First Bar Night

So last night we had an outing with all the interns at BASF to a pub
called Hemingways. Again there are interns at BASF from all over
everywhere from the US, Canada, to Poland, and France. So walking into
the pub there was a huge group of students sitting in the back
speaking no less than 3 different languages. Everyone was
exceptionally friendly and at least one person there still believed I
was german after I had opened my mouth (a first for me), but almost
everyone spoke english quite well. However one girl from Bretagne
spoke some german, and almost no english. So one of the canadian
students and I were able to practice our decidedly not fluent french
skills with her. Most the people there seemed quite interested in
traveling on the weekends and going out to the various disko's near
ludwigshafen. I had the realization that I could end up meeting some
really good connections here as most of the students are from europe
and will still be here next year when I descend into die Schweiz. I
also learned that you can get a eurorail pass when you are here and it
is not any more complicated than doing it from the us possibly even
simpler, so I think I will probably get one of those, from what I have
heard from the other interns our stipend is plenty to get a nice 15
day pass. I am also quite exceptionally glad to be paid in euros
because if you look at expenses in dollars you literally piss away
money, $5 for a coffee, $8 for a fruity drink at the pub (in my
defense it was quite hot outside and the peach coloda looked
absolutely fantastic), $3 per city train\bus ride, but I from what I
can tell I will enjoy this summer unimaginably more than last summer
in bielefeld. I think between having native-english speakers very
close and knowing more german I feel so much less isolated.
I also am working on some samples that are so secret I am not even
allowed to know what they are, because competitors might try and steal
the formula or something. It doesnt really matter to me, I actually
like it more because it makes me feel quite important, and might be a
good pick up line at a bar.
ok back to work now