This is where I spend my first night in Darmstadt. The owner of this room explicitely asked me not to mention his name. At least this much: Cécile and Daniel, I believe you've met him before...

I spend the last three days in my study town Darmstadt. Mainly because I had some business to take care of concerning my exchange semesters and the upcoming internship - fill out papers, get signatures etc. But of course also a good opportunity to see some familiar faces, have a few chats and last but not least see the diploma exhibition.

Had a very chaotic first evening including a race to the Frankfurt airport, a free meal at McDonald's, pretending to work until five in the morning and three hours of sleep that night. The next day was filled with organizing stuff, meeting and talking to a lot of people I hadn't seen in ages, talking to profs and planning my 'educational future'. I also went to the opening of a school exhibition on the subject of 'Risk' at the Design Haus which was quite interesting. The night came to a nice end in a local beergarden with some good ol' Äppler and again a lot of people and chats. At that point it felt so good to be back, even if it was just for 72 hours and now I'm actually quite happy to be returning for good in half a year.

The last day was basically like the first one except that I grabbed some lunch with Falko and Lukas (the guys I stayed with), watched a movie and saw the opening of the diploma exhibition. Again lots of people, lots of talks blablabla. Plus, I was heavily under(over?)dressed with my colorful shoes and my neon hoodie. Anyways, the exhbited work was kind of disappointing except for the Industrial Design stuff and 4 or 5 projects from the Graphics Department. Yeah I know, got a big mouth now - we'll see what I come up with. Finally, before taking off home at 1:30 in the morning, I payed Honey, my old roommate who'd just gotten back from Berlin, a visit for a couple of chilled out hours.