This past thursday we had a boat cruise on the Mosel River. Mostly all the students went and we got all dressed up. It included dinner and dancing, so it was a fun way to end off the year. Our dean is retiring, and that night it was his birthday also, so he was presented with a special gift. Born in the U.S.A. played and everyone was singing it...I think people are definitely getting ready to come home! On Friday morning I left for Brugge, Belgium with two of my friends, Katie and Emily. After we checked in we walked around [View Full Entry]

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Hey everyone. I have a bit of time now to write about Berlin. My English literary theory class travelled there. We stayed from Tuesday until Sunday doing a variety of activities having to do with our class and touristy Berlin things. I flew to Berlin with some girls from my class on Tuesday. That evening we just relaxed, because there were no activities planned. The next morning we got a tour of the city from an ex- German ambassador to Luxembourg and Ireland. We saw a facade of an 18th century train station that was ruined in the war and two [View Full Entry]

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Now that I’m back from my class trip I can update about Ireland and Berlin. On Monday we flew from Paris to Cork. At the airport we picked up a rentel car. At first we had trouble just trying to figure out how to put it in forward gear. Then my dad did a few rounds in the parking lot to get used to driving on the left. We still had to remind him to stay on the left while turning up until the last day! Even just bring there for a week, though, it felt weird on the bus in [View Full Entry]

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Where to even begin…I guess three Mondays ago! After my trip to Spain my mom returned to Luxembourg. That Monday we took a train north of Lux city to a town called Clervaux. We saw the outside of the castle there (it was closed) and hiked up to an abbey. We sat in for a few minutes on a service where monks chant. I had seen this at the beginning of the year, but my mom wanted to watch. On Tuesday evening my mom and I went to dinner at a restaurant I’d never been to. There was only one other [View Full Entry]

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This weekend was such a whirlwind of traveling! I travelling with Brittany, the same girl that I traveled with to Italy. We left Thursday evening on an over night train to Barcelona. We didn't reserve a couchette (sleeping car) like we did in the past. We sat in chairs that reclined in a pretty crowded train. We made sure to sleep with our bags close so they wouldn't get stollen. I had a horrible night sleep if you can imagine. It was kind of cold, and this creepy man that was diagonally in front of me was awake every time I [View Full Entry]

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The weekend that Freddie came I stayed in Differdange. On that Saturday morning I made brunch for my family. I made pancakes and egg cassarole. They seemed to like it, but of course they put Nutella on the pancakes...something I'll probably adopt when I return to the U.S. On Sunday morning I got up and went to the airport to pick Freddie up. We took at bus to the city center and walked around the shopping area, even though everything was closed. It was a beautiful day out, luckily, so we wandered around for a while. Eventually we found something to [View Full Entry]

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So much has happened since I've last updated, but I honestly don't have time to write it all down. In reality the reason I'm updating now is for the sake of my Mom and aunt Susie. They wanted me to let everyone who knows and cares that they're having a great time in Europe. They've been really great with timing! They've managed to see much more than the average person would because of their luck with timing. Today was the only time they've really strayed from their itinerary. THey went to Cologne, Germany and stopped in Trier for less than an [View Full Entry]

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Hey everyone, I must make this relatively short because I have a midterm and a final exam this week ( I say this but it'll probably be just as long as the others). On Friday I went to Prague with 4 other girls: Katie, Emily, Kaitrine, and Kerrianne. We left the city around 4, took a bus to the ryanair airport in Frankfurt, and flew to Prague a little after 8. When we got to the "Old Town" part of the city we wandered for a while looking for our hostel. We were so tired when we finally found it that [View Full Entry]

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Wow, I feel like I've been gone a lot longer than 9 days! I have so many stories and memories that I can't possible write it all down! Friday Feb 20th: Brittany, the girl I travelled with, and I took an overnight train to Venice. This consisted of us fitting into a compartment of the train half the size of a small dorm room with four other people. We got stuck with the top bunks, which left us about 1.5 ft to the ceiling, 2 ft wide, and we had to sleep with our bags too because the other people were [View Full Entry]

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I can't write a lot, because I'm leaving in about an hour for Italy. I don't have class again until two Mondays from now. Carnival is a huge celebration in Europe for the beginning of Lent. People everywhere derss up in crazy costumes like clowns and jesters and theres lots of parties and parades. I'll be going to Venice, Cinque Terre (a group of five small towns), Florence, and Rome. Two random things about Europe that I have yet to mention...theres dog poop all over the side walks. When I go running I have to be sure to avoid this. One [View Full Entry]

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