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By JSchneyer
April 15th 2008

"My life is an awkward moment- # 379"

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2 churches in the same pic.. yup

Ok, so funny story. Not so funny at the time, but yeah. So Hamburg weather is always very spontaneous and changes quickly. This pattern decided to change, and it poured last night for like an hour straight while I was in class at Colon. Now, my umbrella broke like a week after I got here, and because the weather changes so fast, I never bothered to get a new one. It never pours here, it lightly rains. So I run out of class and into the mall down the street, into the store that has umbrellas. I spot umbrellas at the [View Full Entry]

By JSchneyer
April 9th 2008

URI, how I miss thee

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Ok, so living in Hamburg isn't bad. The thrill is gone, but I still like it.. and I know when I leave there will be a lot that I wish I still had- this is not one of those days. The University system is so completely different than at home, and I am not getting used to it, at all. I try to keep an open mind, and not compare cultures, like the classes once a week thing is very cool. You may have to sit and listen for 3 hours, but then you're done for the week! Great feeling. However, [View Full Entry]

By Neeko215
April 8th 2008

Hamburg

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The Shaker!
A top ride at the carnival

My trip to Hamburg was a dangerous one... Before I was finally able to obtain the necessary fingerprints for the DHS. However, during this time I was sick... struck down by an illness that left me exhausted. I felt fine during the train ride to hamburg, but once arriving to the youth hostel on the mounth with only stairs I was hit with a sore thorat. During the next couple days, I was unable to speak and thus resorted to writing down everything I needed with a pen and notepad. Despite this, I still went on the walking tour. We saw [View Full Entry]

By Gabriela and Tony
March 31st 2008

Hamburg

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Hamburg

Hi everyone, We've been delayed in sending this out. So enjoy the short and newest blog. We were off to Hamburg for a quick 1 night weekend getaway. We stayed at a nice hotel in the midst of town by the trainstation and walked around town. Sadly it rained during our trip. Once it began raining, we hopped on a bus for the rest of our tour. Hamburg is a port town, well known for its red light district and its seafood. Here some rainy pictures for your enjoyment. Tony and Gabriela Meenan [View Full Entry]

By JSchneyer
March 30th 2008

Course changes finally completed???

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Hey all, Not a lot of updates, but a few worth commenting on. Another week of school has passed, and I still have not had all of my classes. One of my professors, who I have for two classes, is still MIA... so not fun. I need a life! Anyway, tomorrow morning I start another new class, Culture and Management, and is a masters level course. I am very interested in topics such as those having to do with both culture and management, so I think it'll be ok. As far as my human resource class, well my professor still has [View Full Entry]

By sonjaundhelfi
March 29th 2008

Wir sind die Durchchecker

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Dubai
Etwas zerschossen am Flughafen Dubai

Beim Check-In: "Moechten Sie ihr Gepaeck in Dubai durchchecken lassen oder brauchen Sie ihr Reisegepaeck?". "Nee, checken Sie ma durch." Die sechs Stunden nach Dubai: Kindergeburtstag. Wenn man dann aber aus dem Flughafen kommt, um seinen Shuttle-Bus zum Millenium-Airport-Hotel der Emirates zu finden (wir hatten einen sogenannten Stopover-Flug), wird die Sache schon schwieriger. Irrwitzige Menschenmassen, die irgendwelche Leute in Empfang nehmen wollen, Ein- und Zurechtweiser, die immerhin etwas bruechiges Englisch sprechen, und unzaehlige Shuttle- sowie andere Busse, gepaart mit einer [View Full Entry]

By bejomi
March 22nd 2008

yay!

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lol, so today i spent a heap of time on the train from vienna, and now im in hamburg, its nearly 10pm, and our train to copenhagen leaves at three am, so jordie came up with the brilliant ideaa of sitting at the pub till our train, lol, so thats what we're going to do, going to copenhagen to check out the rollercoaster, wicked ey! lol, so random, have no plan, little money, and a train pass that will go for ages! we're saving a fortune with this ticket too, we paid 390 euro for it, and each train we've used [View Full Entry]

By JSchneyer
March 17th 2008

Bekki's Hamburg Visit & Easter Weekend

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Me before leaving
I try to get good pics when my hair is cooperating.

Hey all, It's been another interesting week. School kept me very busy and the week went by very fast. I do have some problems with my schedule, but I had a meeting with the boys to get everything fixed.. I think everything is going to be OK now, hopefully. Bekki came from Salzburg to visit on Friday night (2 weeks ago now), and it's been a fun weekend. On Saturday we actually just walked around St Pauli (red light district) and that was fun. We actually went to this erotic art museum and it was so cool! This old guy that [View Full Entry]

By JSchneyer
March 12th 2008

First day of school, part 2.

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Hello everyone, I finally have something to write about! It's definetely been too long. This past weekend Joe and I found a nice breakfast place, on the Alster Pavilion. It was a buffet, and the only place here besides the hotel in Bremen where I was able to find eggs, bacon, toast, etc. So nice! : ) Saturday night we went to see 10,000 BC at the Grindel Kino and it was really good, I suggest going to see it. I'm assuming it was out in the states first. Sunday morning was our brunch for international students at HAW which was... [View Full Entry]

By muckelchen
March 6th 2008

mal wieder canada

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so morgen gehts schon wieder zurueck zu meinem zweiten zuhause...freu mich schon unendlich shaun und seine familie wiederzusehen...und ich hoffe dass ich sein verdutztes gesicht irgendwie fuer spaeter mal festhalten kann da er ja nix weiss.... ich wollte auf diesem wege nur allen mitteilen, dass gestern mir in der praxis mein handy gestohlen wurde und ich jetzt bis nach ostern nicht mehr erreichbar bin. sonst ueber facebook oder meine email adresse oder hier!!! alles liebe und gute.. eure simone [View Full Entry]

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