I have been in Hohne for three days now and I'm starting to get used to the routine. Waking up at 7:00 am and going to breakfast. We eat our meals in the Station Officer's Mess Hall, which is a very nice building, very formal dining. It's interesting experiencing British military culture. I think those us on British Garrisons this summer have a unique experience, because we get to be exposed to both the British and German cultures, which is very interesting.
Wednesday we took a tour of the base and got cell phones. After lunch we visited the beautiful town of Celle. It is a quintessential German town and I loved it! Hope you enjoy the photos!
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Today we woke up early once again in our always flattering Camp A attire and ate breakfast. Straight after breakfast Myself and two other of my fellow staff were sent to the drivers training center on base to take our drivers familiarity test and computer quiz. The first couple hours we watched a film made in the 70's about the German traffic laws and after took a computer test. We all passed the computer test the first time, but the printer wasn't turned on, and we thought they were joking, but they made us take the test over again... And of course we all failed!!! hahahaha I was able to pass on my fourth attempt as well as my fellow staff. The test was deceiving because you could essentially get a 39 out of 40 and fail, because if you missed one of the situational questions you fail...
After the computer test was finally over... we had about an hour to do a quick drive through the town of Bergen. They all drive manual cars in Europe, so I had to learn to drive just last week in order to attempt to get my drivers card here in Germany. But it was a success. It was very simple, because the cars here all run on diesel fuel, so when you release the clutch the car will go on its own. I only stalled it once, and had one horn honk, I was very pleased with myself!!!. Now we are able to drive our vehicles wherever we need to go for work purposes.
In the afternoon we did some prep work for next weeks camp. Tomorrow (Friday) we will have a visit to our facility where we will run the camp in Bergen and start to set up for camp on Monday. I look forward to some days trips this weekend to Hamburg and Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. I think Greta (my director) and I will also be attending church on base for a Sunday service, so I'm pretty excited about that.
Until next time
Cheers!
Today we woke up early once again in our always flattering Camp A attire and ate breakfast. Straight after breakfast Myself and two other of my fellow staff were sent to the drivers training center on base to take our drivers familiarity test and computer quiz. The first couple hours we watched a film made in the 70's about the German traffic laws and after took a computer test. We all passed the computer test the first time, but the printer wasn't turned on, and we thought they were joking, but they made us take the test over again... And of course we all failed!!! hahahaha I was able to pass on my fourth attempt as well as my fellow staff. The test was deceiving because you could essentially get a 39 out of 40 and fail, because if you missed one of the situational questions you fail...
After the computer test was finally over... we had about an hour to do a quick drive through the town of Bergen. They all drive manual cars in Europe, so I had to learn to drive just last week in order to attempt to get my drivers card here in Germany. But it was a success. It was very simple, because the cars here all run on diesel fuel, so when you release the clutch the car will go on its own. I only stalled it once, and had one horn honk, I was very pleased with myself!!!. Now we are able to drive our vehicles wherever we need to go for work purposes.
In the afternoon we did some prep work for next weeks camp. Tomorrow (Friday) we will have a visit to our facility where we will run the camp in Bergen and start to set up for camp on Monday. I look forward to some days trips this weekend to Hamburg and Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. I think Greta (my director) and I will also be attending church on base for a Sunday service, so I'm pretty excited about that.
Until next time
Cheers!
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