Sorry for being so lame on updating this site over the past few weeks. Hopefully once you know what I’ve been up to, you’ll be able to forgive me! Continue reading “An art exhibit, an Auschwitz survivor, and an interview: My first few weeks in Berlin”
Category: City Life
Tag der Deutschan Einheit: A National Holiday
The actual holiday was October 3rd, but it took me a long time to compile the post on the Eastern Europe trip, so I’m a little behind.
Tag der Deutschen Einheit, or German Unification Day, is the German national holiday. Continue reading “Tag der Deutschan Einheit: A National Holiday”
Museum madness
Here’s a mass photo dump of what I’ve been up to the past week-and-a-half — mostly visiting museums.
A University Lecture and a Church Service
Yesterday I was torn between doing the Potsdam day trip with IES and attending a lecture at Humboldt Universität, the university where I’m taking my German intensive course and am technically enrolled at. The Humboldt lecture won, because I would have had to get up early on a Saturday morning for Potsdam.
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My Berlin life: Settling into a routine
I’ve been in Berlin for just over a week, and I’m almost finished with my first week of German intensive courses! The “real” classes won’t begin until October, and until then we have three weeks of intensive German lessons and more orientation stuff most afternoons. Here’s what a typical day looks like for me at this point.
Following the Wanderlust 