http://cmcabroad.com/kwalker10 Just another CMC Abroad weblog Sun, 23 Nov 2008 13:02:40 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The coffee situation in Germany is terrible. If you need caffeine (and seeing as I have class from 9am to 7:45 pm twice a week, I often do), you usually go to a bakery, plop down €1.50, or about $1.85, for about three or four spoonfuls of disgusting sludge that ... http://cmcabroad.com/kwalker10/2008/11/23/kaffee/ After yet another long week of class, I headed over to Barcelona with two friends. The way to the airport was uneventful (once we figured out that the Karlsruhe airport is actually in Baden-Baden.) The flight was nearly uneventful. For the second flight to Spain in a row, we shared ... http://cmcabroad.com/kwalker10/2008/11/21/a-beautiful-cursed-country/ Grenoble, France: I'm walking to dinner, minding my own business. A little girl comes up to me and says, "Excuse me, mademoiselle, are you married?" I think she's just a kid being a kid, so I lean down and tell her that I'm too young but I hope to one ... http://cmcabroad.com/kwalker10/2008/11/06/european-men-are-major-sketchballs/ When I returned from Eastern Europe, I had an awful week consisting of being sick, writing three papers, and finishing my State Department application. As a reward for that week, I had booked myself a trip with four friends to Majorca, an island off the coast of Spain. (If you've ... http://cmcabroad.com/kwalker10/2008/10/30/majorca-and-other-updates/ Be forewarned, I'm writing this on a German keyboard, and this post will probably have many typos. Again, picture links are in the password-protected page and on facebook. Budapest, Hungary: My first morning in beautiful Budapest, I went to two meetings at the Central European University, an American-accredited graduate school that ... http://cmcabroad.com/kwalker10/2008/10/30/four-countries-four-currencies-nine-days-and-620-pictures/ I am getting way too much spam on my blog, so I decided to password protect any post with photo links. I don't want all the creepers posting comments with links to porn, viagra, xanax, etc to be looking at them. If you are facebook friends with me, you can ... http://cmcabroad.com/kwalker10/2008/10/21/security-measures/ This post is password protected. To view it please enter your password below: Password: http://cmcabroad.com/kwalker10/2008/10/19/new-pictures/ Yes, I know it's been a while. I'm sorry. My program is keeping me super busy. So, since my rather long rant about Palin's interview, I have: Gone to Geneva! This is now my second visit to the city, and I still don't feel I've seen much of it. We were ... http://cmcabroad.com/kwalker10/2008/10/08/autumn-in-switzerland-and-other-updates/ 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 ... http://cmcabroad.com/kwalker10/2008/09/28/palin-on-traveling-abroad/ 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 ... http://cmcabroad.com/kwalker10/2008/09/27/misadventures-in-munich-oktoberfest-2008/