International Day

On Thursday 8th May there was an event called "International Day" at the FHW, organised by the Intrenational Office, whose aim was to promote exchange programs for students and to present the partner universities. All the exchange students were asked to prepare something about their home countries and universities including national food and drinks etc. (a little bit like the Project Europe of UG). It took place in the entrance hall of the FHW, where there were some stalls (stands), each of them dedicated to some country (or sometimes to 2).

In fact thanks to this event I found out that actually I am not the only Czech studying here at the FHW, I met Martina, who has been here already since last semester, on her own (not Erasmus). Together we prepared our presentation. Well, we did not have to do much as I was at home the weekend before, so I could bring a lot of typical Czech biscuits, sweets, Kofola, syrečky (the smelly but delicious cheese from our region) and bonbons and similar things. We also baked the "perník" (gingerbread cake), I prepared the garlic spread. We had some brochures that VŠE sent us and also a PC presentation about our country (thanks to aazaa films :))... and my big 1 euro flag from Heidelberg.. so we did a good job!

The afternoon itself was nice, just a bit boring. Honestly I was expecting more people to come and ask. But mostly people just came to eat something and later on it was just us, the international students, who were there. Seems like the Germans are not so interested in getting information from us. Whatever. We did our best to present ourselves and to enjoy it and that's the most important thing..