YouTube I just started a YouTube channel and I really want to post some videos but currently I am not able to because there are so many new things. Everything changes and I just need time to get used to it. I have many ideas for cool vlogs and other projects. For example I want to collect peoples' first impressions on Taiwan and Taipei. I want to record this with my iPad. My aim is to post a Video like this every 5 to 8 weeks and see if something changes. Maybe due to weather or other circumstances in Taiwan. Walkabout Tour The Walkabout Tour is part of my work as trainee in Topology Travel ( topologytravel.com ). It is a tour for locals to visit uncommon places in and around Taipei. Jesper, another trainee, and I are supposed to, first be a tour guide for a recent tour and then create our own tour to a place we decide. I really appreciate this work because it is very independent and we have much space to do the things the way we want to. We have many ideas and enough ti
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Wow... Taiwan and Taipei is so cool! I really apreciate the culture and the people! Yesterday we had a BBQ during a typhoon just in front of the Hostel. The culture is much about eating and enjoying. Nothing can stop a taiwanese from a BBQ. There also were two great musicians performing in the hostel. Ukulele and Percussion. Their music was uncommon but they were a really good team. They really felt the music and so did the audience. They played in the lobby, the room was slightly darkened, rain was tapping on the windows. It was really nice music and a nice performance. I also met someone who did the workling holiday with Topology Travel as well. He is from Malaysia. I hope we can share some experience and I can learn something from him about the job. First day at Topology Travel Today was my fist day at the company I do the internship until 28th February. I was very unsure and nervous. I never worked in a company like this, so I was really confused and lost, but also curious and exi
(Wrote that on flight) Only two hours to go... I am feeling a bit inconveniant due to a cold, but for the rest fine. I am very confident with the sirvice of the airlines and the kindness of the personal. First you have to know that this was my first flight. So I had no clear image of what to do in which prder at the airport. In Düsseldorf I just went to the information desk. Due to my online check they sent me directly to the drop off. The lady at the drop off station was very kind and checked me in for my second flight from Vienna to Taipei. In Vienna I just walked to the other gate and directly into the plane. Now on the second flight I asked if I can get an emergency seat. I had luck and got a place for humans with long legs in economy class. The meals are of good quality concerning the circumstances. The flight personal is very kind and polite (I know it's their Job to do so) let me give you am example: I asked if they have a power outlet with USB-port to charge my mo
Checklist to travel well take somebody aside who knows how to travel two persons have more experience than one create todo lists check against the list find your way to do best Financials (approx.) in € 74 Visa 150 Backpack 70 Daypack 75 Medicine 15 Keyboard (for iPad) 560 Flight 460 Health insurance 100 Baggage insurance 70 Additional equipment (neck pillow, eye shades, silk inlet, books) Summed up until now my journey costed approx. 1574 € .
Things getting weird One step in the airplane and my head is half way in Taiwan. That's not that easy as it maybe sound like. On the one hand I am happy, because I can make a dream come true and make new experiences. One the other hand it is hard to say goodbye to persons you love. Thats a very weird feeling. This week ... ... I bought two nice backpacks and everything for a first aid kit. To buy the right backpack is not easy. I am very happy that my uncle Daniel helped me with this decision and shared his experience concerning travelling with me. Finally we found a nice daypack, waterproof, light, foldable and large enough for everything I need for a day or two. Moreover we got a nice, 60l, also waterproof, backpack. But how do you find the right backpack or the right suitcase? This question is very complicate to answer right, because there is not a right or wrong. The backpack or suitcase should fit your personal creteria. Do you want to stay in a city for a year? Do
Luggage Be sure to get the most important things into your handluggage. Everything you need within the next three days, if the luggage gets lost. How much do you want to pack, what is necessary, what is nice and what would be luxury. Get information about how much luggage is allowed to take on flight. Consider the country's circumstances: What is easy to get, what is about the health system, what medicine would be useful to take with you, any special things concerning the county like deseases or cultural identies. Clothes Be sure to travel with enough and the right clothes. Again: Get informed about the country you will travel. Clean and tidy clothes make many things easy. Especially if you travel to islamic countries the right clothing is important. My luggage (so far) Seats Reserve a good seat in time! Especially if you are a large person (like I am). Time More is worth more! Be sure to plan with slack time to avoid delays and considerable inconvenie
Less then two weeks until takeoff! I am so exited and a bit nervous. I now have an image of what comes next but I don't know how I will integrate into the cultur, how I will feel and what will happen to my habits. Many things to find out! Packing carry-on luggage: important items necessary medicine everything for 2-3 days if the luggage is lost something to read, relax etc. My carry-on luggage so far, iPad is missing (I needed a camera to take this picture). Clothes and toothbrush etc. are missing too. Next days On the weekend I will complete my carry-on luggage and make a list of everything else I will take to Taiwan. More information on Monday! my twitter: https://twitter.com/_luk3g my instagram: http://instagram.com/_luk3g +++ feel invited to leave a comment or share this blog on facebook/twitter +++
Only a few things to get! I now have almost everything I will take with me on my journey. Now I start packing, in the next days I will put everything together and see how much space I need. Following I will get to the city and see what backpack seems to be suitable. Everything concerning the backpack and my luggage on Friday! Translate a contract This was my task for the last days. Translating contracts. I had to do this because the office for child allowance wanted a german contract and refused to read the English one. Just another proof of the German inadeqacy to show some sort of kindness and accommodation concerning bureaucratic stuff. And now the next contract waits for me, this time I need to translate from German to English. Some necessary information first: I completed the school not with the Abitur. I choosed to change to a commercial college. So I ended up with the Fachabitur. As some of you know, the Fachabitur has two parts. A theoretical part (completed with