1 comment Last Thursday I traveled to Universität Bonn on a field trip. Students from my school sat in on lectures ranging a variety of topics, and we later attended presentation for prospective students; this was a very similar experience to the …
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Last week I had the great opportunity of meeting with the Bürgermeister Udo Meister of Schleiden. We talked about my school and family life as an exchange student in Germany, my experience with learning German, life in the Eifel, …
0 comments The exchange program which has given both me and thousands of other international students the wonderful opportunity to live and study in Germany (or the USA) for an entire year faces budget cuts from the United States State Department. Help …
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1 comment New year, new photos. I went for a walk and ended up with these. The full album can be found by clicking here.
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1 comment Germany just loves Euro coins.
Admittedly, I did too, for a little while at least. Suddenly I was living somewhere where I could purchase goods and services with an assortment of only a few coins. It is quite commonplace for …
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Just a mouse click away, hidden behind these little blue words, are lots of goodies. You’ll most often land on an highly entertaining and fun to read educational Wikipedia article, but …
5 comments “…Lebensraum.”
I got a few puzzled looks, and a few people took a step back. Rather, the word that I was looking for was Wohnzimmer. Lebensraum does not mean “living room,” but instead refers to the Nazi ideology of aggressive …
0 comments The snow stuck!
The pictures here make Schleiden look absolutely dreary. It’s not, I promise. Today was actually really pretty with the light dusting of snow.
From the top floor of Tower B of my school. In the distance, one …
3 comments The first snow began this evening! It is sticking too, but I don’t think for very long. We’ll see if it is still here in Schleiden tomorrow morning.
My little sister was so excited! Apparently this is the first snow …
