Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 28th, 2008 3 Comments »
When I started blogging, I told myself I wouldn’t blog about American politics unless I encountered a really interesting perspective from the Germans. However, I’ve naturally still kept up with politics. By now, my preferred candidate would, to quote a beloved CMC professor, “need to commit a major sin with a minor farm animal” to [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 27th, 2008 No Comments »
I confess I had been getting nervous in the days leading up to Oktoberfest. I had wondered what I was doing. I don’t like beer nor the smell of smoke, huge drunken crowds make me nervous, and was I maybe falling into a tourist trap?
The first few hours were a lot of fun, and most [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 25th, 2008 No Comments »
I thought I’d beaten whatever was getting me down right before Berlin into submission. Apparently not. It’d back as a full-blown flu.
Today was a couple firsts for me: my first experience with the German health care system, my first time crying since arriving in Germany, my first (and hopefully last) awkward hug from a sympathetic [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 24th, 2008 No Comments »
Now I find myself doing what I promised myself (and all of you?) I’d never do. I put off writing a post, and now so much has happened that I’m about to inundate you all with a mini-dissertation, and I’m also going to provide you with links to about 330 pictures. My apologies.
-Update- Photos are [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 15th, 2008 1 Comment »
Will be MIA starting tomorrow. We’re spending a few days in Berlin and Estonia, and I’m not brining my laptop with me.
I hope I make it. I had a sore throat yesterday, and now I’m feverish and exhausted. This doesn’t bode well. I hate my immune system, but I will make it through this trip [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 14th, 2008 No Comments »
a- I’m taking notes to prepare for a test tomorrow. Though my notes are in English, I just noticed that I capitalized the first letter of all the nouns.
b- I’m suffering through the beginnings of a cold, but can’t do a $$#@ thing about it because it’s Sunday and EVERYTHING is closed. Not that I [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 14th, 2008 No Comments »
Yesterday, my German class went to visit Lake Konstanz. The pictures, once posted, will speak for themselves, so I don’t feel a need to go into too many details. In short, however: Konstanz is very, very beautiful, but you really should try to visit when it’s not raining.
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 14th, 2008 No Comments »
On our first field trip, IES took us on a day trip to Strasbourg. This charming little city is RIGHT on the border between France and Germany, its nationality determined by the winner of the most recent war. (Evidently, the city is now French.) Strasbourg has come to symbolize what France and Germany can achieve [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 10th, 2008 No Comments »
Today (in about 20 minutes), I am going back to France for a field trip to Strasbourg. Naturally, I thought about my host family and decided to send them an e-mail. My host brothers (well, my host parents’ son who lives in Gabon whom I’ve met once, and their nephew who lived with my host [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 10th, 2008 No Comments »
Unfortunately, I don’t have any odd, amusing interactions with the Germans to share. However, two of my friends have amazing stories which must be shared:
My friend Emily is a Germanic-looking girl from Texas. She has dirty blond hair, blue eyes, and a tan. One day, she’s riding on the tram, and she notices this old [...]