Saturday 14 May 2011
As I type away we’re sitting on one of the famous Autobarn motorways, ticking along at a lazy 140km/h in our Mercedes van bound for Berlin!
We’ve been based in Altenburg since Wednesday and our GSE experience continues to provide insight and fond memories with each minute. Altenburg is the most eastern based place we will visit and you can sense the Slovak and Russian influence.
Arriving in Altenburg on Wednesday afternoon we lined up to present to the local Rotary club, and it was by far our best presentation to date. As a group we were much more relaxed and our natural personalities shone through. We’ve adapted our presentation to now include detail around both ourselves and a brief on all things Australiana. We received a series of questions around the population of Australia and climate.
Our vocational day provided a variety of options for all with Bruce spending some much missed time with his four legged friends, Rebecca discussing HR with an IT company, Justin visiting a company that produces fire protection equipment, Emma working with the Altenburg tourism section, Adam exploring the local brewery and myself touring the country side visiting Bio-gas plants and a Mercedes-Benz central company.
Last night we dined under the stars in the grounds of the Posterstein castle as we ate goulash – prepared by ourselves! At the end of the evening a small presentation was made by Adam and Justin (aka Barbarossa) with the lads managing to get themselves in the local paper (see image).
Hi Team, Sounds like you are having a great time. Not sure if my messages get through as blog doesn't seem to have my footy updates. Cats Vs Pies last Friday - wet but great game - both sides did enough to win but cats by 3points at the end. Bombers thrashed Lions making them no wins from 8 starts, Saints 1 win from 7, GC Suns 2 wins from 7.
ReplyDeleteWeather wet, wet & cold - snow in Dandenongs.