Category: Field Studies

Week 4 When I first came to KAPITO, along with other Rollins students that I barely knew, I didn’t think saying goodbye would seem so sad. When looking back, four weeks seemed like a long time. Taking class day by day, along with any other chores I had to do on a daily basis, seemed…

Dear followers, This will be my third post of the trip. Since last week, much has happened. I have met many new friends that I wish to remain in contact with after I leave Germany and head home. I have discovered new places to see and things to do in Münster with my classmates. We…

(From Week 3) Living in Germany has been a little difficult these past two weeks, due to some odd culture I’ve encountered. I had not known that Germans do not drink regular tap water regularly, nor do they have ice, or even air conditioning. These luxuries that we take for granted here in America are…

Well four weeks is up and a lot has happened. The other Rollins students have become some of my closest friends, and even some students from Kapito will stay close in the future. We had an amazing time in Munster and it’s a little bittersweet to be leaving. I feel like Kapito was a great…

Week 1 What a journey! I am no new traveler here in Deutschland. When I was just eight years old, I moved to Germany for the first time. From that moment, I always new that I would come back to this amazing country. Studying at Rollins, I somehow tripped and fell face first into the…

Dear Diary,   This is my last day here in Münster and it is very bitter sweet. I think of all the people I met in this past month, all the German I’ve spoken, and all of the experiences I’ve had and it makes me glad to have been apart of this program. Although with…

Dear diary,   One of the biggest things that has interested me is the cultural communication, here in Germany. Not only in speaking German, but also in what is considered ok to demonstrate or speak about. In the U.S. There are various rules about what can be advertised and demonstrated to the people. One of…

Germans are known for a tendency toward cleanliness and order.  As a matter of fact, when I have taken students to places like Berlin where “funkiness” and graffiti outweigh flower boxes and traditional Bavarian mural painting, students are often initially turned off.  Yet, the Münsteraner have outdone anything I had seen so far. Streetsweepers —…

48 hours from now, I will be on a plane flying across the ocean and back to my familiar American lifestyle. This trip has been a really extraordinary experience. Academically, my German has (at least from my perspective) improved and I don’t feel so “deer caught in the headlights” when I’m going about daily life….

I cannot believe that my time in Münster is already coming to an end! This past week has been the most rewarding week of the trip. We visited Reutlingen for a graduation ceremony as guests of honor. This is the city where the dual degree students will studying in. We also went to Freiburg to…