It's unbelievable!

Dream come true! How unbelievable is that?! Well, I've been putting efforts to get the student exchange program going and here I am, in EBS, germany. It's really unbelievable!

I've always wanted to study overseas and now I am realizing my dream :) even it's just a semester, it is enough for me :) It's my first time going this far and taking a long haul flight! I'm kinda scared actually. The standards of education here. But of course, gonna learn lots of things here.

Everyday is a unexpected day. I just love this village and the architecture here ~

Lost in Wiesbaden

Here it goes. We decided on saturday that we will check out Wiesbaden on Sunday and we did! So me, Xue Chen, Alan, Brandon, Vivi and Lily met up at our flat entrance and take a 5 mins walk to the bus stop to catch a bus to Wiesbaden. The public transport system here is PERFECT. The bus and train arrive on time. I actually wonder how bus can arrive on time because we have people going up and down the bus, people asking questions to the driver holding him from moving and red lights etc. Despite all these, the bus is perfectly punctual. Late for 30seconds? Wait for the next one.

getting ready and waiting at bus station for bus 171

The journey to Wiesbaden is like 40minutes and we got off at Wiesbaden Haupbahnof, which is Wiesbaden train station. We went in the station and check it out and exit from the side door. There's where we started to make ourselves lost in Wiesbaden!

Wiesbaden Haupbahnof

tour train in sight

Keep walking (sounds like johnny walker ain't it)

On the way to the 1st cathedral

We walk westwards and it started to rain~ It's ok, we found a big church where we can go in and visit. In fact, it's a cathedral.

I thought this is already beautiful, there more later!

magnificent

magnificent, ain't it

After the church, some of them got hungry and we need to find something to eat. However, it's a sunday and all the shops are closed! Including shopping malls. Only some convenience stores (like 7-11 kind of stores) are open. Unlimited walking and stop by to ask people around. We are lucky to have Alan coz he speaks some german. Bravo Alan! So, on our way back to Haupbahnof to get food (shops are open there!), we saw another cathedral. I shall get the names...

This is in Luisenplatz, with Waterloo Obelisk and St Boniface Church

That monument in front was built in 1865. woohoo

And continue our way to Haupbahnof, and have our lunch.

suck the awful spaghetti 

Since it was early, we decided to go and look for MarktPlazt (market plaza) where I guess there will be more people and maybe a market there... And we were lucky! The Wiesbaden Wine Week was held there! AHAHA I'm so overwhelmed! There's a big cathedral in the MarktPlazt and it was surrounded by all the wine stalls. yea! I saw schloss vollrads recommended by bro!

markt plazt church is just ahead!

so grand

see upstairs it's for the surround sound

outside

nice flowers at the markt plazt

the best schloss vollrads

the best wine, the glass of wine is for 2euro

this one is 2.5euro, and if you want the glass, it's just 2euro. But I didn't buy it

group photo

On our way back in train

And the best thing, I got a bottle of schloss vollrads riesling for my own XD I'm a happy girl!
Speaking of that, I got the urge to open it now wakaka.

1 thing, I did not purposely join asian friends back but we didn't really see anyone when we were out. Maybe we are early, but shops here close at 5pm, so I don't want to miss anything. Auf Wiederschen

3 days in Oestrich-winkel

Today is the 3rd day here, and I guess I've walked like more than 30km. I am so impressed with myself as I can walk that much! My legs are painful, but I guess I hurt it when I was back in KL before I came. Once you got old, you just can't avoid all these nonsense. I shall drink more milk and get my calcium back!

that's milk in glass bottle!

So, on the 2nd day, I went to pick up my parcel and later to Aldi to check the store out. It was even smaller than Rewe which is nearer to our place. But the price seems to be cheaper. However, Rewe has more choices. Update: 3whole drumsticks worth 2.29euro. 2.5kg of potato worth the same. Question: which one is more worthy? 

I really hope to get a bike on monday so I wouldn't torture my pitiful feet anymore. I walked another maybe 10km today or even more. But today was ok as I was in my sports shoe. So I guess maybe it's because of the shoe. I should have bought the scholl shoe. Full of regrets now.

I'm actually supposed to go to the authority office to register myself to the local authority, then Brandon told me that he is planning to go to Wiesbaden, which is a bigger town. So I decided to abort the registration plan and join him and Alan. When we got to the train station, there were no ticket counter there. I guess that might be the same for many of the train stations here. Not just OW. And we head to bus stop planning to take a bus. A guy waiting for bus told us that we need to get ticket on the ticket kiosk, so we got back to the train station and figure out how to use the machine again. But in vain. So we decided to go to look for our Burg campus in the end. Luckily we manage to find it :D So we nearly got on the bus to Wiesbaden but I guess that the driver was annoyed with us asking him and holding the traffic, he just told us to get the next bus. Later on, we realized that we could pay on the bus and head to Wiesbaden T_T

Anyway, I got myself a sim card and a samsung basic phone for 9euro. Dirt cheap. Then I topped up a least amount of 15euro. When I was chatting with sis, then only I realize that I've spent RM100 for it. Hmmphh that was for the credit!

