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Excursion by Hesed

The next highlight this week was followed on Thursday, I was invited by the Hesed an excursion in and around Minsk to take part under the motto, but we live in Minsk, but we know our city really? Since the participants of the excursion were mostly a little older but we drove first three hours by bus from Minsk and our tour guide told a lot about Minsk. On Freedom Square in Nemiga we are then also got out because she wanted to show us there in the few remaining streets like Minsk looked like before the war. That was for me a completely new impression, I mean above all Minsk than in typical Soviet style know. For many of the grannies and Opis aroused the particular memories of the Minsk her youth and a woman who before the war had just lived there, where we passed then described to me exactly how it looked in the past.

took the rest of the tour again by bus from place and the final then we went to a town just outside of Minsk. There in Ratamka the horses of the Belarusian national team rider training and we were watching in the arena in a tournament.

But the smell of horses, stables and riding school has reminded me of the last few years (help, the melancholy sounds xD).

Then, when one of the coaches us something about the plant in Ratamka and the horses all listened very excited:

Friday I was still there is yes in Novinki still quarantined, with Marina, who I met in the History Workshop, government in psychiatry. She works there because they must serve their two years after the obligation to study and make there art therapy, music therapy and such. She also coordinates volunteers there. I was with her then in a ward for dementia patients, where we first play music and have even talked later with two older men, while we have kneaded. One told us he had used to be Harmonium (again a harmonium, so ego a week ... kinda) play when we asked him what had been his favorite song, he began with a very thin voice to Katyusha . sing This was a very moving moment. Otherwise, my impression is depressing front of all of psychiatry. On desolation she can, especially on the wards, very good match for the children's home and adult home in Novinki and the most remarkable impression on me was the wall in the so-called disco room, where on the wall written all many with the computer list, hung all in the same font and font size and all exactly side by side, on which such things as anger, sadness, pain but also joy, happiness and satisfaction were, to which Marina explained to me that the patients have these "self" made. Nevertheless, I have also seen that the workshops and also much that Marina showed me what they have tinkered there, done really nicely and was also beautiful, what puts the external negative impression yet again.

It was now first again enough about me, while in Germany next week will be carnival (which I have right now for the German club must write a text), is celebrated Maslenitsa, dadrüber is there next time also determines something to tell.

also now sometimes something else, which seems to have gone to Germany apparently complete: http://www.queer.de/detail.php?article_id=13739 . I think there is not much to say except that it proves once again how the president is pathetic but ...

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The Red Army Day

On 23 February was the day the Red Army , is here now rather celebrated as Men's Day, since we also have really made all the men in her life, at least one military service. In Belarus, the day is not free, as in Russia.
Beforehand I've been pleased at the greeting cards that are among the flower is also happy to have a tank ready.
On 23 February was even there in the history workshop with a celebration tea, wine, sandwiches, cookies and many other things, homemade from Omis.

As you can see, the share of men is rather low, the women did, however, offset by the fact that they are much told about it, have they met their husbands, so that we listen to young us and we will also yes only good looking men. In between was sung again and again, accompanied by Eugene on the harmonium and then retold. A very moving moment when I realized very quickly that the day is not only a holiday, but also very connected to memories, was as a man of his time in concentration camps said. was


After dinner then sung again and dancing:

taught Over time, the round and then more and more two hours late then hit a Stepan Petrovich I from the German club by now quite well know, he had to mark the occasion extra put on his uniform and had celebrated even by "pioneers", so his mood was good and he then first all again Irina and introduced me (not that they are not already knew;)) and again had to emphasize how well that learning German would be with us and was the knew the others have no idea what they missed.

For me, the day a great experience because I'm from Germany of days for the army or general Holidays for men (although Stepan Petrovich, when we wanted to toast the men stressed that the real heroes are not always the men but the women) so do not know. I also find it nice with the grandmas and grandpas to celebrate and now realize how good I can even bring myself because I always understand everything.

