Update
Hello,
it´s been quite a while since I wrote anything about what I´m doing so I thought that I would finally try to give a bit of an update of what I´ve been up to...
I moved to Munich in August, speaking no German and thinking that it was going to be fairly easy to find a job over here. I was wrong.
The last few months have been very frustrating at times because of how difficult it´s been to find work. At first I was looking for jobs in Engineering (thinking that Germans like Engineering, and I´d been told that there were quite a few companies that employed people who didn´t speak German). As the weeks went by and by bank balance went down I started to look for other sorts of jobs where they wanted English speakers such as language schools. Still I had no luck, finally I started to look for any sort of work, going to all the hostels and Australian and Irish pubs in town. Still no luck. All the places I tried told me to come back in February when the tourist season picks up again. That didn´t help me much cause there was no way my money was going to last until February.
I finally found a job a couple of weeks ago. It´s nothing special, working in a call centre for an insurance company, but at least it´s some money and it will keep me going while I keep looking for a better job. I´ve also done a couple of shifts in an Irish pub which was actually good fun, I´m going to try to do a few more because it´s cash in hand which is good for the wallet.
During my period of unemployment I was learning German. At first I was learning it from a book and some CDs but later on I took a 2 week course which was pretty full on but it really improved my German so it was worth it. The last few weeks I´ve been concentrating on work but once that settles down and the new year comes I want to get back into learning it.
Oktoberfest was great fun and it was good to catch up with a few people during it.
My brother Tim also came back to visit for a week and a half later on which was great. We did a bit of sight seeing but mostly just hung out together. One day we went to Neuschwanstein castle which is absolutely amazing! It´s the most brilliant castle I´ve ever seen, inside and out. It´s situated in the middle of nowhere on the top of a hill which gives it fantastic views. Inside just about everything is covered with gold and is so detailed and over the top that it´s breathtaking. The king who had it built (Ludwig 2) was famous for building ridiculous castles and making Bavaria bankrupt because of it.
Last month it was one year since I left Australia. It was also Mona and I´s one year anniversary.
I haven´t done a lot of sight seeing lately because I´ve been trying to save money, hopefully I´ll start doing a bit more lately.
Although Mona and I did go to Nürnberg on the weekend. Her brother lives there so we visited him, we also saw a bit of the old city and went to the famous Christmas markets. Every German town has some markets but the ones in Nürnberg are supposed to be the best in Germany. They were quite good but really too crowded for my liking.
The weather here is terrible. It´s a totally normal German winter but, for me, it´s terrible. I think the maximum temperature for the last few weeks has been about 2! You can´t leave home without a couple of jumpers, warm shoes, gloves and a beanie. I´ve only recently bought a jacket and some shoes without holes in them so I´m a lot warmer than I used to be! No snow in the last 2 weeks but I hoping there is some before Christmas.
I only have 2 minutes left on the internet so I hope that explains what I´ve been up to. Now that I´m working I´ll be doing more things so I will have more to write about.
Bis bald,
Pete
it´s been quite a while since I wrote anything about what I´m doing so I thought that I would finally try to give a bit of an update of what I´ve been up to...
I moved to Munich in August, speaking no German and thinking that it was going to be fairly easy to find a job over here. I was wrong.
The last few months have been very frustrating at times because of how difficult it´s been to find work. At first I was looking for jobs in Engineering (thinking that Germans like Engineering, and I´d been told that there were quite a few companies that employed people who didn´t speak German). As the weeks went by and by bank balance went down I started to look for other sorts of jobs where they wanted English speakers such as language schools. Still I had no luck, finally I started to look for any sort of work, going to all the hostels and Australian and Irish pubs in town. Still no luck. All the places I tried told me to come back in February when the tourist season picks up again. That didn´t help me much cause there was no way my money was going to last until February.
I finally found a job a couple of weeks ago. It´s nothing special, working in a call centre for an insurance company, but at least it´s some money and it will keep me going while I keep looking for a better job. I´ve also done a couple of shifts in an Irish pub which was actually good fun, I´m going to try to do a few more because it´s cash in hand which is good for the wallet.
During my period of unemployment I was learning German. At first I was learning it from a book and some CDs but later on I took a 2 week course which was pretty full on but it really improved my German so it was worth it. The last few weeks I´ve been concentrating on work but once that settles down and the new year comes I want to get back into learning it.
Oktoberfest was great fun and it was good to catch up with a few people during it.
My brother Tim also came back to visit for a week and a half later on which was great. We did a bit of sight seeing but mostly just hung out together. One day we went to Neuschwanstein castle which is absolutely amazing! It´s the most brilliant castle I´ve ever seen, inside and out. It´s situated in the middle of nowhere on the top of a hill which gives it fantastic views. Inside just about everything is covered with gold and is so detailed and over the top that it´s breathtaking. The king who had it built (Ludwig 2) was famous for building ridiculous castles and making Bavaria bankrupt because of it.
Last month it was one year since I left Australia. It was also Mona and I´s one year anniversary.
I haven´t done a lot of sight seeing lately because I´ve been trying to save money, hopefully I´ll start doing a bit more lately.
Although Mona and I did go to Nürnberg on the weekend. Her brother lives there so we visited him, we also saw a bit of the old city and went to the famous Christmas markets. Every German town has some markets but the ones in Nürnberg are supposed to be the best in Germany. They were quite good but really too crowded for my liking.
The weather here is terrible. It´s a totally normal German winter but, for me, it´s terrible. I think the maximum temperature for the last few weeks has been about 2! You can´t leave home without a couple of jumpers, warm shoes, gloves and a beanie. I´ve only recently bought a jacket and some shoes without holes in them so I´m a lot warmer than I used to be! No snow in the last 2 weeks but I hoping there is some before Christmas.
I only have 2 minutes left on the internet so I hope that explains what I´ve been up to. Now that I´m working I´ll be doing more things so I will have more to write about.
Bis bald,
Pete
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