15 enero 2006

Borna

El otro gran viaje que he hecho a Alemania (de momento y excluyendo el de este verano), a sido a Alemania del Este, a un campo de trabajo al sur de Leipzig, en la villa de Borna.

El campo de trabajo consistía en trabajos agrícolas y de recuperación del entorno. Al final se tradujo en cortar hierba por los campos y los bosques, en trasplantar orquídeas de una cantera (Tagebau) que iba a ser inundada, y cosas por el estilo. Nosotros dormíamos a las afueras de Borna en la escuela de un pequeño pueblo. A cinco minutos andando estaba la Ökostation Borna-Birkenhein, una estación medioambiental en la que pasabamos todo el día, para comer, desayunar y cenar. Había una especie de vagones de tren abandonados pero no dormíamos allí.

Fue mi primer gran viaje sólo. Recuerdo que salí de casa por la mañana y tardé todo el día en recorrerme media Europa. Volé a Frankfurt vía Barcelona y desde allí cogí un tren hasta Leipzig y de Leipzig a Borna en tren de cercanías. Lo peor era que el campamento empezaba al día siguiente y con mi cutre alemán de entonces y mi poco inglés conseguí que alguien viniese a recogerme a la estación para llevarme hasta el campo de trabajo. Aparte de las monitoras del campo (que pertenecían a IJGD) me hice muy amigo de una chica alemana, Dorothee von Trotha. La verdad tuve mucha suerte en conocer a alguien como Doro. Ella hablaba un inglés de libro, y era tremendamente amable. Una pena que luego perdiésemos contacto. Tengo muy buenos recuerdos suyos en Leipzig y en Borna. Bueno, el resto de la gente también fue estupenda. Naser, Tinka...

Allí le perdí el miedo al alemán y conocí gente estupenda. Estuvimos en Berlín un fin de semana, durmiendo tirados en el aeropuerto... Un viaje genial. Al final me volví durmiendo en un tren lleno de polacos camino de Frankfurt.

The other great trip I have made to Germany (at the moment and excluding the one of this summer), was to East Germany, to a workcamp south of Leipzig, in the town of Borna. The workcamp consisted in agricultural works and recovery of the surroundings, cutting grass in the fields and the forests, transplanting orchideen of a quarry that was going to be flooded, and things like that. We slept in the outskirts of Borna in the school of a small town. Five minutes walking was the Ökostation Borna-Birkenhein, an environmental station in which we stayed all the day. There were a kind of train wagons there. In Borna I had my first real contact with the german culture. In many ways... the food, the people, the culture, the history...
It was my first great trip alone. I left home in the morning and took me all the day crossing half of Europe. I flew to Frankfurt via Barcelona and took a train there to Leipzig and of Leipzig to Borna in another train. With my poor German and my little English I managed that somebody came to pick me at the station to take me to the workcamp. I met there a German girl, Dorothee von Trotha. She spoke a perfect English, and was incredibly friendly. I have very good memories of her in Leipzig and Borna. The rest of the group was also wonderful. Naser, Tinka... We were in Berlin a weekend, sleeping in the airport... A brilliant trip. Finally I came back home sleeping in a Polish train to Frankfurt.


我做到德国的另一巨大旅行(当时和排除那个这个夏天), 是到东德, 到莱比锡workcamp 南部, 在Borna 镇。Workcamp 包括 在农业工作并且周围的补救, 切开草在领域和森林, 移植打算被充 斥的orchideen 猎物, 并且事象那。我们睡觉在Borna 郊外在一个 小镇的学校。五分钟行走是?kostation Borna-Birkenhein, 我们留 下所有天的一个环境驻地。有一种火车无盖货车那里。在Borna 我 有我的第一真正的联络与德国文化。用许多方式... 食物, 人民, 文化, 历史... 这是我的第一次巨大旅行只有。我把家留在早晨和 采取我所有天横穿一半欧洲。我飞行到法兰克福通过巴塞罗那和那 里乘火车到莱比锡和莱比锡对Borna 在其它火车里。与我恶劣德语 和我一点英语我主持某人来采摘我于这个驻地把我带对workcamp 。 我那里遇见一个德国女孩, Dorothee 冯Trotha 。她讲完善的英语 , 和难以置信地友好。我有非常好记忆她在莱比锡和Borna 。这个 小组的剩余并且美妙。Naser, Tinka... 我们是在柏林每周末, 睡 觉在这个机场... 一次精采旅行。最后我回来在家睡觉在一列波兰 火车到法兰克福。

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Anonymous Anónimo escribió...

I believe that I know Dorothee von Trotha... she is about 28-29 now, yes, 5'8" tall, brown hair, and a very melodic voice when she speaks English? I was a friend of hers from a summer program like 11 years ago lost touch with her. I googled her and found your blog.

If this is the correct person, might you be so kind as to pass my information on to her or put me touch with her. My E-mail address is my "web link"

10/4/06  
Anonymous Anónimo escribió...

Yes, I think she is the same girl! But is so hard to find her!
I´ve been in touch with her for a few months after this summer course but now I don´t know anything about her.

See u!

17/4/06  
Anonymous Anónimo escribió...

Hi, it’s me, Dorothee v. Trotha from Bielefeld [Germany], formerly Hamburg, [Germany]. I’m 29 now [my birthday was in June] and I well remember you both- Patrick Kremer from N.Y.C. and, I assume, Juan from Ferrol. I spent some time with you in Rougemont [Switzerland] to learn French at Tassis Summer School and in Borna-Birkenhain respectively. Patrick, we went to Cote D’Azure and to Gruyère and I think I rather improved my English than my French during these days. You had kind of curly brwon hair and, sorry to say that and maybe I’m wrong, braces[!]. You were looking for baggy pants and I didn’t know what you were talking about. Juan, we both came to Borna to mow meadows and count orchids, but in the end we went to Berlin and spent a night and a day there with some other guys, looking for the great party at Prenzlauer Berg and trying to get some sleep in a telephone booth at an airport. We had a great time and I remember you admiring my English even those days. I think we separated in Leipzig. You see, I remember the details...
What are you spending your time on? Here’s my email address: gund2@gmx.de

2/7/06  

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