Today is our 16th day in Munich. I can still remember clearly the day (14th January 2012) we departed from KLIA, everyone was very excited to send us (me + afnan + ayman + athif + nani + tokpa). Hubby, kakwon + abg Imran, mursyid + mursyida, abg dhaus + kak ana, cicah..not to forget, the boys and girls; even our bosses (ringo and yazeer) were there too to say goodbye and to give their final mandate (plus advice) to us.
Nonetheless, despite the excitement, I can sense and see that hubby was actually hiding his anxiety, worriedness, concern on what’s going to happen to us. He kept on following us (through the glass wall), to say bye-bye, even tough we were already inside the international departure area..so sad:(
We travelled via Qatar Airways; total is about 14 hour; transit at Doha airport for about 2 hours. We reached Munich Airport at 6.30 am Sunday morning. It was so cold in the morning (note: currently is winter season in Germany can reach down to -5 deg C!) and safely arrived at Munich Hilton City Hotel.
First week in Munich was very adventurous, dramatic and unforgettable. With the kids coughing and having running nose, even the adults also had the same..in progress of adapting to the weather. Sometimes we even had blood in our nose. Staying in the hotel for one week was among the most unforgettable moments for the kids and my parents-in-law. At least I and marlinne went out during the day for work. They somehow had to stay inside the room (with minimum going-out) due to the cold weather outside. The kids were still with Malaysian time; at 3 am in the morning (@ Malaysia 10 am), all three of them will wake up with eyes wide opened. Afnan even requested for nasi at 3 am as he was hungry; hehe...cute!
Alhamdulillah, finally the following Sunday we moved to our new apartment in Markt Schwaben. We are getting better in terms of health and also adapting to the new time zone. I’ll upload photos later in the subsequent entries (ni actually dah malam, since the kids are asleep, I ‘gagahkan’ diri to upload this blog which has been overdue for 2 weeks; huhu)
To be continued…
Some observations on Germany:
-It’s difficult to find toddlers in Germany. Most families are with no kid, one kid or max 2 kids. Unlike in Malaysia, typically we’ll see family with 2,3,4,5,6 up to even 10 kids.
-They are really proud of their German language. You can hardly find TV channel or even magazine or newspapers in English language.
-Even though they speak Germany; most of the people here can speak English (and easy to understand)
-Medical expenses is very expensive here and cost of living is also quite high (as much as possible, don’t convert whatever you’ve spent money from Euro to RM; else you’ll stressed up yourself, hihi)
-Public transportation is very good here. We travelled via S-Bahn train. This question always triggered in my mind, which one come first..The SBahn or the Munich City? Hehe..you can a see a totally different world underground the city with the train network which is very well connected and efficient.
with love;
the sleepy mummy:)
