Category: Germany: Jacobs Univ

The few months before leaving for abroad, you go on a rollercoaster of emotions. First, there was happiness. In the spring, when all of your friends who went abroad come back to Rollins and tell you about the most amazing experience they had. Then follows FOMO, or fear of missing out, when you realize that…

I have officially been her for 3 weeks! A lot has happened, so buckle up for a big one. The weekdays have been filled with classes and learning about new topics, cultures, and ideas. The weekends we have spent traveling around Germany and some other countries. I started off small by touring Bremen. Our school…

The papers were signed, the plane was booked, and with less than a week until I left, everything was going great! It was my last day of work for the summer, and I had quite the stumble. I broke my elbow, got two stiches in my lip, and scraped up my knee up. This posed…

I am Celia Pedeprat-Lamechinou, biochemistry major on the pre-vet track and from Bordeaux, France. The countdown for my semester abroad in Germany started months ago and has dwindled to simply 2 days left. Leaving home has always been a challenge for most people but Germany is closer to home than Florida. I grew up in…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…