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This is a foodsharing kickstart, that takes place during two weeks in Bilbao. It was prepared beforehand, almost exclusively by Joachim Thome and our local contact Unai Gaztelu. During the kickstart Janina Abels was also present.
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- The 7th day also no early appointments had to be attended. Janina went to the library at 11 am and Joachim took it slow and met with another friend that day.
- At the library Janina updated the facebook event for Saturday with the location and shared it to Bilbo, so that they'd repost it.
- She worked more on the presentation and almost finished it.
- She finalized the letter to the huge chain and wrote another text on success already reached in the process.
- She put Unai's Spanish versions of the benefits for cooperating stores and the background information on the FSINT space of the wiki.
- Those three above mentioned files will be added to the mail to the chain headquarters.
- But she also enjoyed some chill internet time...
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The pick-up at Ecorganic yielded one crate of veggies that day and the bakery's dumpsters were empty - a welcome change to the over-eating of the days before... 
On the way from the pick-up Janina and Joachim encountered a frightening procession of what reminded them both strikingly of something awful, even though they'd already been told that it is something cultural and traditional and nothing explicitly right-wing... Still, the eerie feeling didn't go away so easily and Janina was determined to research this the next day.
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The general feeling after the event the day before was, that possibilities for new cooperations are manifold, but the distribution possibilities need to be enhanced. That's why Janina researched nevera solidaria Nevera Solidaria and the Banco de alimentos de Bizkaia and sent the info she collected to Unai. It seems that both of these organizations could make great cooperation partners in the future, for now something smaller could be more appropriate, though. Like a local soup kitchen, where just one or two crates of vegetables per day would be welcome and helpful. Maybe Unai has some ideas himself...
At the workshop the building of the bike trailer progressed slowly but steadily over the course of the day. Btw, the online research of the interestingly Not only Joachim and Unai, but also Imanol - Unai's father and the generous host of Janina and Joachim - worked on realizing Joachim's design. In the evening the trailer itself was complete and only the part, that would connect the trailer to the bike needed to be added still.
Btw, the online research of the interestingly dressed people they saw the other night lead to the realization that those processions are carried out with similar costumes all over Spain in the last week before Easter. This week is called semana santa and the processions apprently are tributes to the passion of Jesus Christ. (The more detailed question of 'Why the hats?!' is to be answered as follows: It's a capirote, read it up yourselves! ) )
Monday 2017-04-10
- The 11th day was probably the most chill day in all of the days Janina and Joachim spent in Bilbao. No appointments or deadlines to be met and lots of time to use on whatever...^^
- Janina spent most of the day in the library anyways, to enjoy the WiFi, talk to people online and do some more research (not only foodsharing Bilbao-related this time, but also in planning of the upcoming trip)
- Joachim had several Skype calls with people from Germany, concerning the community in Dargelütz, which will probably be led by Joachim soon. Apart from that he also enjoyed the WiFi and his free time.
In the evening there was the pick-up at Ecorganic again, and this time even three crates of fruits and veggies waited for Joachim and Janina at the store. But they went about it smarter than before: After dumpster diving at the bakery, they repacked the food, so that one of the crates could be given to a guy sleeping underneath the iconic white bridge. They made sure just to include food, that would be useful for him, meaning ready-to-eat stuff like apples, pears, croissants, tomatoes and half a pineapple.
Tuesday 2017-04-11
- The 12th day was already the last day Janina and Joachim spent in Bilbao.
- At noon Unai and Janina took a bus to Galdako to meet with Alvaro Saiz Ruiz from Nevera Solidaria.