Four weeks have gone by since we were on a plane about to arrive in Bonn. And we were so nervous about where we were going to stay, who we were going to meet and what we were going to do that we couldn’t stop screaming. And we were so excited, even though we didn’t know how great it was going to be.
We stayed there just for three days, and I could speak for hours about all the stuff that we did (which was a lot; everything you hear about German people being highly efficient is absolutely true), but I think that’s not really important. What really matters is that we met a lot of wonderful people, we learnt how wrong stereotypes are (except for the efficiency one. I swear, those people are unbelievable), and we were able to communicate in a foreign language without being too uncomfortable.
Everything in this trip turned out to be fantastic: Bonn and Cologne were so beautiful, and everything was so clean, and the food was so good, and everyone was so friendly…
We have been really lucky to have this opportunity, and I am really, really grateful for every minute of it. As I said, it’s been four weeks now and I don’t think we are ready to face reality yet. But, anyway, I don’t think we ever were.
Ya han pasado cuatro semanas desde que estábamos en un avión a punto de llegar a Bonn. Estábamos tan nerviosos, sin saber dónde íbamos a dormir, a quién íbamos a conocer o qué íbamos a hacer, que no podíamos parar de gritar. Y estábamos tan emocionados, aunque ni siquiera sabíamos lo increíble que iba a ser.
Sólo estuvimos tres días, y podría tirarme horas hablando de todo lo que hicimos (que fueron muchísimas cosas; todo lo que has oído sobre que los alemanes son eficientes es absolutamente cierto), pero creo que eso no es lo importante. Lo que de verdad importa es que conocimos a un montón de gente maravillosa, que aprendimos cuán equivocados están los estereotipos (excepto el de la eficiencia. De verdad, esa gente es increíble), y que fuimos capaces de comunicarnos en una lengua extranjera sin sentirnos demasiado incómodos.
Todo en este viaje resultó ser fanyástico: Bonn y Colonia son preciosas, y todo estaba limpio, y la comida estaba tan buena, y todo el mundo era tan amable…
Hemos tenido mucha suerte de haber disfrutado de esta oportunidad, y estoy muy, muy agradecida por cada minuto. Como he dicho, ya han pasado cuatro semanas y no creo que todavía esté preparada para enfrentarme a la realidad. Bueno, no creo que estemos nunca preparados para eso.
Now some pictures of us being incredibly awesome:
Y ahora algunas fotos nuestras siendo «lo más»:
This is us being incredibly awesome at the airport before the flight and before saying goodbye to our parents and really really nervous because German people were going to be so weird and German.
Esta gente tan genial somos nosotros en el aeropuerto antes del vuelo y antes de despedirnos de nuestros padres. Estábamos muy, muy nerviosos porque los alemanes iban a ser raros y… bueno, alemanes.
This is us being incredibly awesome at the Beethoven House, where they took us after we tried to explain a hundred times who Beethoven was (apparently they don’t understand our perfect pronunciation of his name).
Aquí estamos en la Casa de Beethoven, donde nos llevaron después de intentar explicarles cien veces quién era Beethoven (parece ser que no entendían lo bien que pronunciábamos su nombre).
This is a beautiful autumn-in-Bonn picture of us being incredibly awesome in front of a statue of someone that nobody knew.
Una bonita foto de «Otoño en Bonn» con nosotros delante de la estatua de alguien a quien nadie conocía.
This is us being absolutely awesome in front of the absolutely awesome cathedral of Cologne, when we all were already friends and we only had one day left and we didn’t want to leave and life was still beautiful.
Una vez más con una pinta increíble delante de la increíble Catedral de Colonia, cuando todos éramos amigos y sólo nos quedaba un día, y no nos queríamos ir, y la vida todavía era maravillosa.
And this is the absolutely awesome currywurst.
Y esto es el fabuloso currywurst.
Gamo Diana Erasmus+ 
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