It is with good reason; the topic of this post has nothing to do with the previous one, and I did not want to use the post about Studley Royal and the Valley of the Seven Bridges for anything else.
June is coming towards its end. Just one more full week to it, and I am going to spend that week away from home. For what I hope will be the last time, I'll be in Ulm for the last part of my course to become a certified Data Protection Officer.
We'll be in class all day from Monday to Thursday and then sit our final exams in seven subjects on Friday. Failure quote is relatively high at 20 %, but I hope to be part of the 80 % who get through at their first attempt. Otherwise, I would have to go back in autumn or winter and take the exams again in those subjects I failed.
There will probably not be much time during the week for visiting your blogs; I do not have a laptop or tablet, but for internet access depend on my mobile phone and the public computer in the lounge at the hotel.
It was a good month so far, with cherries from the tree in front of my house, picked directly out of my kitchen window.
Then there was last Thursday, a public holiday in my part of Germany, and I spent that on walks, first with my Mum and then on my own (pictures will follow).
And - believe it or not! - I actually did sit down for some serious revising in preparation for my final exams.
I'll let you know how it went when I return, and will then also take up the Yorkshire holiday report where I left off earlier today.
I wish you every success, Meike! I think all your hard work will pay off.
ReplyDeleteHow amazing to pick cherries out your kitchen window. It sounds like something from a fairytale! Although if had had very long arms, (like Elastigirl from The Incredibles) I might be able to pick Cornelian cherries - Cornus Mas - from my kitchen window in the fall....But I don't like them all that much. They're nothing like real cherries!
Those cherries were as juicy and sweet as they look! Everything is about 3-4 weeks early this year, because of the mild winter and warm period in March/April, so I knew the cherries would be ripe just in time when I'd be back from England. And they were! All gone now, for another year...
DeleteWish you good luck with you exams, Meike! (not that I know how much "luck" comes into it...)
ReplyDeleteThank you, Monica! Luck certainly has got to do something with it; you could happen to come across questions that are easily misunderstood.
DeleteGood luck! You've worked hard, i'm sure you can pass!
ReplyDeleteThank you! I am rather optimistic myself, but there is always some doubt...
DeleteWell I wish you all the best over in Ulm. It would be great to get over the hurdle of examination first time round. As the bloggers above said - Good Luck!
ReplyDeleteThank you, YP! Yes, much as I like being here, I really don't want to go back for that reason.
DeleteI know you'll do well on your exams! Good luck!!!
ReplyDeleteDid you make a pie with those cherries? Yum!
I hope you are right, Mary! Thank you :-)
DeleteNo, I ate them all just as they were, which is the way I like fruit best - just "as is", picked directly from where they have grown.
That bowl of cherries looks like good food for you, but the sight of them is also good for the soul, it is like a work of art.
ReplyDeleteLove your work/study area, so neat and tidy, just like you! Good luck with your exams, I am sure you will breeze though them.
Phew, Kay, I hope you are right - it was rather a demanding day today, with even MORE material to cram into our poor little heads!
DeleteCan't work or study in the middle of chaos; I need a well-ordered environment to "function" properly.
All the best Mieke - I am sure you will be fine and have worked hard to get ready for the exam :) Sigh cherries.. shortest day here :(
ReplyDeleteLongest day two days ago here... But it will take some time before we'll notice the slow decline in daylight hours.
DeleteThank you, Fiona! I hope you are right.
I know that you will have an informative and successful week Meike.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Graham... informative, certainly; successful - we'll see!
DeleteI hope I will be able to read it - depends on the internet. Those cherries look gorgeous! ours are finished.
ReplyDeleteThey have long gone here, too, Jenny; I took that picture the day after I came back from England, nearly three weeks ago.
DeleteI can't wait to see the pictures of the public holiday. Good luck in your exams girl!!
ReplyDeleteHello Constance, I think this is your first time here, so: Welcome!
DeleteMy exams were last Friday... the holiday pictures will appear in one of my next posts.