Category: English Blog Posts (28 results)
My favourite KUS-Experience
Position: 47°57,8’ N, 007°20,1’ WDate:15th of April 2021 When I got my topic “My favourite KUS-Experience”, I was sure, it would be a very easy topic to write about. Now I am sitting in the messroom crossing the Biscaya and… read more
Nobody will forget
Date: 11.04.2021Position: 43° 25,1’N, 008° 13,8’ W Nobody would understand.Nobody will.Nobody would understand our jokes.When I am back home, nobody will understand, why I am laughing.Only the people on our ship do. The running gags, our special rituals and the… read more
Heading Home
Date: 11-04-2021Position: 43°28,1’W, 008°23,7’W Home. A place where I can go. To take this of my shoulders, someone take me home. Home. What is a home? Home doesn’t have to be one place, it is the feeling of belonging somewhere,… read more
Experiences you only have at KUS
Date: 8th April 2021Position: 14°54,6’N 023°29,9’W The everyday life of a teenager of my age normally includes standing up in the morning, going to school, doing homework, meeting with friends, spending time in front of your smartphone, eating dinner and… read more
Being captain for three days
Position: 48° 06,0’ N, 022° 15,9’ WDate: 04.04.2021 “Good journey, the ship’s handed over” said our captain Detlef to me and pressed my hand. It was the last afternoon before we wanted to leave the Azores. But let me tell… read more
I go solo – Graciosa!
Date: 24/03/2021Position: Graciosa, Acores Silence. A monk had retreated to loneliness in order to be able to dedicate his time of meditation and prayer in the seclusion of the noisy life. Once a hiker came to his hermitage and asked… read more
Exploring Terceira
Date: 19.03.2021Position: Praia da Victoria, Terceira I knew that we would have a daylong expedition on the island of Terceira. But I really had no clue how it would really turn out to be… Well, the day before, Ruth… read more
Exploring Sao Jorge
Date: 8-13/03/2020Position: Sao Jorge Planning a trip is not easy especially when you have never done it before and you are on an island in the middle of the Atlantic that you haven’t even seen before. We (the students) had… read more
Whales during our trip
Date: 07.03.21Position: Sao Jorge, Azores Whale on portside! When somebody screams this, everybody runs on deck in expectation. Then we all stand there and keep looking for the whale. Not all of us can wait long enough, because some whales… read more
Snowball Fight on the highest mountain of Portugal-Pico
Date: 07.03.2021Position: Velas, São Jorge “Watch out!” I heard a scream behind me and a moment later, a snowball passed me very close and hit the neck of our biology teacher. Now you could think: “What? Snowballs on the Acores?… read more