My first day at work! I get a friendly reception by my new colleage Mrs Frohmader, who shows me around the gothic town hall and introduces me to all the colleagues I will have to deal with (yes, guys at Edison, that’s the way I think it should be with every new colleague!).

And here comes my new office – I can’t believe it! A round room in the tower annex of the town hall. A chandelier at the ceiling, looking through the one window I look onto the old “Lovely Lady Church”, the other windows grants me a look into the big ball room which is located one floor below. The only disadvantage is that I am not so close to my co-workers who are all on the first floor.

Since most of the colleagues have taken a day of because of Pentecost, Petra and I can go to the “DMV” to register with the municipality (which is compulsory in Germany) and to get an “identity card”.