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On Monday we were accompanied by Mrs. Huber and Mr. Kaissl to our working place, where we had to go by bike every single day. At the beginning we were offered a guided tour through the company. In the afternoon they explained us the laser. The following days we mainly worked with Patrick and Pascal. We especially learned gas shielded arc welding, which we were allowed to work on our own most of the time. The work was always very diversified. We usually spent our breaks together with our French colleagues and tried to communicate with them as well as possible. The longer we were in France, the better we understood. Hence we learned very important words easily. Everybody was very friendly and open minded and they always supported us in a very energetic way. The last four days we were allowed to work at the engineering office, where we learned the basics of ProE. |
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Especially Patrick and Pascal taught us a lot. Hereby we would like to express our sincere thanks to the company Benne SA for everything they did for us |
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Roman and Stefan by Amen
On our first day at the company Amen we already knew, that this would be a good time, because our first meeting with the boss was at 2 p.m. so we were able to sleep considerably long. The next day we were friendly received by our new colleagues and separated. Stefan was coached by Arnaud und Roman by Fernand. On that day Stefan tried WIG welding the first time and also Roman was instructed to it the next days. But these weren’t our only activities, we painted tubes, we helped to build up a new slide in the indoor swimming pool, we cut a table plate, we ground, we bended, we cut laminations and did a lot of errands.
Two hours of lunch break and a free Friday afternoon we let ourselves go at home. Because we were not the first trainees, the workers at Amen accustomed to us very fast and we were introduced to the working process. The many different and entertaining personalities, who all gathered at Amen’s, make you smile and I would recommend everyone to work there, who has the chance.
Second weekend
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At the second weekend we made a fact-finding tour through the city. Castres is a city with 43 000 inhabitants in the south of France. This region is known for its textile industry and for a fabulous wine (Gaillac). Sights are among other things Saint-Benoit cathedral, Jean-Jaurès square, the beautiful old town and the refurbished buildings on the river Agout. Jean-Jaurès was a famous Socialist politician. In Castres there is also a museum, where you get to know a lot of details about his life. |
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Miredames is a boat offering you a boat trip down the Agout right through the city. Further there are many sports facilities in Castres like a huge swimming pool (l’Archipel), a golf court at the Gourjade square and also a bowling stadium. Castres is definitely a city that has something to offer for each taste. |
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Third weekend
At the third weekend we were invited by Elisabeth und Kurt in their appartment on the sea, which is in Cap d’Agde. Cap d’Agde is a very nice place for tourism. We could even go swimming in the sea, because the water was still warm.
On Saturday evening we were invited to a French dinner, which blew our minds. Especially the fish-and mussels specialties were at their finest. We all really enjoyed this weekend, because it was just like being on holiday. Unfortunately it passed by way too quickly.
Last weekend
At the last weekend we got to know something about the night life of Castres. Therefore we took a night bus to a disco called Roll’s, which is about 20 km from Castres. There we met lots of young people who were of the same age as we and it turned out as a very funny evening.
Unfortunately this month passed by too quickly and so we came back to Austria on the 26th of September.
Appreciation
We definitely can recommend this internship, because we made so many new experiences and we also had lots of fun, too.
We would also like to say thank you to Elisabeth and Kurt for their enormous support. Without these two people we probably wouldn’t have survived in France.
They even gave us their private bicycles after our bicycles broke down.
Further we want to say thank you to all those people who enabled this internship.
Especially to Ms. Huber, because without her commitment Castres probably would have fallen through.