It was a rainy Saturday morning in Adelaide. Two men were waiting in a car in the CBD of Adelaide outside the University Accommodation on Grote Street. I was one of them, the other one was my housemate, Richard. We were waiting for Maddy, a girl from Newcastle, UK. My housemate did us a favor and gave us a lift to the airport on that sad-looking Saturday. The airport was the meeting point on that Saturday for a group of 5 people (Lin, Maddy, Orion, Jamie and I).

Why I’m in Australia is probably not a big secret and you came up with your very own idea based on my previous blog posts. However, I did not mention in any way what I’m doing here and what courses I took at the University. Cognitive Science It is part of our curriculum at UCM to take 2 courses out of every concentration. That means for me that I have to take 2 courses in philosophy and art although I my main concentration is science.

You know everyone tells you that you will experience a culture shock once you move, travel or temporarily happen to be in a different culture than you are used to. I can safely say that I was prepared for it since I already had the pleasure of experiencing it back in 2010 when I spent some time in the Philippines. However, I wasn’t prepared. How can you be prepared for something if you never experienced it?

The introductory period at the Uni is over. That means I spent the last week going to semi-important lectures and meeting the other international students. Last Friday marked the final day and the University organized a day-trip. For only $10 we got the opportunity to go to a wildlife park that is approx. 70km south in the hills. The park was a perfect opportunity to get a crash course in local fauna of Sotuh Australia.

It’s two weeks since I arrived in Adelaide and a lot of stuff has happened. The most memorable of all is probably last weekend’s trip into the Adelaide Hills. A little teaser: I saw wild kangaroos. I got to say that I am super lucky with my housemate. I already mentioned that Richard is a local from Adelaide and traveled arround the world. He knows many people in and around Adelaide as well as stuff about other countries and the life in Germany.

Wow. I moved faster into a new house than I expected and even for a relatively reasonable price (Price are much more variable than in Maastricht ranging from 300€ to unlimited, whereas prices in the upper price segment are much more frequent) The House It was build in the late 19th century and is a heritage of the urban landscape. It sits in a smaller street in the south-east of the city approximately 1.

24 hours have passed since I put feet on Australian ground. The country of kangaroos and koalas. I arrived yesterday at around 8pm and in this short post I will describe what I did and what happened. Flight to Dubai Actually I will start a bit earlier than 24h ago. To be precise Sunday around 11pm (Central European Time). It was the time my family and me drove to Hamburg to catch my flight.

I already told some of you that I will spend my upcoming semester in Asutralia. However, until now it all was kind of unclear and not yet completely sure but all that changed today with my visa. I got granted a 6 month student visa and can stay for the entirety of my semester abroad. I came a long way and it included several steps to finally be sure that I will leave Europe.

Hallo alle zusammen! Ich bin wieder zurück mit einem kleinen Update aus meinem Leben. Wie die meisten von euch wissen, habe ich vor etwas über einem Jahr mein Studium in Maastricht begonnen. Ich wurde im Sommer 2011 am UCM (University College Maastricht) angenommen und konnte somit ins schöne Maastricht ziehen. Eine Freundin von mir hatte das Jahr davor, als ich auf die Philippinen flog, in Maastricht am selben College gestartet und konnte mich somit mit allen nötigen Informationen und schönen Eindrücken dazu überzeugen auch an das selbe College zu gehen.