The Travel-and-Food-on-the-Side Blogpost

“If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.” — J.R.R. Tolkien   This week will be a little random. I’ve visited some cool places over the last two weekends, but I’ve also cooked and/or eaten some pretty cool food. So here we go! Last …

Sirius Black

“We’ve all got both light and dark inside us. What matters is the part we choose to act on.” — Sirius, Order of the Phoenix Hello, everyone! I’m Sirius Black, and I have hijacked Jacque’s blog to tell you all how my week went. First of all, I spent the previous weeks inside a bag …

First Week of School!

So this week was the beginning of classes. I’ve had to figure out schedules, ask for syllabi, double check requirements with my major and minor advisors (shoutout to Prof O’Rourke and Prof Schwerin-High!). It’s been busy, but good. I may or may not be taking too many history classes, and half of those may or …

Krakow

On the 31st I flew to Krakow. It was such a process, and I’m always a bundles of nerves when I travel, but it all worked out. To get to the airport, I have to get to the Gießen Bahnhof, then to the main Frankfurt Bahnhof, then to the Airport. Thankfully, German airports are really …

Vacation

  My last two weeks have been pretty exciting! March 21st and 22nd were the last two days of class; we had a little party on the last day. Then on the 24th, I headed to the Koblenz area to visit Monika and the family. One of Karla’s friends, Eva who studies at a nearby …

Third Week…and More History!

“Music is the mediator between the spiritual and the sensual life.” - Ludwig van Beethoven   Again, this week was mostly classes, and I imagine I’ll be writing that a lot more once the semester starts. This weekend was fun though! One of Anna’s friends had a birthday party and I was invited along. It …

Second Week Struggles

“If you seek the happiness of love, let go of love and trust to luck. Then the two will get together of their own accord, and make more than one person happy.”   I hate to be Debbie Downer, but between getting sick and having to deal with official documents, my second week was kind …

Welcome to Gießen!

“If your Nerve fail you, go above your Nerve.” - Emily Dickinson            Before and after pictures… My first day at Gießen was very low key. My Study Buddy, Anna, picked me up at the train station and we unpacked my stuff in my dorm. She helped me shop for some …

Family

“The love of a family is Life’s greatest blessing.”   My four days at my Aunt Maria’s house were wonderful! It was nice to be in a home again after a whole month in someone else’s apartment. Maria and I poured over photo albums together and talked about the family. The best thing was how …

Goodbye, Berlin

"There are many people in the world who really don't understand - or say they don't - what is the great issue between the free world and the Communist world. Let them come to Berlin!" -- John F. Kennedy   It’s been a good month in Berlin. I’ve kind of come to love this city, …