We were on a live broadcast of German National TV

This morning we had to wake up very early. Today was the day that we went to ZDF, a television station here in Germany. The reason that we had to wake up so early was so that we could be on TV! Yes, we were on TV today. We got to sit in the live audience of their morning show, Moma Cafe. That was very interesting. I feel like it’s an exclusive thing to do, so what an amazing opportunity that was! The show happened very quick. I found the set up of the audience very interesting. We were all sitting at tables in the cafe. There was food and drink placed in front of us too.  We were so close to the talent! I thought we were going to be off stage on a bunch of risers as the audience.

After we sat in for the morning show.  We went on a quick tour of the studios and then we moved into a conference room to speak with Wulf Schmiese, the male talk show host for Moma Cafe. This was very interesting. We were also in the room with another tour group. They were from Palestine. Our questions and their questions were very different and everyone I spoke to about it felt tension in the room. We had questions relating to Wulf and his job, but the other group seemed to be pursuing an agenda. They definitely made him feel uncomfortable. One girl started her question out like, “Let me educate you first.” Saying that really sounded like she was trying to belittle him and then she just spoke about her cause. After her awkwardly answered her question, he turned to our group and asked us if we had anymore questions, because you could tell he was uncomfortable.

After this visit, we went to DPA, The Deutsche Presse. This was very interesting. What I found most interesting about this is that they don’t put news out for the public. They put news out for other newspapers and publications. This is what their main goal is. I thought that was very interesting.

I also continue to find myself more and more surprised about the German hospitality we are receiving. Every visit so far has offered us drink and sometimes even food! Deutsche Presse offered a lot of my German favorite chocolates.