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A "hello" from Linda...

Hohoho folks,
here comes a christmasy “hello” from the German Santa Clause!
Unbelievable, it´s nearly two years now that I left AutoCom and my “homecastle” on campus of Oakland University and as I could find out in the meantime from the blog there have been a lot of new faces coming to AutoCom during the past 24 months. It´s funny to read about the experiences of my followers which are almost the same I made when I was a “US-girl” for a transitional time… ;)

What did I do when I returned back home – except missing you guys, the American traditions like Thanksgiving, shopping on Sunday, yummy donuts from Tim Hortons ;0)) etc…??
First I had to finish my studies and had to pass my final exams… puhh, that wasn´t easy because I had a lot of time pressure… But fortunately my examiners were nice and all went well…
After my diploma I started with a traineeship in the pr-department of Jacobs University - an international university in the free Hanseatic city of Bremen. Excellent fish, a cool breeze and a reserved mentality of the townsfolk – these were my first impressions when I came here. But it didn´t take long to settle in and after a short time I really enjoyed living here in the North of Germany: Every evening the four musicians of Bremen (do you know the story of them??) serenade me and I can eat the best seafood you can get in Germany (ok, this statement will not amuse the inhabitants of the Hanseatic town ;)

After finishing my traineeship the professor of my university in Munster asked me if I am interested in doing my doctorate… Well, this was an interesting offer and after some meetings with coffee and cake we came to an agreement concerning the content and procedure of my dissertation…
It was an interesting but also exhausting time because I also continued working part-time as a Junior PR Manager at Jacobs University in parallel to my PhD…

But everything comes to and end and yeah…. finally it´s done! :)

Of course, that had to be celebrated …
with 1 or 2 or 3 or mmmhhh, maybe 4…hot wine punches on the Christmas market… Cheers!
Uuuupps…. Maybe this was a little bit too much :)

But now enough from my “adventures” - how are you doing? Also enjoying the sweet sins of this season? Being stressed from shopping the “perfect” gifts or already preparing for reciting the poem on Christmas Eve, hihi? Baking lots and lots of tasty cookies?
However you are spending the pre-Christmas days - I wish you a wonderful Advent season with your loved ones and a Merry

Christmas with lots of nice …

Take care!

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Anonymous said…
Hi Linda...

Read this back in December! Loved your creative approach to blogging....it was great hearing from you. Just sorry I didn't post a comment sooner.
Wed Feb 18, 05:14:00 PM
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