Trainee excursion: creativity and fun in Leipzig

Every year, we send our trai­nees, dual stu­dents and interns on a mis­si­on: they are banis­hed from their safe office envi­ron­ment and thrown out into the adven­ture of team-buil­ding acti­vi­ties. The goal: cohe­si­on, crea­ti­vi­ty and per­haps a chao­tic anec­do­te or two for the com­pa­ny chro­nic­les. Last year, the jour­ney took us to Leip­zig and let’s just say: it was colorful, fun and defi­ni­te­ly not bor­ing. Our trai­nees report.

The details of the trip were a secret for all trai­nees, stu­dents and interns until depar­tu­re. We were all the more sur­pri­sed when, after che­cking into the hotel, we hea­ded straight to a small art stu­dio in Leip­zig for spin pain­ting. The­re, we were first explai­ned what spin pain­ting actual­ly is and how it works. First, ever­yo­ne was allo­wed to expe­ri­ment on a small can­vas and express their indi­vi­du­al crea­ti­vi­ty.

After dis­cus­sing the pic­tures we had crea­ted, we ven­tu­red into our own pro­jects tog­e­ther as a team. We deci­ded on two lar­ge round can­va­ses, one to be desi­gned by us and one by Anika and Flo­ri­an (our ins­truc­tors). We tip­ped, drip­ped and pou­red our favo­ri­te colors onto the can­vas. Then it was Anika and Flo­rian’s turn. Here are the two new works of art that will adorn the trai­nee office in the future:

As we were all in need of refresh­ment after the long jour­ney and the crea­ti­ve work, ORISA invi­ted us to din­ner at the Vapia­no restau­rant. The­re was ple­nty of choice bet­ween piz­za, pas­ta and salads and we were all able to eat our fill.

The evening took us to “LILALICHT” Leip­zig, a 3D mini­golf adven­ture. Here we were able to expe­ri­ence mini­golf in a very spe­cial way. Thanks to black light, the cour­se, clubs and balls glo­wed in bright neon colors. The walls also had some sur­pri­ses and gre­at effects in store, which could only be dis­co­ver­ed with 3D glas­ses. Who won the final round will remain our secret, but what we can defi­ni­te­ly reve­al is that ever­yo­ne had a lot of fun.

The next mor­ning we star­ted with a deli­cious break­fast at the hotel befo­re explo­ring Leip­zig on our own. We split up to visit dif­fe­rent places or go shop­ping and then met up again at Leip­zig Cen­tral Sta­ti­on for the return jour­ney.

The shared expe­ri­en­ces in Leip­zig were gre­at fun for all of us and pro­vi­ded a won­derful oppor­tu­ni­ty to fur­ther streng­then our team spi­rit. On behalf of all trai­nees, interns and dual stu­dents, we would like to say a big thank you to ORISA!

- Vir­gi­nia, Micha­el, Jonas, Mar­tin, Eric and Kili­an