Goodbye Kolpinghaus

I strongly believe that a place is only as good as the people who live in it. Fortunately, the people who I live with on the 5th floor of Kolpinghaus are great to live with. We have Rachel, Lily, Andrea, Laura, myself, Daniel and Jarrod living on that floor who are attending Development Finance – exactly half of the floor. There are four people on the floor who are working for the German Post Office delivering mail over the summer – two Bulgarian girls (Dani and Vessela – apologies if this is spelt incorrectly) and two Polish guys (Maciej and Adam). And then there is Michael; the craziest German I have ever met – always up for a beer and going out. We are all on a tight budget so our nights mostly consist of cooking dinner (generally someone cooks for everyone – for example the other night I cooked German Bratwurst on sourdough with salad and camembert cheese); and then a beer around the tables in the kitchen room and maybe walking out to a nearby pub. I have had a great time and I am so fortunate to have met such nice, welcoming people!