acemi is abroad

Since one month I was either busy non-stop or had no internet connection. But at last I could settle down in Brussels this week. I'm sick today (it's the time for my annual flu), so I have to stay at home and can finally write to my blog.

My last days in Bonn were very busy and quite stressful. I've got my Belgian visa 2 days before my German residence permit expired because of late received documents. I had to fly to Berlin just for this visa but it was a big relief to have my passport back with a Schengen visa. I'm glad I could see Berlin in Christmas time and walk around in beautiful Christmas markets there.

One day before going to Berlin I had my farewell party in the office with another colleague leaving and in my last night in Germany I went out partying in Cologne with interns in Bonn. I went to the best club I've ever been in Cologne, I'm glad an intern took us there.

On next day we could manage not to miss the train to Brussels with a colleague of mine who was driving me to Cologne and my nomad life for 3 weeks has started. First 2 weeks I rented a room in an AIESECers apartment and I had a lot of fun as sharing the flat with him. In the mean time my buddy from AIESEC found me a room in city centre and I decided to take it but I had to wait until I can move in. On third week I stayed in a friend's place who I know through some other friends and on last Friday I could move to my flat. My plan B was to stay in Antwerp in my friend's house and I'm very glad that I didn't have to apply this plan, because of 3 hours ride to and from work everyday.

Now I'm living in perfect location for going out but it takes long time to go to work and it's rather loud at night. I'm nevermore happy here and experiencing sharing a flat for the first time.

Since I'm settled down you can stay tuned for my new adventures

From this year on Loveparade is taking place in different cities in Germany every year and its first location was Essen on August 25th. I wrote it in my calender months ago but I wasn't likely to go until I saw an invitation e-mail from a trainee on Friday. Not having a plan for the weekend gave me the occasion to see another german lets-get-drunk-and-be-crazy open air festival. Transportation was a problem again, jam full trains with people who start to drink at 10 am...

I'm not a fan of techno music, that's why it was a bit boring after a while and we left early. It would have been nice to see Kosheen live, if we could reach to the stage.

Here are some funny shots.

Last Sunday my brother came to Bonn for one week and I'm in holiday since Friday evening. During this period I was busy with visiting cities, going to concerts and sleeping less.

On 07.07.2007 the open air festival Rheinkultur took place in Bonn. It was in Rheinaue, a very big park on Rhine, and the audience was very enthusiastic. I've heard it before I came to Bonn and was willing to go there. I didn't hear any of the bands' names performing there but still interested in listening to highlighted ones. Unfortunately my friends didn't want to stay until the end and listen to german music and because of considering the fullness of public transportation we left about 9.30 pm. Still it was nice to chat with friends and be lazy.

It's 15˚C in Bonn now and it was rainy whole week. At the weekend it's expected to be rainy and colder In April we had a brilliant weather. Weather in Bonn surprises me in every season.

Another open air event in Bonn is over. We had BBQ in AIESEC office's garden, watched fireworks on Rhine, taught turkish words -well mostly nasty ones- to other trainees and laughed a lot! We don't know what we've celebrated with fireworks but people were quite excited about it. A fine excuse to get-together and party!