Praktikum in Köln 2023

 Home sweet home! I like living in a hostel. At the same time can't wait to move to my new place. Will be interesting to see how we'll get along with the guys over there. Not that I'm expecting any trouble. I can normally get along with people but who knows, we could actually enjoy each others' company instead of tolerating it. I was still in Finland and we had no chance to meet each other before I'd actually move in. Just to establish that we exist, the apartment exists, and nobody is a monster we spent a bit of time together through a Whatsapp video call.  The plan today is to drag my stuff in after work and have some dinner together at the place in Mülheim.  Herzlich Willkommen in der Keupstraße   ein Türkischer Mikrokosmos  / Welcome to Keupstrasse, a Turkish microcosmos (Mülheim).   Keupstraße is a famous street in the area. Even if it's been years, everybody remembers it from a  bomb that went off here in 2004. The attack was motivated...

...Here's what you missed & some local lingo Hello / Jode Dach! -Wie Gehts?  -Muss, ne? -How's it going?  -Must, no? The masks have made a comeback. Where is the Cathedral? / Wo es d’r Dom? Here. And there.     I love you. / Isch leev dich. I am hungry. / Isch han Hunger. Halve Hahn - half a chicken by translation,   block of cheese with bread by execution   I am thirsty. / Isch han Doosch. Where can I buy Kölsch beer? / Wo kann isch Kölsch kaufen? Where is the train station? / Wo es der Bahnstation? -We're out of beer, right? -Doch. There's four in the fridge. The killer of all debates.  Meas that the opposite of what you just said is true.  Where is the bathroom? / Wo es dat Klo? Unisex toilets are  the new smoking  area for conversation. Goodbye. / Op Widderkikes.