day by day. Most teachers are very receptive and interested, check now and then, as I am and are still trying desperately to speak some English with me can. Since then, however, is something like: "How are you do?" Is muy cold. "Or the like out. So it's always funny and relaxed relationship between students and teachers.

Many of my classmates want me no longer even have to go with me and have already reserved a space in your suitcase, so I'll take her to Germany. All are still very helpful and have welcomed me well.

The school ends to 2 clock, then we go with the school bus home. My family has two housekeepers, so the food is already warm on the table when I enter the kitchen.

goes after the meal varies according to weekday. Many a time are of course homework in which I try to be as good as she can do. Often, however, first placed on the bed and rested for a few minutes before going to work.

3 times a week I had salsa lessons, but only in the evening at half-eighth We are in the process to rehearse a choreography, which is not exactly easy but super funny, especially with all the nice people in my dance class.

Volleyball I play now, after I changed the team this week, 2 times per week. Yesterday was my first

training in the new team. There, now girls from different schools and play all play really damn good. After 2 hours of training I'm just tired fell into bed and realize even now my bones. I am very happy here to be able to exercise a team sport.

My friends I see often on weekends, but also occasionally in the week. Then, just to chat, eat ice cream or made similar, and of course on the weekend to go and have fun!

My host family, 2 sisters, brother, cousin and my parents are super sweet to me. Thanks to so many host brothers and sisters I am never alone, and so is always something going on.

On the weekends I would naturally like to see as much experience of Ecuador. For me it was therefore already on the "Cotopaxi", after "Otavalo," on the "Teleferico", to the beach, after "Mindo" and I'm sure there are still a lot more experience!

The weather here is mostly unchanged and we have between 15 and 25 degrees, so very pleasant.

Soon's going for me with my entire family to "Coca" in the Orient, where we celebrate the baptism of two children of a cousin of my siblings.

This cousin has even invited me to accompany him for a few days at work. I still do not know exactly what he does, but he already knows all of Ecuador and most other South American countries, as it must travel a lot. Soon it will go for it and a few colleagues in the north of Ecuador, and so that I can learn about the neighborhood there, he takes me. If that's not "cool" is not it? I'm curious if this works first of course, because there is not anything set correctly.

On 12 March, I can not wait, finally it's off to the Amazon region, with some other exchange students - we are divided into groups.

And in May, which lasts still, I may be found on the Galapagos Islands again.

A dream!

I'm so sure, still a very nice time here in Ecuador and are expected to have In early July start my return journey.

Life here is just completely different in every respect and thus almost hard to describe. You might just have to experience to understand it.

course there are things that I particularly liked but also many things to which I can now also be used with difficulty.

is very relaxed here, the way how the Ecuadorians plan, not fact. Time has hardly any meaning, the main thing is done the things you have done over the course of the day.

always problems to be solved and there's almost always compromises.

Almost all are warmly greeted each other and is of course always with a kiss on the cheek, even with people you do not know.

Where can I get used to is difficult to turn is the constant waiting on anyone, because I have really learned to know still no Ecuadorians who is not punctual.

Another difficult situation here is poverty, which can be seen with naked eyes and everywhere: young children who are trying to sell candy beggars, the sick and disabled people who walk through the streets with placards and ask for some money and young people who want to earn at traffic lights or other tricks with juggling a few dollars.

Although I am now quite a while here But such images are shockingly over again.

However, as I said, one can understand this is definitely a lot better if you have experienced life here itself. In order to get

times at the end of my report, I wish all best wishes from Ecuador and I can repeat again and again: Thank you, that I must be here!

up soon

Julia