Pub Quiz

Every Tuesday in the Office Pub, which is near Tummelplatz, there is a weekly Pub Quiz. It’s a great opportunity to meet natives and improve your speaking skills. Furthermore, you can meet interesting people, while enjoying a great atmosphere and having a beer (or two).

Usually it begins at 8 pm. You’ve to pay € 1, which is given to a pot and the best team can win the collected money.

I’ve joined a team, the Smiths. However, if you’re interested you could select your own team. All you’ve to do is to sign up at http://www.theofficepub.at/.

I’ve to admit that the asked questions aren’t really easy, in addition you’ll have a great amount of competition. The Green Monsters, one of their team members is Mr. Newman if I’m not mistaken, are one of the participants, which are hard to beat. One the other hand that shouldn’t frighten you. Take it as a challenge.

Hopefully I’ll see some of you tomorrow.

Americans in Graz

On Friday I had a really nice conversation with some Americans (and one emigrated English) from Michigan, who work for Daimler and Chrysler. They had a kind of exchange program with Magna.

Having a beer with a friend of mine (Andrea) at Flann O'Brien, they interrupted us wanting to know what the closing time of pubs in Austria was. Ten minutes later we were discussing the American health care system, of course governmental issues like president Bush(they weren’t in anyway pro Bush, which was a huge plus), joking around about Austrians and Americans etc.

For example one of them told me that most Americans would love to have a health care system, like we have in Europe but it would be to hard to change the current system. They always wanted to be independent of government with no interference.
Thanks to Mr. Newman I was also able to show a little bit off :)!

Speed-Friending

'Speed-Friending' is an event, which took place last Saturday at the Office Pub!

I’m sure all of you are familiar with the idea of 'Speed-Dating' but the idea behind this event was to meet expats from all over the world (USA, France, Italy, England etc) whilst practicing English. We had short conversations with each other, in order to get to know as much people as possible, which continued afterwards. E-mail addresses and telephone numbers were exchanged, while listening to an Irish live band and having a beer.
It was so much fun, although I have to commit that I had some doubts at the beginning. However, I’ve made some new friends with whom I’ll go to the cinema and play badminton (some of the prices, which were donated)!!!