First Day of Class!

Mittwoch 5. Oktober 2005

Well today was the first day of classes, bright and early at 9:00am. The morning was frigid, just like home around this time of the year. But it warms up as the day progresses. The foliage is changing just like back home, with the trees changing colors. My host family lives about an hour from the Carl Duisberg Centren via public transportation, so I had to be out of the house at 7:40 to catch the bus a few blocks down the street. From there, I took the #135 bus to the Rodenkirchen Bahnhof to catch the #16 S-Bahn. After almost half an hour I arrived at Ebertzplatz to walk another 10 or so blocks to get to class. With all this walking, it is no wonder that Europeans are in such great shape- even in Germany, where it seems that beer and bread are the staple foods. I myself walk for over an hour each day!

Unfortunately it looks like classes might be a review of what I have covered in past classes, but there are only 15 students so the participation will be much greater. Today was a short day, only two classes- International Marketing and Managing Organizations. It looks as though we will be doing a lot of case studies of companies and analyzing different aspects- which is always fun. After class we were free to go out to lunch and wherever else we wanted. After today, I am going to start packing lunches to save a little money during the week for going out on weekends.