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Just over a Months, invited Daniel, a former Minsk volunteer who was on visit in Minsk us to a concert of his friend Alexei. On this tour we got to know not only Aleksei, but Lena, who is engaged in the cultural scene and goes very well with Alexei on each concert. Lena and Aleksei then invited us on the last weekend for a concert of the band Реха (dt Recha), should also sing on the Aleksej. Saturday morning drove so Mareike, Kata and I went together with Alexei, Lena and some other direction Saslaw, more precisely, we Belarus;), as the station where we said got out of the elektrichka Belarus because there after World War one border between Poland and the Soviet Union was, and this station was the first in Belarus. Under German discretion Saslaw get is probably a little village, in the Belarusian history, the city had thus an important place, because a violent ruler of his wife and son from Polotsk there had banished her and there was a castle with a church built. After this son (Isaslaw) the city has its name. There

The church, the only remains of the fortress

Today, there is still a museum of Belarus, culture, which also the concert and an exhibition of paintings by the singer of Recha took place. Unfortunately, the concert was in a very small room with too many people, so our impressions from the concert mainly to the hearing (the very positive) and was restricted from seeing many back.

Otherwise, it also again nice to once again be out of town and only is the ride on the crowded elektrichka was quite an experience: with a harmonium player, another man who sold DVDs on icons of the Orthodox Church and we as a German in me right back to relatives in Germany living have been raised (which by Aleksei only very dry with "Everyone in Belarus has any relatives in Germany," commented was).

Well I also liked the following:

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This table stood in front of City Hall and what is now on the Photo not able to see is that right next to a statue of Lenin still stands.

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Today I finally re-write the time and also the leisure time to time again. In the last week there were several highlights, so I'm going to publish several posts with photos. To the General Situation just as much, the quarantine has been extended until March 1, and I hope that it will finally be good and I can get back to Novinki ...

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winter, so unspeakably Winter ...

After it thawed last week and we schonmal got an idea of the spring, the winter is now back in full force. The report speaks of -14 ° to -20 °. The thermometer was now on Kamarowski something more optimistic:

As for the apparent temperature, is but a lot deeper. After today I photographed only ten minutes, took my index finger a half hour to determine again thaw approximate and is even now still a little numb.

The next photos are Created yesterday afternoon on the road or in the park Tscheljuskinzew, with my third is on the Ferris wheel like best:

the moment I would like so my picture taken with the intent to implement a whole lot here at last here, I've photographed in the first time here so little. Just the leaves in the winter dream implemented quite well here.

Otherwise, I'm

frustrated right now but something after I've then decided two weeks ago and already agreed with our coordinator and the people in Novinki that I also would like to work on Wednesday even there, I got this Wednesday, the first said, that would be quarantined until now and I should come back then, although by the same person (the Deputy Director) one week before meant that I would have now worked there longer and I would not then quarantine concern. However, all are at the moment was a little panicked because of this flu season, even in the subway before gewahnt to reside in large crowds and it advertised, always wash hands thoroughly. So while I can understand the idea behind the quarantine, but find it just as frustrating not being able to children, because now I can as far as Russian, that it is currently doing well in Novinki works. Also, there is now a new director, the last time I had also already met and who seems to be really friendly and has previously led a sheltered workshop. There is first new feature it on our station already: works there sometimes a teacher, on the other days, two, the second in a tiny little room in the back working on the ward in which they are then 6 or 7 children, most of which also squeezed another one or two sitting in a wheelchair. She had previously tried to encourage well before, that they can make the lessons so that they always entrains only one or two children in the room and then a half hour lesson and then make the next turn are children. The old director has rejected this proposal, however, the new director, she has raised him again and he has approved. After that, however, then led to considerable debate, because the other children do indeed like to be busy, the new director just said, then why employ Sanitarki they not what they have then complained again that she's not yet could take care of the children and so on ... The last two weeks, the new plan has been implemented already, but it was pretty chaotic then first: The kids thought it was good that they now have the attention of the teacher to be understood, but not why they only have half an hour in the class can and should be the rest of the time in your room or on the floor because they had no where to be a matter of employment, so that the children will usually before the class in the middle part of the station and sat by Sveta, the other teacher called because they were in the class. I then tried deliberately to get engaged with the children, some of it was, however, so that they did not want to be diverted from the fact that they like to do in the class and then sat in the hallway and cried and cried, as the Sanitarki have them sent as a punishment to bed. It is understood just hard, it is for them probably better to have a half-hour lessons to have a teacher who relies on them focused as they are then the rest of the morning just yet deported back only in the hallway or in the room . The last weeks I was then regularly with a girl from my station to station of the girls, so they can take or ceramic beads may tinker with what you like really good. they have one disadvantage in the whole action, however, Lena can not walk, she crawls only on the ground and the girls station is on the first floor, so we're now in a wheelchair up the stairs and then I take Lena in his arms and carry her up the stairs, luckily it is for their 12 years yet amazingly light.

