Blogs from Trier, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, Europe - page 5

Hello. Im in Trier, Germany, which is about a 25 minute drive from Luxembourg. It is the oldest city in Germany, with its roots tracing back to over 2000 years ago during the Roman Empire. Jessica, my girlfriends sister, is taking law here at the local university, and so Janina and I decided to swing by before heading back to Mülheim. Since I last wrote, i spent a few more days in Neckarhausen with Janinas family. It was a complete German experience. Every morning I would wake up and walk into Janinas grandmothers dining room. She would be waiting for us with plenty of food and before we could properly wake up we would be stuffed full of food. She even offered us beer, but at 9 or 10 in the morning, I politely declined. We ... read more

Having come all the way through Germany without stopping in any small towns, I was determined to get out and see something before leaving. So, I thought the Mosel River valley would be a perfect place to go since I also love German wine, and the Mosel is one of the best places for the Riesling grape to grow. I got up early and caught a train to Koblenz, which is a city located where the Mosel river flows into the Rhine. I had about 2 hours after arriving in Koblenz before my train to Trier was due to leave so I decided to walk to the confluence and check it out. For some reason I figured it was maybe a kilometer each way, but it turned out to be more like 6 round trip. With ... read more

The semester is now over! Took my last exam today. And it went pretty well. It's such a good feeling to be done. My exam yesterday wasn't too bad either. Not the greatest, but I definetly passed. Things are coming to an end here really quickly. Last night I met with my referat group. The four of us met at one of the nearby bars to celebrate being done with our referat. Julia, Tina and Sabine are all very nice. It was fun to hang out with them for a few hours. It's too bad we didn't have to do our presentation earlier in the Semester. It would have been nice to have met them earlier and had time to hang out with them. Oh well.... that's the crummy thing about just being here for a ... read more

Sorry guys, I'm like bouncing off the walls with excitement. Just got back from my exam in my Introduction to International Relations and International Politics: .The Europeanization of national international, security and development politics. The oral exam was about 30 min. long, but I really wasn't that nervous. The first few questions that he asked me didn't even have to do with the class. They were about difference I've noticed between Universities in the US and Germany and what students expect. Also differences in the political culture between the two countries. After that he asked questions about the course.... most of which were questions on things that I didn't study. I studied the things that came up multiple times in class, thinking those would most likely be one's to come up. Nope... not really. Although I ... read more

Morning everyone, I've been meaning to write again, but somehow the time just keeps disappearing. So, I'm writing before class 'cause I know once I start working on things I'll run out of time again. The rest of my Christmas break was really nice. Mama and Papa came back from Spain in the evening of the 1st. They both had the day off on the 2nd, so we went to Essen in the afternoon. They had to exchange a jacket and I just went along for the ride. =) As we were leaving, we saw the movie theater and decided we'd see if anything good was playing. There was, but we had time for dinner first so we ate at New Orleans. hehe.. I had a Chicken Ceasar Salad... hadn't realized how much I had missed ... read more