My 9euro phone

 Later on, we were back to our hostel again to find Xue Chen, my housemate and headed for Rewe. The shops here are not open on Sunday and so, we need to get some food. Spent another 10euro. I've been stocking up on my groceries these 3days and I don't think I really need to get any food later for the next 2 weeks. Seriously. Yea, maybe for some juice. The juice here is very cheap, compared to mineral water. And cheap too if compared to juice in Msia. Grapes here is cheap, half the price what I will need to spend in Msia to get the same amount, berries are cheap too!

the strawberries are better than those in cameron highlands. (of course)

The fruits and vege I bought. Hasnt got any idea what to cook yet.

my Ja! orange juice. 1.5litre for less than 1euro. Apparently the juices here are cheaper than the mineral water

We ended up cooking for our lunch+dinner as there were no shops open at 2.30pm anymore for lunch. Without any choice, we started to cook. Actually the cooking plan is supposed to be tomorrow I guess. Anyway, we prepared curry chicken and spaghetti. The curry I brought from KL taste really good and it actually goes well with the spaghetti :D So thanks to the cooking session, we realize that the sink in our kitchen leaks! Thanks to the guys for cleaning it for us.

the curry chicken we made

Brandon in action to deliver us spaghetti

Alan was cleaning the floor for us

Evening time in OW is a boring one. The shops are closed, nowhere to go. We decided to visit Chi an and Lily since they are staying really near to us. It's just 2 streets away. Their place is nice as it's a proper landed house and the landlord is staying with them. Furthermore, they got their internet for FREE! Darn it. Hppmmhh Why EBS is charging us then T_T

cute kiddos spotted!

the view from chi an and lily's house balcony

Anyway, after some talking and bringing them over to show our flat, I'm back again in my little cozy pig sty to blog away. it's 1130pm now and I guess I should be sleeping. My new housemate just came and I didn't even catch her name :P I shall do it tomorrow. 

Wiesbaden for tomorrow!

Greetings from Oestrich-Winkel

Alas, my efforts has made my dream come true - study in overseas, in Oestrich-Winkel, a small german town which takes a 45mins ride by car from Frankfurt air port.

When I was in KLIA

Thanks to my dear friends who came to send me off

In Dubai...

I touch down before 1pm, which is like 30mins earlier. Waited for my luggage for some time, and got out from the airport. Apparently there are not so many shops that are appealing to me.

Took the escalator that can even carry a trolley, got the hell out of me. I saw people pushing it quite easily so I just follow the suit. I thought the trolley was going to fall on me but NOT. It got hold of the escalator and stay still! After up and down for a few times, I'm an expert now. LOL So darling, when you come here, I shall teach you.

going up

going down

I waited for some time at the meeting point before meeting Moon Joung, the korean girl. And we decided to walk around. Sigh, if I am the one walking around, I will do some shopping... So, the driver came on time and pick us up, and we waited for an hour go round and round for Ramiro, the mexican. His flight was delayed and the driver took a hard time to look for him.

Audi with an ugly top

The driver dropped them at Rheinstrasse 14, their flat, opposite to the Rhein river! And drive me to my flat. It was quite a distance to school from my flat. Anyway, it's in my plan that I shall get a bike. I'm so blessed that the driver helped me to carry my luggage to the 2nd floor and another uncle helped me to carry it to the third! I spent some time to look for my apartment, as there were no house number outside the house; trying each door with my keys.

My room

the kitchen

My flat is a small flat with 3 rooms, which the rooms are big (although mine is the smallest, but it's still ok for me) and the bathroom is big too. However, the living hall is quite small, maybe because there's a wardrobe there. I contacted Brandon (from US) and together with Francesco the italian, where both of them just stay downstairs, we went out to check out the town a bit. Found out a family store (supermarket) and bought some food. Oops! forgot to check out whether they sell rice there!

that's the drink mart we got it, left is Francesco and right is Brandon

It's summer now and the sky is still bright even at 9pm. We got back around 8pm and I went back to my room to unpack all my stuff. Finally, got the stuff all arrange and when I fit the bed sheet on my bed, shit, the sheet was too small. It seems that their mattress was longer... Whatever, I shall visit Kati, my coordinator, later to get my parcel ah Boy sent me, which consists of the bedding set.

And my breakfast was the bread I bought from the bakery yesterday. Very filling indeed.
Went to schloss to get ah boy's parcel Kati and it took me 1 hr on foot. The way back? 1.15hrs, with a box of comforter and pillow. Wait, where is the bed sheet??? The bed sheet I brought along apparently is too small and now I got to use it coz ah boy didnt send to me. I cut the bottom edge and sew it into the mattress, so it won't go off the mattress. I'm so tired now! I feel that the 2 hr walk going to get me lose 2kg! However, it is kinda lucky that I chose this place because along the way to schloss, oestrich-winkel is the more happening (compare to hattenheim) town or should I say village...