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 [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 8th, 2008 No Comments »
Yesterday, IES took us hiking up Schauinsland, one of the higher (highest?) peaks in the Schwartzwald (Black Forest). I was a little disappointed at first because of the plan to take the cable car up then hike down. However, the cable car ride was really cool- I think it took about a half-hour to get [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 6th, 2008 No Comments »
It’s wine season! While telling us about our region (Baden), the IES staff recommended on weekends we travel to the little villages in the area who will be having festivals to debut their wine. So today, we went to Pfaffenweiler, which is a half-hour southwest of us. I’ve decided I’m retiring here. Unfortunately, I’m having [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 5th, 2008 No Comments »
When traveling to a country that does not give out anything without a prescription, bring your own tylenol.
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 4th, 2008 No Comments »
My EU seminar prof’s view on the suffering of the EU citizens : “Well, sometimes they try to sell you English water with chemicals in it as beer… but I suppose if you want economic prosperity and protection from Russia, you have to make some serious sacrifices!”
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 3rd, 2008 No Comments »
I’ve never been to a war-torn country before. Not that Germany is at all torn by war at the moment, but it was not so long ago when much of this beautiful city was destroyed. Yesterday when I was wandering by myself looking for a German equivalent for Target, I wandered into the Munsterplatz: a [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 2nd, 2008 No Comments »
After a 2-hour drive, three flights, and a bus ride- with luggage that weighs about as much, if not more, than I do- I’m here!
My brand-new, bright orange dorm puts CMC to shame. My room is huge, has a decently large closet, and a TV (which is worthless with my lack of German, but a [...]