{"id":577,"date":"2014-10-15T12:36:40","date_gmt":"2014-10-15T11:36:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oceanblogs.org\/kosmos2014gc\/?p=577"},"modified":"2014-10-15T12:36:40","modified_gmt":"2014-10-15T11:36:40","slug":"familiar_faces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oceanblogs.org\/kosmos2014gc\/2014\/10\/15\/familiar_faces\/","title":{"rendered":"Familiar Faces | Bekannte Gesichter"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Coming back to Gran Canaria after almost six months, I did not know what to expect and how it would feel. How will we be welcomed? Will the friends we made back in GC 1.0 even recognize us?<\/p>\n

But just a few days in, all worries were blown away. This time \u2013 luckily – not by a storm, but by the truly warm welcome that\u00a0Spanish people are so famous for.<\/p>\n

\"Maria,<\/a>

Maria, the cleaning lady and true love<\/p><\/div>\n

You know that you have been gone for too long, when the security guard yells \u201cAmigo! Qu\u00e9 tal?!\u201d when he sees you arriving from far away or the lovely lady Maria, who is cleaning the facilities asking you whether you missed your only Spanish sweetheart.<\/p>\n

Sadly, the beloved staff of the local bakery has changed completely and the new employees don\u2019t quite seem to understand my jokes (maybe I should improve my Spanish and stop relying on sign language though).<\/p>\n

What genuinely surprised me, was the fact that even the local fishermen seemed to remember us. A chat with a man, from whose tattoos you could tell that his true love was the sea, told me how appreciative he is of our work and that more locals should be made aware of climate change. He was very happy that KOSMOS was \u201cback in town\u201d. What a nice way to start your campaign.<\/p>\n

Thank you Gran Canaria for the welcome, it feels good to be back!<\/p>\n

Paul<\/p>\n

_________<\/p>\n

Nach der sechs monatigen Abwesenheit wusste ich wirklich nicht, was ich f\u00fcr unsere R\u00fcckkehr nach Gran Canaria erwarten sollte. Wie werden wir willkommen gehei\u00dfen? Werden sich unsere Freunde aus GC 1.0 \u00fcberhaupt noch an uns erinnern?<\/p>\n

Doch nur ein paar Tage hier und alle Sorgen sind wie weggeblasen, nicht durch einen Sturm, sondern von dem typisch spanischen, warmen Empfang, den man uns bereitet hat.<\/p>\n

Man merkt, dass man zu lang weg war, wenn der Nachtw\u00e4chter einen von weitem \u201cAmigo! Qu\u00e9 tal?!\u201d entgegenruft oder die kecke, betagte Putzfrau Maria einen fragt, ob man seine wahre spanische Liebe vermisst h\u00e4tte.<\/p>\n

Leider wurde die Belegschaft der \u00f6rtlichen B\u00e4ckerei komplett ausgewechselt und die neuen Angestellten scheinen meine Witze nicht so recht zu verstehen (vielleicht sollte ich auch einfach mein Spanisch aufpolieren, anstatt mit H\u00e4nden und F\u00fc\u00dfen zu kommunizieren).<\/p>\n

Was mich zutiefst erstaunt hat, war, dass sich sogar die \u00f6rtlichen Fischer an uns zu erinnern scheinen. So erz\u00e4hlte mir ein Mann, an dessen T\u00e4towierungen man klar erkennen konnte, dass die See seine gro\u00dfe Liebe ist, wie wichtig er unsere Arbeit findet und wie toll es w\u00e4re, dass wir wiedergekommen sind. Laut erz\u00e4hlte er mir, dass viel mehr Einheimische auf unsere Arbeit und den Wandel des Klimas aufmerksam gemacht werden m\u00fcssten. Welch sch\u00f6ner Einstand f\u00fcr unsere Kampagne.<\/p>\n

Vielen Dank Gran Canaria f\u00fcr diesen herzlichen Empfang!<\/p>\n

Es f\u00fchlt sich toll und richtig an, zur\u00fcck zu sein!<\/p>\n

Paul<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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