why am I at the moment as I said, rather frustrated because I can not to the children on it and I hope now that the quarantine lasts only two weeks and I really do not learn next week that it was extended ...

The last week was the fact that I do not work in my benefit babushkas Novinki but then, Wednesday I was about four hours at Esther and Thursday and then again as long as Anna and this week I will also visit Irina again twice. With all of them I consider myself well because I now express in Russian is quite acceptable and I will with them can have a good time, what Esther recently also found quite funny: "Now you can talk finally right with you." However, she is usually the one talking to, what I find but great, I feel myself in the role of the listener very well and am always fascinated by the many stories she has to tell.

threw the first game of me, I try not to let too much drag down and look for other Occupations, this evening is a concert in Addis Ababa in graffiti, are entirely on our own around the corner, we have seen them there 3 weeks ago already and are now also take advantage of the opportunity.

Otherwise, anything else is just occurred to me: Some have frost patterns on the windows, is with me all my windows one Eisblume;)

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Beach, Peru and intermediate seminar ...

Moin moin,

sooo ... My travel time is over, I started working again and now it is as promised, a new journal.

After I was on New Year's Eve in Rio de Janeiro, I'm still down with Heiko beginning of January for two days at the beach. To be precise, we were Bertioga, a small town on the coast between Rio and Sao Paulo. Since we are but we took off late and took two hours to complete the trip, we were the first evening there. Once there, we have tried to find a cheap hostel for us, but chance! The cheapest we have found cost 50 reais per night (equivalent to € 21.35) and here we are two poor volunteers we have done and for that we do not prefer to sleep one night on the beach. :-) That was not very comfortable and after the event is not recommended, but at least it was for nothing. The next day we spent entirely on the beach and we caught two nice sunburn. risks due to any hostel successful search, we have then decided not to stay another night in the evening and are back to Sao Paulo.

Our sleeping on the beach

sunrise on the beach

in after a few days Sao Paulo, it was then in the evening on 12 January so far: I've made the trip to fly the next morning to Peru. I had the night before to the airport, as would the next morning as soon drove no buses. It also has all worked out well, I put myself to sleep at the airport for a few hours and then I got up early to take the flight. First I flew to Lima and Cusco dortaus. Once there, I've looked for 3 hours, the city and then I take the bus 17 hours long gone on to Ica. Next, I took a taxi and went to a hostel, where even Anna-Lena (a good friend of mine) and 3 other volunteers (Which I did not know until then) waiting for me. The trip up there has it taken a total of 1 1 / 2 days from 12:01:11 to 14:01:11. Well, but now I was finally here! And it was worth it: the hostel (with pool) was located in an oasis, which was entirely surrounded by desert (dunes). There are
gebliegen we then for 3 more days. On one of the days have Anna-Lena and I made a tour booked through the dunes. First, we are in a kind of off-road vehicle with a guide like crazy gebrettert over the dunes (which was a lot of fun) and then we Habne each get a "sand boarding" and therefore, only in the stand and after nurnoch lie in the dunes descended.

