Juba Saksamaal?? // Already in Germany??

Hei! // Hallo!
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Täna hommikul kl 4 seisin ma kõikide oma kodinatega Tallinna lennujaamas ja jätsin oma sõprade ja perega hüvasti. Üli tore oli näha, kui paljud olid viitsinud nii vara hommikul mind saatma tulla. Kõiki kallistades ja üksteisel häid soove jagades tuli ikka paar pisarat silma ka. Aga liialt kurvastada pole mõtet. Aasta on küll pikk, kuid kui ennast tegevuses hoida, siis ei pane tähelegi, kuidas aeg lendab. Üheks suureks eeliseks Saksamaa puhul on, et see asub Eestist vaid 2h lennusõidu kaugusel (või siis 23h autosõidu kaugusel xd). See on hea asi, millega ennast kurbadel hetkedel lohutada. Kodu on lähemal, kui sulle tundub.

Suured suured aitähhid, et te tulite ❤️

Hetkel istume me koos eestlaste, taivaanlaste ja taanlasega Frankfurdi lennujaamas ning ootame veel teisigi, kes Saksamaale vahetusõpilaseks tulema pidid. Pärast seda sõidame me bussiga kõik koos Heidelberg, kus toimub kuni 2.septembrini keelelaager. Selle laagri kohta mul täpsemat infot praegu pole, aga eks siis näeb kui kohale jõuab.

Einhard-Gymnasium
Nagu juba eelnevalt mainitud, hakkan ma sellel õppeaastal käima Einhard-Gymnasiumis. Ma pole veel kindel paljudes asjades, nagu hindamissüsteemis, õppeainetes ja paljus muus, kuid uudishimu aina kasvab. Teada on mul hetkel vaid, et ma hakkan õppima 11ndas klassis ning mul on kolm kindlat õppeainet, mida võtma pean - matemaatika, inglise ja saksa keel. Lisaks pean ma valima aineid veel juurde, aga kui palju, seda ma ei tea.

Hirmud ja juba juhtunu
Ma arvan, et vahetusaasta jooksul hirmutab mind enim uude kooli sisse elamine - uus süsteem, uued inimesed, uus keskkond. Ma pole väga igasuguse uue armastaja, kuid selle aasta üheks eesmärgiks on kindlasti oma mugavustsoonist välja astumine ja uute asjade proovimine.
Lisaks ... juba praeguseks olen suutnud end peaaegu oimetuks närvitseda ning ka paar asja Eestisse maha jätta. Päev enne ärasõitu avastasin ma, et mu arvutit ei ole kusagil. Otsisime seda kogu perega taga, aga sellest polnud jälgegi. Mõtlesin juba korraks, et pean terve aasta ainult telefoni abiga hakkama saama, mis oleks olnud suhteliselt katastroofiline. Igataheees, kui ma kõik kohad olin juba kümme korda läbi tuulanud, leidsin selle kõige loogilisemast kohast. Kivi langes südamelt.
Aga Eestisse suutsin ma jätta šokolaaditahvlid ja martsipani, mille olin vahetusperele viimiseks ostnud. Natuke kahju on küll, aga ega need raisku ei lähe. Mul on Eesti peres piisavalt magusahuvilisi + alati saab paki suveniiridega järgi saata.

Suveniirid, mis koju ei jäänud 😁

Rääkides pakkide saatmisest. Kuna mu kohver sai viimase piirini kõike võimalikku täis topitud, siis kõik talveriided jäid maha. Kohver kaalus 1,5kg rohkem kui tohtis, aga check-inis oldi nii toredad, et lasti ikkagi läbi. Kõik, mis maha jäi, saan lasta vanematel Saksamaale postiga järgi saata.

Järgmist blogipostitust saate lugeda niipea, kui on tulnud uut infot või on juhtunud midagi põnevat.


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Today, 4am, I was standing at the Tallinn airport with all my things in only three bags, saying goodbye to all of my friends and family and giving each other our best wishes for the upcoming year. It was so heart-warming to see that all of them had got up so early in the morning just to say goodbye to me and send me off to Germany. While giving everyone hugs one by one, I even almost started crying. But there’s no point in worrying too much. The year is gonna be quite long, but by keeping yourself busy, you won’t even notice, how quickly the time flies by. One of the biggest advantages of Germany is, that while travelling by plane, it is only 2h away from Estonia ( or 23h by car xd). It’s a great thing to think about, when you’re longing for home. Home is much more closer, than you think.

❤️❤️❤️

Right now we’re at the Frankfurt airport with estonians, taiwanese and a danish girl, waiting for the other exchange students, who also decided to study in Germany. After that we’re gonna take the bus to Heidelberg, where a language camp is gonna take place. We’re gonna be there until the 2nd of september. I don’t have any more information about that camp, but we’ll find out about everything as soon as we get there.

The place we are staying at in Heidelberg - Jungendherberge

Einhard-Gymnasium
As I have mentioned before, I will be going to the Einhard Gymnasium. I don’t know everything yet for sure, like the grading system, the curriculum and much more. I’m getting more and more curious by every minute. But the things I know for sure are, that I’ll be going to the 11th grade and I’ll definetly have to take maths, german and english. I will also be choosing other subjects that I like, but I don’t know yet, how many.

