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Monday, November 15, 2010

My first Dutch aniversary

Times goes very fast and so my first year in The Netherlands. Looking backward I cannot remember the day of my first "German aniversary". I do remember thought my first day in Germany. The day I started my life on my own.

It was August 2001. I still have somewhere the boarding pass. I remember my grandfather, mother and boyfriend (at that time) saying goodbye in Barajas. I remember myself in the plane being scared but also excited. I was flying from Madrid via Paris to Franktfurt. Once in Franktfurt I had to take the train to Freiburg, my original idea was to buy a "Wochenedeticket", which allows you to travel the whole weekend in all regional trains; but after the long stopover in Paris I decided to take the Intercity train, which was more expensive but much faster. I just wanted to get there!!

There I was, in the train trying to figure out where I could sit down for the coming hours. My face was delating me and soon I had someone helping me with my luggage and also someone telling me "Machen Sie sich keine Sorge über die Reservierung, es ist keiner gekommen".

When I arrived in Freiburg, I knew I had to take a tram to go to my rented room. I found the tram and I had to figure out this time how to buy a ticket. I asked someone and again I got help, even a free ride. The particular boy told me not to buy a ticket because I could ride with his ticket. At that time I didn't understood. After a year or so I discovered the reason: monthly abonaments, allow you to take a person after 7pm and in the weekend for free!!! 

I like to figure out things, to get to a foreign country and to wonder how to take the train or the bus...