As the past few weeks have flown by, I’ve decided to take a short journey through the life of a student here in Bonn. Unlike Madison, the University of Bonn is not placed directly on …
Germany
Schwangau & Salzburg
SCHWANGAU, DEUTSCHLAND: Reiseziel 3 The next stop on my exploration was a city near the southern border of Germany…Schwangau. Here my sister and I had our first taste of public transportation gone wrong. Until now …
LONDON, HEIDELBERG, & STUTTGART
Hello readers! It has been a hectic but exciting week since I last blogged, so here is my attempt at the beginning of a somewhat concise yet detailed overview of my past 9 days! Morgan …
Pre-departure Thoughts 3
Things I want to take back with me from Freiburg: Sexual Health SEX! Oh mah gawd! Great! So now that I have your attention let’s get down to some serious talk about sexual health. If …
Language Learning: More than Economic Opportunity
An unpublished article for The Daily Cardinal I wrote this article as a features contributor for the student newspaper The Daily Cardinal at the end of the 2011 spring semester. For various reasons it never …
Mid-flight insomnia
I’m finally here (as in Europe)! Well, almost…as I type I am on my overseas flight to London! In less than 3 hours my body will be totally out of whack and I will have …
And so it begins…
In 57 days, 14 hours, and 38 minutes from the time I write this my Lufthansa flight from Chicago to Frankfurt am Main will be touching down in Germany. My last days in the United …
Acceptance into AYF…Finally!
Getting the official acceptance into the Academic Year in Freiburg program was a slightly surreal moment for me. Suddenly one day I’m sitting at home during winter break and I’m effectively told “next year you’ll …
Keine Beschwerden
It has been far too long since I have updated this blog, but there is great reasoning behind that. I have been busy traveling and taking advantage of my year in Germany more so than …
And so it continues…
It is now almost December and the Christmas spirit is definitely alive. The past month once again has gone by ridiculously fast. A couple weekends ago, two friends and I planned a spontaneous trip to …