Do you every just end up in the right place at the right time? Today was our first day to spend working on our projects, the actual reason we are in Munich. My group is looking into the drinking age and drinking problems the country faces vs. what occurs in the US. Before we came over, we tried to e-mail and make contact with various offices, but didn't have as much luck as we would have hoped for. With the addresses and names we did have, we set out today to hopefully get some people to interview and give us information. The first stop was the Munich Police station. It was so intimidating, but Roland was really helpful, answering all of our questions and even printing of laws and other information for us.
Next we hopped on the subway and headed out to the IFT, which is an office that researches drug, alcohol, tobacco and prescription usage among Germans. By chance we ran into one of the ladies who worked there and she put us in touch with her boss, Tim. He deals more with drug use, but also knew tons about alcohol too. He agreed to let us do a film interview on Monday and put us in touch with many other contacts in Germany. This trip gave our project so much focus and information about places, people and alcohol usage in Germany we hadn't even thought of.
It was a great feeling to finish the day so successfully. The new leads have revitalized our excitement toward the project and the direction each piece is going. Auf Wiedersehen until tomorrow!
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