Author: gpitchford@rollins.edu

This past weekend I visited Paris, France, which was one of the cities I wanted to visit most during my time in Europe since I had never been there before. Paris in a traveller’s perspective is a very romantic city and I absolutely loved everything about it, other than all the tourists and street sellers trying…

Time is flying by and at this point, I only have four more weeks left of school. Like every semester, the end is where everything starts to pick up and you have a lot of work so I’ve been really busy with school and making the best out of the remaining time I have here….

We had a couple of days off school this week so I planned a trip to the south of France with a friend who is from there and I got the most perfect private tour of the city from an insider. This trip was exactly what I needed, the perfect getaway from Munich. Don’t get…

I’m working on a research project during my semester here in Munich and I’m researching choirs in Munich. I’m participating in a choir, visiting choir rehearsals and attending concerts to observe the culture through music. Thursday evening I attended the Munich Bach Choir’s concert of Marienvesper from Claudio Monteverdi. I was really excited to attend…

I have finished my third week of school and have been so busy and distracted that I almost forgot to write this blog post! I’m not exactly sure what I’m doing or how but slowly I’m starting to create a routine for myself and for that I am excited. Taking four classes in German is…

Classes finally start tomorrow and I couldn’t be more excited considering I’ve been out of school since December. My schedule is full of courses all in German. I’m taking a German language course, German Drama and Theatre, German Art and German Intercultural Communication, which will be a lecture course at the Ludwig- Maximillian University. I will…

Its been a struggle, but I’m finally settled in Munich. We took a bus all last Monday night for 8 hours from Düsseldorf to Munich and arrived early Tuesday morning. We lugged our giant luggage around the city and on the trains until we were able to check in, receive our keys and walk into…

Just as things were starting to become easy and I was finally starting to feel comfortable with a daily routine, I lost my month bus ticket… and the month just started, yesterday. I always keep my bus pass in my jacket pocket, where it’s easily accessible but stashed deep inside so it won’t fall out….

I’ve waited until the last possible moment to write this blog post. I was waiting for a time when I felt relaxed, inspired and motivated to write about my upcoming journey, but that moment never really came. I’ve been so busy working and packing and getting all sorts of things ready and now here I…