Where the hell is Landau/Pfalz, many of you might ask now. You have no idea how many times I had to explain this to people during the two years that I lived in the small town. It is located roughly between Karlsruhe and Heidelberg in the southwest of Germany (no, the one on Lake Constance is Lindau…) and is surrounded by vineyards. Consequently there are a lot of wineries. The landscape around Landau is rather scenic, with the Pfälzerwald close by, which is great for hiking, climbing, and cycling. Alsace is not far. Thus the surroundings are really nice, but Landau is of course anything but a cosmopolitan city. I did my undergraduate studies there, not by choice, but I was sent there by ZVS, an authority that at the time allocated applicants who wanted to
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