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…
Category: Germany: JYM
Last Four Weeks of School!
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….
Musik und Reisen, meine Leidenschaften (Music and Taveling, my Passions)
I have been blessed to be able to travel nearly every weekend during the past month. First, I was off to Vienna with a travel buddy for our version of “The Amazing Race”. The next weekend, I went to visit a friend from high school who’s studying in Leipzig. A week later, a group of…
Vacation in South France
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…
Munich Bach Choir
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…
Viele Abenteuer in Bayern! (Many Adventures in Bavaria!)
Hiking in the Alps—what a picturesque phrase. But now I can say that I’ve been hiking twice and counting! The first adventure allowed me the chance to wear a t-shirt while there was snow on the ground—a world away from snowless, peakless Florida. These outings were incredible experiences which allowed me to get away from…
First Few Weeks of School
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…
Semester Begins
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…
Settled In Munich
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…
I Can See the Alps From My Balcony!
After having been in Germany from a month, the time came when we had to wave goodbye to the charming city of Münster and said hello to Germany’s third largest city: the beautiful Munich. The transition was not flawless. (Being on a bus all night long is not really my cup of tea.) But everything…