oasis in Ica

Borden sand when I

Next, have Anna-Lena and I are of the other and are separated by bus to Cusco down because they are there (or near) works. She told me there then her school where she works, her room, where she lives and where she buys her supermarket shown. All this was not comparable with the things here in Sao Paulo. She lives in Pisac, a mountain village, which has become very touristy. Her room or her apartment is not very comfortable, which does not mean that our here is in Sao Paulo. ;-) And generally everything is very different from here.

roasted guinea pig (Pisac, Peru)

The next day, she then showed me yet Cusco in the evening and then we drove to Puno on Lake Titicaca, where we will very soon morning arrived. After we have looked a bit Puno, we took a boat tour to a group of islands on the Titicaca Lake. There on the so-called "floating islands" lives the people of the Uros. We then looked at their homes and leave us the Women of the people still songs sung in different languages. There, too, everything is very focused on tourism, which has not very much. After we were back on the mainland, we have the next bus (small town located in Bolivia, even at the Titicaca Lake) towards Copacabana taken. Once there, however unfortunately we had to decide that we pass along to La Paz, because I had to take the very next day a bus back to Cusco, to fly from dortaus back. Therefore, we are simply on that evening went comfortably eat in Copacabana and have the next morning still viewed the city.

Floating Islands

Anna-Lena and I

Then it was already that time again: the time of departure came and I had my way back make towards Cusco, while Anna-Lena drove to La Paz there two days later to take back the other volunteers. I have made my lunch and then set the bus to be back in Cusco in the evening to sleep in the hope there again at the airport to be able to fly and then the next morning quite early. It was unfortunately not.

I was so against 23 in clock At the bus terminal in Cusco and then I took a taxi to the airport. Since Cusco is not a big city but the airport was closed overnight. As I stood thus: at 11:30 at night, with 20 solos nurnoch (equivalent € 5.19) because it was my last day in Peru, yes and no sleep. In addition, it was higher at 3,000 meters damn cold at night. I then went to the opposite gas station to ask whether there is a cheap hostel nearby. The attendant said, however, that there is only one hostel in the nearby (and only 100 meters) there. To which I am then were run and there I was told that all beds are already occupied and they can not accept any more people. Then I was really clear: I have to go through the night. With this in mind I'm back, went to the petrol station. As the attendant came up to me at once and had quite obviously sorry for me. He offered to sleep in my need, but in an old bus, the men's situational at the gas station. I accepted the offer with thanks, of course, and was able to for 5 hours until the airport reopened to sleep in a very old and very dirty bus in the last row (where 4 seats were next to each other). The attendant woke me up even in time for 5:30, I packed my things, thanked me for 10 times with him and then I went to the opposite side of the road to the airport.

My sleeping on the bus

The first flight from Cusco to Lima has everything went well except that he had half an hour late. Then I had just got to hurry because I had to change nurnoch 15 min. I stormed out of the plane, the next-in-Chek switch galaufen, running again through the entire airport and boarded at the last minute in the other plane. Puuuhhh Jewels ...
had arrived in Sao Paulo back I only got one day before returning (3 hours away by bus) to my intermediate seminar in Botucatu went. The seminar was on the whole very chillig. We have always discussed during morning and afternoon and evening gamacht some things and we had time for other things. There were also five times a day without food. :-) It was a nice change and it was nice to hear from other volunteers, as that shall be given in their projects.

Dining Seminar

make music at the seminar

In the meantime, when I was at the seminar, we also have 2 new female volunteers from Germany here to get Horizonte Azul, which is a now live here in Voluhaus. They both seem very to be nice and I'm curious how they are so accustom. Thus we need three other volunteers are now gone in January, and others, including my roommate Michael. For this reason, now moves Simon, the one next to me last male volunteers with me. That is, I guess, also work well with him.

now now I have started working again and if all goes as I want, then I will work this year even more in the pre-Escola. Since I am also on it already.

That's it then first again now ...
Greetings
Christian