Black tea and fabrics - Linton Tweeds
Instead of apartment buildings lots of factories identify this part as the industrial area of Carlisle.
But because everybody is able to talk about the normal everyday life at their work places, I want to tell you something about the differences of a work placement abroad and the things I didn't expected.
Black Tea - "do you wanna have a cup of tea?", "do you take milk and sugar in your tea?", two questions and two right answers.
Tea is the british synonym of coffee in Germany, no matter if the last cup is still standing on the desk. I am sure everybody already heard about the "British tea habits", but you would be very suprised about the reaction if you tell somebody, that you don't want to have milk in your tea, because you maybe don't like it or, like me, find it disgusting.
Fabrics and working atmosphere - I don't know if you have ever been in a factory of fabrics and yarns before, but I can tell you that a company that produces for chanel and which has its own online store is really impressive.
The designers, the accounts departement or even the old women, who were still weaving with hand looms, everybody was open-minded, friendly and courteous.
Massive buildings, huge machines for weaving, drying or cutting and giant storerooms make me feel kind of small, nevertheless I learned a lot about the material of fabrics, also the different kinds of workers and that language shouldn't be a obstruction for communication.
Presents and hospitality - Gingerbread tastes like "Spekulatius" and "Zimtsterne" is the most beautiful German word I've ever heard.
Maybe you are not expecting a comment like this on your present for the company.
One week before the Carlisle trip started, nearly everybody became desperated: "What should I buy? I need something that won't get broken on the one hour flight!"
It's enough to dive a person mad!
Therefore I was so happy the moment I saw that the first package of cookies was already empty the third day.
Furthermore I brought some "Merci" at my last day to say thank you and I also wrote a short letter, so everybody could recognise that I enjoyed my stay, honestly, I was so lucky about the scarf, the fabrics and all the other things they gave me! I could have never imagine the hospitality in this country!
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