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First days in the Netherlands

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Good evening,

Our first days here in Arnhem have been really fun and interesting. We came on Friday by train and in just 1 hour and 45 minutes we arrived in Arnhem Centraal. We then went to the lovely bed and breakfast in a little lovely village of Heavadorp. We were both very welcomed by the friendly dutch people. We decided to ride the 6km to Arnhem by bike to see it in the evening. We had a nice night and ate some Dutch Krokettes.

On Saturday the weather was spectacular and we decided to use our free day to ride the train one hour to Amsterdam. We discovered the wonderful canals of the city and the nice Vondelpark. Also seeing the Dutch architecture was interesting in comparison to German cities.

On Sunday we decided to rest from the Amsterdam trip from saturday. We even went to LIDL which is open on Sundays to stock up on some groceries.

On Monday morning me and Kassim went to HEMA for our first day of work. We were greeted by the nice employees. They helped us by speaking English or German or a mixture of both. We learned to greet customers in Dutch by saying „Goedemorgen“ (Guten Morgen) or „Goedemiddag“ (Guten Mittag). I worked mainly in the Inventory and learned to scan items with the PDA Maschine. We filled a shelve with party items for the upcoming holiday „Koningsdag“ where the king is honored on his birthday.

I am looking forward to the next few days and I am excited to go to work again.

, Nelson

My first few days in the Nederland Arnhem

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My First day the in Nederland Arnheim,

We arrived on Friday the 29 March at 18:15 , The weather was nice. Nelson and I were pick up and we were taken to Bed and breakfast , where we are now staying a beautiful place and It really feels like home.  Around 19:20 we decided to go see the city ( Arnhem)  6km from Haveadorp, it quiet but an interesting city I love it . The following day (Saturday) we decided to go sightseeing in Amsterdam that was my first time to go there , it was extraordinary beautiful, busy city , everybody was positive, full of happiness , nice people and most especially the city is international many people speak English and I was very happy. We went to Vondel Park, Stedelijk  museum, Von Gogh Museum and saw many canals which was very surprising for me compared to Düsseldorf. On Sunday we went to Lidl to buy some groceries , we cooks some nice meal and then spend the rest of the day at Bed and breakfast in Haveadorp.

First day at work was an overview of what a normal working time looks like. The experience was peculiar. The works start at 9:30 but we arrived at 9:20,we were warmly welcome and then introduced to every worker, we were thought how to say good morning, good afternoon in Nederland, it was so intresting after that we were given uniform to wear, I was able to communicate with workers and customers in English and German. I was send to the sale (marketing) apartment it was a great experience, I was able to learn some logistics for example how good are being packed out for sale and I was able to communicate with customers which help me to improve my communication skills on my first day. I’m looking forward to more wonderful experience and learning in the coming days.