Well, sorry for the delay in blogs. I have been a little sick this week and trying to figure out the university system here. I am going to slowly catch up on the events of the last few weeks. However, what better to begin with than Oktoberfest!! I planned the trip to Munich back in March when I found out that I would be coming this year to Germany. Going to the real Oktoberfest in Munich has always been a trip I have wanted to make. Thanks to Steve, we booked a hotel that he reccomended that was right next to the fest and then I looked up a tent and we made some reservations. I left Hamburg with my friends Austin and Robert on Friday morning at 9 am. We had a direct ICE train ... read more

I appologize for my lack of blogs recently. I have been wrapped up in school, going out, and getting ready for my next adventure! But...lets catch up, shall we? Two weeks ago, I stayed in Cologne for the weekend, went to a wine festival on Sunday in Bonn that was very entertaining. They have a parade and the whole time, these people just pass out wine, free wine. Like the mayor of the town pours people free wine while sitting atop a convertible. Very entertaining and very dangerous, but fun! Last weekend, I was lucky enough to have an invitation from my cousin Jason and him and his family to visit down in Stuttgart. I had been to Stuttgart once before, but I was 15 and it was merely a stop over in the train station ... read more

Amsterdam. A destination I have heard much about and have always wanted to visit. I think it lived up to every expectation, and I definitely enjoyed my weekend there with Brooke and Megan. We kicked off the weekend on the ICE train from Cologne. The trip was only about 2 1/2 hrs, which was easy and comfortable on the nice train. We found our little hostel in the south of town pretty easily and dragged our things up the daunting stairs. All the buildings in Amsterdam are really tall and narrow, so the staircases are quite a feat. I picked up a tourist magazine and opened to the restaurant page. The first thing I read was..."Mexican restaurant with free chips, three types of salsa, guacamole, and FREE water!!!" Megan and I were drooling with excitement. We ... read more

"You are what you eat" - Gosh im clever! Well, not much to talk about. I am getting up every morning and going to class, studying most of the afternoon, and coming home to go to sleep. I realized last week, stupid me, that I will have to be doing my Case Interviews for Consulting positions IN GERMAN!!! ahh...so I ordered a very complicated tips book auf deutsch so I can learn some better vocabulary. But wish me luck. I got through 4 pages in 2 hrs yesterday.... I found out for Hamburg I am going to be living in a W.G. (Wohnheimgemeinschaft) - bascially its a "shared apartment". All I know is that I will be living with a girl that is a student at the University of Hamburg, I am sure that I will ... read more

So I figured I'd take a few minutes to give you an idea of what a day in the life of Paige Brown is now. :-) I wake up usually around 7:15, get ready for school and look outside to see what the weather looks like. It was really hot for a few days and then the last few days have been super rainy and cold, so my clothing varies a lot between the week. I try to leave my house around 8 am so that I can make either the 8:07 or the 8:17 S-Bahn (schnell stadtbahn) into town. I live in a small suburb outside of Köln called Lövenich. I have about a 10 min walk to the train station which really is kind of nice on the pretty days. Not so much when ... read more