Compare and Contrast
Compare and Contrast Different Germany Experiences
Topic
Summer 2006
Fall 2008 - Spring 2009
Summer 2009
Friends
What friends? I had people I hung out with sometimes…
Had a couple, even a boyfriend!
Quite a few this time around!!
Living arrangements
My own, fairly nice apartment
In a dorm, my own room, with smelly boys…not the greatest, it had an awesome elevator though!
I haven’t stayed in one place more than 2 weeks…I’ve stayed on couches, floors, hostels, oh! I had my own bed once…and always on the top floor…[1]
Money
Not really a problem
Broke, broke, broke, broke, broke, broke, broke, broke, BROKE
Not a good situation…
Starting off
I had no idea what to do, I was scared, and depressed, no one would help me
I knew what to do this time, it was just a manner of doing it, no one seemed to care or tried to help me
Things…were…taken…
Care…of…? Mostly…
Ending note
I was SO happy to go home
I DID NOT want to go home. So depressed
Neutral. I’m not happy to leave Europe. But I’m happy to see America for a while. (but ONLY a while)
Job Situation
My job was alright. Stressful, but co-working interns were GREAT! My adult co-workers…well some were better than others
Terrible. I loved my co-workers. I didn’t care for the job too much though.
I LOVED my job! I LOVED! It!
Boss
My ACTUAL boss I loved. Her Boss, which was also my boss, I loved. The guy who pretended to be my boss… I hated.
I hated him. I really, really, really hated him.
I thooought she was nice? She pretended to be nice? But weird, oh so, so, so weird…and in the end….not nice…
Travelling
I got to! It ROCKED! But so expensive…[2]
I got to see Poland? And I went to Denmark…
Hecks yes! Thank you Bahnkarte 50! I love you! [3]
Out of Country visitors
Nope, I did visit Emma though
Simon and Lizzie!
No, Jasmine was going to, Derek was suppose to, but I did see Simon
Internet
What internet??? Oh that thing that never worked???
If I gave sacrifices to the Internet God and did my daily rituals then sometimes, sometimes would I be graced with the presence of internet
I HAD ME INTERNETS! Even WIRELESS sometimes!!!
[1] Anne’s floor with a sheet, bed in my own room, on a lumpy couch, in a hostel, in my own room with bed, another hostel, on an air matrice with no pillow, on a matrices on the floor, sharing a bed, in a bed with someone else’s sheets, and on planes, trains, and buses
[2] Denmark, England, Netherlands
[3] Luxembourg, Belgium, France, Monaco