For me, the day started quite early when my family went to Paide to apply for my Estonian ID card, which I’ll get in a month. There I had the opportunity to try out the photo machines. On my first try it told me to take off my glasses and after I did it didn’t say anything else. So I thought it’s okay, made my signature and scanned my fingerprints. The police officer told me after waiting in the queue that I should also take remove my hairs from my eyes. So I did all the things again, which went quite fast because I already knew what to do when and of course I took my glasses off before the machine will tell me. To my surprise it told me again to take off my glasses. So I wondered about the image recognition algorithm and asked the office staff. They told me that you could literally take any picture you wanted because they couldn’t get the algorithm to work. So much for digital government.
After that we went to Liipa Talu where I already had my post arrival orientation. For this weekend there will be the volunteer meeting here. And in the evening many things happen. First of all, most of the volunteers are Estonian. That’s why the main language in this camp is Estonian. Because I’m the only exchange student, pretty fast everybody knew me. So one of the volunteers asked me if I could make a voice message for a friend of hers who is an actor in a movie and I don’t quite understand the reason, but they needed someone whose native language is German to learn how to speak some things. So I made a 10 minute audio message trying to speak perfect high German. After that I met the photographer who works in the German YFU office and is visiting Estonia for a month to learn how they organize volunteer work in Estonia. Wes talked a lot and she happened to know my brother.
In the evening I played a few games of pool with the volunteers. Between 10 p.m. and 12 p.m. there was a “disco” with a DJ from Latin America. Now at 2 o’clock in the morning I sit with some of the volunteers in one of the cabins and play English and Estonian games. It’s just so fun to be here.
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Lieber Alfred! Sicherlich macht das ‘Dasein’ in Estland Freude und wie Du schreibst Spaß. Ich war am gestrigen Abend im Philharmoniekonzert in der Stadthalle. Die Karte war ein Geburtstagsgeschenk, den die Eigentümer sind in der Zeit an der Ostsee in Warnemünde. Mit mir war der Bruder des Ehepaares, den ich schon länger durch die gegenseitige Arbeit im freiberger Gebiet kenne. Mir wäre wohl auf die Länge der Zeit die nachmitternächtliche Kommunikation bald zu viel. Herzlichen gruß Deion Opa Knut
Lieber Alfred! Zu den hier stehenden Berichten habe ich bereits meine Meinung gesagt. Gestern war ich am Nachmittag bei zqwi Gemeindegliedern aus der Hilbersdorfer Gemeinde. Die eine Frau ist so dement, dass ich nach einer 1/4 SDtunde geflohen bin. Traurig. Sie hat bis vor drei Jahren für alle Besucher des Seniorenkrieses die Geburtstagsglückwünsche mit sehr guten und verständlichen Worten geschrieben – Dann war plötzlich Ende.