December 22. I was suppose to land home today but I did not. December 23. 03:30. I finally arrived at the MCO airport after a 3 hour delay in Newark, New Jersey. December 24. Noche Buena. The most important holiday in a my household, but luckily this year I got to spend it home without…
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The Final Countdown
Hello, Welcome back! From my last post, I informed everyone I would take a “quicky” (quick trip) in the following week to visit my friends in Rome before their departure from Europe. Shortly after my first exam, I prepared to leave for Hamburg Airport on December 13 to catch my 6:40 am flight. Once I…
FEEL BLESSED
Hallo! Only one more post till I am home. The opportunity to live in Europe for four months has been thrilling, and life-changing. I could not be more grateful for every moment in my life. Only two more weeks in Northern Germany where 0 degrees Celsius is starting to feel normal! Although I am itching to…
Reflection Tuesdays
November 22nd One more month left. One more month of cold mornings, train rides to the Bremen Hauptbahnhof, rainy days and streets filled with bakeries. Quite frankly I will miss Germany. I never wanted the time to fly by because I do like this place very much. The University is alright, not my favorite because…
November Rush
Moin! Today I finally understood what people warned me about time literally escaping from your fingertips while studying abroad. Where did the last three weeks go? I am usually on top of writing my blogs but since November began my schedule swept me off my feet. From the first week of this month, I took…
November is for Wanderlust
Now that October is over, November is among us and for the first time I will be experiencing fall. I love the different colors and the leaves falling! But wow the cold in Northern Germany is getting to me. Where is the sun, the flip flops and shorts? In addition to the cold, I am…
A Letter from the Past
Hey everyone! Today I received a little gift from the past, a letter I wrote to myself before I came to Germany in August. The letter was full of expectations and reminders I would have liked to have fulfilled at the half-way point in the semester. First time reading through the letter I was surprised…
Halfway Through
This month I decided to stay in Bremen and focus on explore the city I’m living in and passing my physics course. Luckily during the week, my roommate and I had a chance to meet Valentin, a second year student at Bremen Universität. He spoke English better than I spoke German and he was kind…
Republik Berlin
Live like the Germans. Let’s talk about the weekend in Berlin before I became legal in Germany. Miraculously, the two worst planners in the world managed to meet up in another country better than meeting up in Orlando where we only live 15 minutes away each other. Our meeting point? The Brandenburger Tor: the 18th…
Wandering with a Purpose
19 September 2016 Today marks my 27th day in Bremen. Between the last two weeks I have visited three new cities: Osnabrück, Hanover and Paris, France. I have walked, ran and jogged across stretches of streets enriched with culture and history. With over hundreds of miles under my belt, I could not be more grateful…