So we’re finally in our hotel room in Munich, after spending 28 hours on the road (12 hours on the plane and 14 – yes, FOURTEEN – hours going around the city). I’m not even going to bother lying about having any energy left over, because you and I both know I’m no longer a 15-year-old. But oddly enough, us teachers are seemingly more awake than the students who have, to their credit, been very, very gung-ho about the whole process. Of course there was some whining from them, but because of the conditions they were put through (I admit that 28 hours is kinda insane), I thought it was completely legitimate.
My impressions of Munich (and Germany) so far? I like that it’s clean and orderly, like Singapore, yet it has enough European culture and flavour to keep me enticed. However, I’m not exactly in awe of Germany yet. Unlike Prague (can’t wait to go back there in a couple of days!), Amsterdam, Paris and London, my first foray into each of these amazing cities have left me yearning for more. Perhaps it’s because I now have 20 students to help “shepherd”. It truly is tough to enjoy myself and really soak in the atmosphere when I have to constantly worry about losing one of the kids. Also, because I did zero research prior to my arrival, I feel extremely lost wandering round the city, not knowing what to expect. And if you know me, you’ll know that this is completely out of character and I absolutely hate this feeling. Nonetheless, I did my best to appreciate every little bit of art, architecture and history that came my way. One thing for sure, I’ll need to come back so I can do this country justice.
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Keep up with the blogging hun ;) heh!
Your first day reminds me of ours in Paris (perhaps worse?) remember how exhausted I was!!!? hahahaha
yeah, give us snippets from where you are, albeit small ‘uninteresting’ bits.
jia you with the students too!
Hahahaha… our first day was definitely worse than our first day in Paris. All of us (young and old) were extremely knocked out man!