3 comments I’m sitting in an empty airport. To my right are the soaring double sealed windows that seem to be every terminal’s “unique feature,” complete with the nose smudges of small children, the signature of unseen predecessors left behind from pushing …
3 comments I am not Merkel’s masseuse.
An arm’s length distance separated my hands from Bundeskanzlerin Frau Dr. Angela Merkel’s shoulders…along with respect for world leaders, people’s personal space, and let alone, common sense. Besides, President Bush already has it covered…
(I …
1 comment Surprise, surprise! My phone buzzed with a Facebook notification.
“Message from Victoria R,” the preview read.
Oh, I haven’t heard from Victoria in quite a while! We were friends in High School, and now she’s at the University of Michigan …
2 comments Learning a language while living im Ausland is quite the adventure. It’s simultaneously incredibly difficult while surprisingly easy, completely lackluster but full of hilarious mistakes.
I’ve been asked time and time again what being immersed in and learning German …
2 comments In the hallways or on the street I’ll hear children whispering, “Ja, das ist Andrew, der der ein Austauschschüler ist!”
And, kids being kids, one or two young students will come up to me and shyly say “Hi Andreuu,” running …
1 comment Francis has set his sights on Germany. It’s here!
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1 comment When meeting people for the first time, conversation usually samples something similar to these two lines;
…Ich komme aus Michigan… (I’m from Michigan)
Ach so! Chicago ist in der Nähe, oder? (Oh, Chicago is nearby, right?)
Most people seem …
2 comments I was seated crosswise at a faux wooden table, positioned with my back to the rest of the classroom and enjoying the lovely view out the classroom window, which featured the yellow bricks of the courtyard’s adjacent wall.
To my …
5 comments The long road to obtaining the Abitur, the completion diploma from Gymnasium (similar to an International Baccalaureate Diploma), culminates with exams during April and May. Because students sit for the Abi exams before the normal school year ends, the …
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