flying drama
I have arrived in London! (minus my checked bag and cell phone) ... with just a bit of drama.The flight to Boston was delayed hour and a half. I had 2 hours scheduled before my international flight to...
View Articleimportance of sequence
I am indeed in Stuttgart, Germany. I have been here for roughly 48 hours now, and have actually seen quite a bit, either directly walking or various aerial perspectives from higher elevations. My...
View Articlewhat am I doing?
There have been moments where I think to myself: "Self, what am I doing here?" I had just one of those moments this evening. After going back to the university to register my room for internet (the...
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Deutsche kirche
I might need to rethink my original idea about attending a German only worship service. I have done that twice now (first, one near where I was staying with my friend in Stuttgart; second, 10 min walk...
View Articleverbundpass
I am not sure what kind of luck this is, but if you want to ride any of the public transportation with me in Stuttgart, have a ticket or pass. The city busses and trains don’t have a place for you to...
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travels 1
Tonight I have returned from "ein Ausflug" (short excursion). As my German final exam on Thursday of last week began to approach and knowing that my full course load of graduate classes begins on the...
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travels 1b
(Heidelberg pics from 18Sept 2010)Heildelberg, old town.The international student affairs office set up tour guides for our group. So we walked through the old part of the city getting history and...
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travels 2 (Ulm, DE)
Ulm, Deutschland: Quite a small city. When I got off the train at the Bahnhof (train station), I found a map of the city and decided to snap a quick picture of it just in case I needed to refer to it...
View Articleexpectation
I feel like a small child on Christmas Eve- waiting, dreaming, drifting. The first snowfall of the season is supposed to happen very soon in these early a.m. hours. I want to be excited about it now...
View Articleauf Deutsch
I must say it is quite exciting (and brings about a smidgen of pride ... okay, more than a smidgen) when I am mistaken for a German by a German ... or ein Auslӓnder (foreigner) for that matter. While...
View Articlehappy birthday
Thus concludes the first day of the 26th year of my life. I actually aged quicker this year than the others, since I am living in the Central Europe Time Zone instead of Central Standard Time of the...
View Articlespoiled
I am spoiled. The people that I come from (my home country – the U.S.A.) are also spoiled. This concept is reinforced nearly every day in most of my classes here in Germany.The classes that I take are...
View Articlebecoming German-minded
I don’t know if I’ll ever be a true German. Don’t get me wrong, now – I am well on way to integrating, but there are several things that restrict my full conversion.As for products and shopping, I am...
View Articlememory
I don't remember.I caught myself looking at two pictures that I have in my room - one taken the day of my sister's high school prom (so I was a freshman in h.s.) and the other ... I think at someone's...
View Articleich habe eine Idee / i have an idea: thesis thought
One of my classes for the first semester of studies in this master's program is Power demand, supply, & distribution. Part of this class is presentations by fellow learners about their home...
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singing
Music has been an integral part of my life, well, for roughly my entire life.I remember moments growing up where we would be in the car with country music on the radio and just singing it out. Those...
View Articleends & beginnings
The end of something will always mean the beginning of something. Sometimes we forget this.I am most definitely at the end of something, though this "end" has been happening for quite a while.Even...
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flying blind
Okay, not literally flying blind, but it's called Blind Booking. The air carrier GermanWings offers incredibly cheap flat rate flights from certain destinations (one of which is Stuttgart) to a handful...
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future found!
Have I found my future this very night? After hours and hours, weeks upon weeks of sifting through oh so many governmental agencies and international organizations, have I finally discovered a kindred...
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