Fears and things that have already happened
I think that the thing that most scares me about the exchange year is getting use to the new school - new schoolsystem, new people, new environment. I’m not really into new things, but this year I’m gonne step out of my comfort zone and get over my fears.
What’s more ... I have already managed to worry too much and also leave some things behing to Estonia. The day before flying to Germany, I found out that I don’t know where my computer is. We searched it everywhere with my whole family, but it was nowhere to be found. A scenario flashed before my eyes, that I’ll have to spend the whole year just with my phone, without the computer... Anywayy... after I had already searched every place for at least ten times, I found my computer from the most obvious place. I was soo relieved.
But I managed to leave behind the chocolate and marzipan that I bought to give to my host-family. Luckily, they won’t go to waste, because in my Estonian family there are a lot of sweets lovers + you can always send the sweets to Germany with post.

And speaking of sending post. As my suitcase was maximum full, I couldn’t fit my winter clothes in it. The suitcase already weighted 1.5kg more than allowed. Luckily, the ones checking baggage in check- in were so kind, that they let me through anyway. Everything that I had to leave behind due to the lack of space, my parents can send to me via post to Germany.

I will write again as soon as there is more news or when something cool has happened.

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Tschüss! // Bye!

Tutvustus // Introduction

Heiii! // Hello!

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Mina :)

Mina olen Liisi Mari ja olen juba paari nädala pärast alustamas oma aastast seiklust Saksamaal. Nimelt olen otsustanud hakata vahetusõpilaseks ja pöörata kogu oma elu pea peale. Vahetusaasta mõte tuli mul siis, kui endised YFU vahetusõpilased oma kogemustest koolis rääkimas käisid. Peale seda on mul huvi aina kasvanud ning nüüd olen juba kahe nädala pärast seda unistust täide viimas, küll aga teise vahetusõpilasprogrammiga, nimega ASSE.

Miks just Saksamaa? Saksamaa on mind alati kuidagi enda poole tõmmanud, ei oskagi seda hästi seletada. Paljudele saksa keel ei meeldi, kuid mina arust on see üli äge :D. Lisaks meeldib mulle see, et igast Saksamaa nurgast võib leida midagi hoopis teistsugust nt. inimesed, dialektid, maastik jne.

Minu vahetuspere elab Lääne-Saksamaal, linnas nimega Aachen. Seal on poole vähem inimesi kui Tallinnas, kuid on pindalalt sama suur. See on minu jaoks suur pluss, kuna mulle meeldibki pigem rahulik keskkond. Mu vahetusperes on 5 liiget - ema, isa, kaks venda (21 ja 23) ja kuldne retriiver Bruno. Me elame umbes 8 km kaugusel Aachenist, kus asub ka minu kool. Kool algab seal juba 29. augustil, kuid kuna ma lähen Saksamaale saabudes nädalaks keelelaagrisse, siis jõuan mina kooli alles 3.septembril. Kooliks saab mulle Einhard-Gymnasium.

Paar sõna ka mu Eesti elust ja perest :) . Ma elan koos oma ema, isa, õe (15) ja vennaga (7) Tallinnas. Vabal ajal tegelen spordiga ning sellel suvel olen ka tihedalt tööl käinud. Muidu meeldib mulle sõpradega ja perega aega veeta ning purjetada. Käin juba 11. aastat Tallinna 21. Koolis ning planeerin ka peale vahetusaastat 12. klassi seal lõpetada. Pean ennast sportlikuks, sõbralikuks ja tagasihoidlikuks. Uute inimestega meeldib mulle alati tutvuda.

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My name is Liisi Mari and I am going to start my exchange year in Germany in a few weeks. I have decided to become an exchange student and turn my whole life upside-down. The idea of going to the exchange year came to me, when former YFU exchange students visited my school to share their experience with us. After that the curiosity of living a whole year in a different country started to get bigger and bigger every minute. So now, already in two weeks, I can go and make my dream come true. But I will be doing it with a student exchange programme called ASSE.

But why Germany? Germany has always been interesting to me, I cannot fully explain, why I chose that country. Many of my acquaintances don´t like German, but I think it´s a really cool language. Another thing that I like is that from different parts of Germany, you can find a lot of variety among people, dialects, landscape and so on.

The city of Aachen

Location of Aachen

My host family lives in West-Germany, in a city called Aachen. There are 50% less people than in Tallinn, but the sizes of the two cities are almost the same. It´s a big plus for me, because I like a calm environment. My host family consists of 5 members – mother, father, two sons (21 and 23) and a golden retriever named Bruno. We live about 8km outside of Aachen, that´s also where my school is situated. School starts on the 29^th of August, but as I´m spending my first week in a language camp near Frankfurt, then I will be starting school on the 3^rd of September. My school will be the Einhard-Gymnasium.

A few words about my Estonian family and life J . I am currently living in Tallinn with my mother, father, sister (15) and brother (7). I do a lot of sports in my spare time and I also have been to work for almost all my summer. I like spending time with my friends and family and sailing. I have been studying at the 21. School of Tallinn for 11 years now, and I will definitely also graduate high school there. I consider myself sporty, friendly and modest. I like meeting new people.  

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Tschüss! // Bye!