Translation of anschalten

Grammar exercises give the teachers and the students different ideas. We discussed the need for exercises in my previous email, but unfortunately I did not receive any further feedback since then.
I wish you also a successful and happy 2008. On New Year's Eve I was here in Costa Rica and I've looked after my 6 weeks old daughter, no holiday in sight. She is not sleeping well at night yet.
When I flew to Korea, I was very nervous because this was the first time I had visited a country outside the European Union. Asia is far away for us and is culturally very different.