15|10|18, Our first working day

Hello Germany,

after getting up early at 6am, our day started today.

Our first working day was on the schedule.

Showered, brushed teeth, had breakfast, and dressed, we went to our workplace. One of the many kiwi plantations around here.

With good German punctuality, we naturally arrived 10 minutes before the start of work on the farm.

What awaited us was complete emptiness, as no one was there yet.

At exactly 8 o'clock, the first cars of the other employees arrived. Slowly, everyone trickled in and it immediately became clear that punctuality is not the most important part for our colleagues.

We quickly realized that we are the only Europeans in the group. Without exception, all of our colleagues are from India.

As we mentioned yesterday, our job consists of simply sorting kiwi buds.

After about 5 minutes, we understood the job and could start picking.

Together with about 20 other people, we comb the field branch by branch and sort out buds.

In general, it can be said that our colleagues, although they often speak only broken English, are very kind and you can have good conversations with them! For me, it is always surprising how differently you are taught about the rest of the world in different countries. The only things the Indians knew about Germany were the words "Hitler and beer" and they raved about the German work ethic.

Otherwise, they told us that with education, which hardly anyone can afford there anyway, it looks rather meager in terms of teaching about other countries and cultures.

Time flew by and before we knew it, we had worked 9 hours.

Although the work is quite tough on the neck and back, it is fun and really doable. I can't rule out that this opinion will change, but in the end, it's all about the money!😊

But for now, it's time to sleep, tomorrow I will tell you what our daily routine looks like here at the campsite. I can't write here every day that we picked buds, because that could get pretty monotonous!

Greetings from Katikati, New Zealand!🇳🇿

Your Tim!😊