I know. You are all waiting to know what has been going on. It's been truly amazing and we are all sincerely sorry for not being able to keep up with the blog. However, when they said GSE was hard work, they weren't kidding.
Our days are filled with incredible learning opportunities and interesting people. Our evenings are filled with long-conversations and new experiences. Typically we are up well past midnight and awake again the next day before 6am. As we are here for only a short time we are trying to get as much out of the experience as possible. This doesn't leave us much time for blogging, email or even quick phone calls.
Emden was truly amazing. As you have seen in the previous posts - it really is working towards a sustainable future. From there we moved to Bruchausen-Vilsen. Once again, we were not disappointed. A very well organized itinerary that saw us each enjoy amazing vocational days, to meeting a German McDonald's frachisee, to an informational and interesting walk thru at the newspaper office to a fabulous learning experience at a world reknown horse-breeding facility, to delightful walk through the cultural center of historical Celle.
My vocational day was spent with Mattiai Construction - a well-known and relatively large construction company in Northern Germany. A great day of touring various projects including a round-about, construction of a new canal and lock system, a bridge project and a new highway construction. It was very interesting to look at the different techniques being applied and to discuss costing and estimating.
And once again, the highlight of the time was the people. Truly wonderful! I think that is what I will take away most from this experience - the opportunity to meet and talk with the local people. To develop friendships, understanding, and to, best of all, plan their future trips to British Columbia.
This morning we are off to Berlin. We are all excited. Berlin has so much to offer and I think these next few days will be beyond expectations. Chat again soon
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