Things have been pretty calm here lately- a few small excursions during the weekends, last weekend to Münster which was a very beautiful little university town with a heck of a lot of old churches. While there we saw a lot of the town as well as visiting the Zoo, and learning some bizarre animal names, for example 'Meerkat' translates to 'Erdmann' = " earth man" and that 'Seal'='Robbe' however most of the names were pretty familiar. In the next weekends, I have a lot planned- Next weekend I'm cooking Thanksgiving Dinner, the weekend after that the rotary exchange students are [View Full Entry]

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Hello Everyone! Things here have been pretty exciting- I've just returned from a week in Dresden (Eastern Germany) and Prague (Czech Republic) and a week ago from Malmö (Sweden). I have a new appreciation for the size of europe- pretty much wherever I want to go on the continent or in the UK, the plane ride takes approximately an hour. Seriously. To Prague it was an hour. To Dublin its an hour. To Copenhagen its an hour. I really really like the travel capabilities. Sweden Irmela and I stayed for five days with a good friend of hers , Lotta Hamfelt [View Full Entry]

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Here are a mix of photos from Malmö, Copenhagen, Dresden and Prague- hope you all like them! [View Full Entry]

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So in the next two weeks, school is out for Fall Break. I will be traveling to Malmö, Sweden for five days, and following that three days in Dresden, Germany and a few days in Prague, Czech Republic. I hope to have some exiting blog entries throughout the next few weeks, but just wanted to keep you all updated. School is getting easier all the time- On friday, I wrote a small essay about Genetics in German and also took a Biology test. I have found a cello group to play with, and am beginning to feel settled in to life [View Full Entry]

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This evening Irmela and I visited a lovely little town called Maastricht on the border between Germany and the Netherlands. It was a very beautiful little town full of young people studying at the university. Feel free to check out my pictures on facebook :-) I hope that everyone is doing well ~Hannah [View Full Entry]

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My blog is early this week, because I simply had to tell everybody about this family outing! My hostfamily and I went to the Circus this evening- Although it was more like Cirque de Soleil, but german and a little less eloquent and a little more rock. They had all sorts of jugglers, trapeze etc. as well as your average motorbike in a big round cage trick- but with flic flac it's not one or two guys in the cage, no no. There were first three, then five and finally seven!!! They also had a very entertaining Scottish comedian and some [View Full Entry]

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Hello again everybody! I arrived in Cologne exactly a week ago today. The flights were uneventful and we were able to navigate the train system sucessfully (and yes, they do actually go an average of 165 km/s which is about 100mph). The first night we had dinner in the Stadtmitte Fuβgangerzone (the middle of the city on the Rhine) and had a lovely view of the Cathedral as well as some local fare. At first the plan was for me to attend a course at a local language school however after my first day they said that I should just go [View Full Entry]

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Greetings to all of you! My name is Hannah Elizabeth deNevers and I live in Los Alamos, New Mexico USA. In August (the twelfth) I will travel to Cologne, Germany and begin living with a Family- The Ditterts who have graciously offered to host me for the beginning few months of my Exchange. It should prove to be quite an experience and I hope that through travelblog.org I will be able to keep all of you updated as to the events of my Exchange As you probably all know this already, I will say goodnight Thanks for reading ~Hannah deNevers [View Full Entry]

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