By the way, you can always use this link here to check out my pictures. http://community.webshots.com/user/skeebs02?vhost=community [View Full Entry]

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So, last weekend (the 1st through the 4th) our group had an excursion to Berlin. It was great to finally ge there and see it after reading so much abour it in history books and always hearing about it. One of the best things about this excursion was, even though it was a Furman excursion, we didn't have to go to 8,000 museums and 40,000 other boring places while we were there. Frau Chew (our Furman professor here now), has an entirely different approach than Herr Whisnat (the Furman professor who was here before) did. We actually had most of our [View Full Entry]

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Here's the link to my pics... http://good-times.webshots.com/album/561159467sXtlSV?vhost=good-times [View Full Entry]

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I am going to warn all of you ahead of time, this blog is going to be a long one. This past weekend was a long weekend, and I spent it in Madrid. I had a really great time. Sallie and I flew in to Madrid Friday night, and checked into our hostel. We were trying to meet up with Furman friends who were on their study abroad program there, but had some difficulties contacting each other at first. Eventually, my friend Matt (Krantz for all of you at Furman who may know him) got a hold of us and took [View Full Entry]

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I'm going to try to keep this short, because we are in the middle of mid-terms and I have tons of work to do, but I have alot to tell. So, this past weekend we went on a 3 day excursion through German wine country. I enjoyed it alot, because it was much more laid back and relaxing, and thw weather was much better. What was not better, however, was our transportation. Our bus driver was basically insane. He drove like a nutjob, and I was constantly fearing for my life. Also, to top it all off, our bus was not [View Full Entry]

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Hey everyone! Well, since I last spoke to all of you 2 major thing happened. First of all, I spent this past weekend in Vienna. Vienna was a really beautiful city, and we had perfect weather the entire weekend. We got to see alot of great places while we were there (you can see the pictures at http://good-times.webshots.com/album/560986302hGnUGu?vhost=good-times). We saw alot of churches, parks, and such. Some of the most noteable places we visited were: Freud's former home and practice, St. Augustines- Where the Vienna boys choir is based from, St. Stephen's Cathedral, and the Hofburg Pala [View Full Entry]

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Hello Everyone. I know it’s been while since I’ve written my last blog, but things have been rather busy here, and I don’t think it will be slowing down anytime soon. From Sunday the 23rd until Sunday the 30th of September, our group went on a tour of East Germany (The Former DDR/Soviet Occupied Zone). During those 8 days, we visited a total of 9 cities: Eisenach, Erfurt, Weimar, Leipzig, Dresden, Wittenberg, Goslar, Braunschweig, and Hildesheim. It was a very busy, and very tiring trip, but it was great to get to visit so many places. I don’t think I’m going [View Full Entry]

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So, since I have last written, a few new things have happened. Not much happened last week during the week, but I had a long weekend this past weekend, and got to do a lot of really cool things. On Friday we had a tour of Beethoven’s birthplace right here in Bonn, and then went to a “Beethovenfest” concert. The music was nice, but it wasn’t his best stuff that they played, and though classical music is good, I like it much better as background music while I’m doing other things. On Saturday I slept in, and then my Host-father took [View Full Entry]

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Hello Everyone. It hasn’t been so long since I last wrote a blog, but a lot has actually happened in the meantime. I also have some pictures to share with everyone. Well, on Friday we went on a short tour of the sights around the academy in Bonn. We got a lot of in-depth history lessons, and it was actually really interesting. Some of the more interesting facts about Bonn are: It was the capitol of Germany before Berlin was, and the Gummi-Bear company Haribo is right here in Bonn. Bonn has a lot of chestnut trees, and the founder of [View Full Entry]

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Hello Everyone! I'm pretty sure most of you know by now, but some of you might not, that I am spending my fall trimester in Bonn, Germany. Bonn is a comparitively small Germany city not far from Cologne. I am staying in a small village, within the city limits, called Ueckesdorf. It's about a 20 minute bus ride from the center of Bonn. The family I am staying with is very nice. The father is a doctor and psychitrist, and the mother is a nurse in a psychiatric clinic, so I am learning about psychology here even though I don't have [View Full Entry]

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