Our orientation came to a close last Thursday in Berlin, although my attention span dropped off about a week earlier. Even so, it was totally fantastic. I learned a lot from the speakers we listened to, but I learned even more from the 30 people I spent every day (and many evenings) with. Spending time …
Category: Expat Life
Anticipation
I can not wait to move to Hamburg at the end of the month. Oh, let me tell you the ways. I look forward to finally be in the same place as mein Schatz again. To actually living in an apartment with all of my belongings, instead of a small hotel room with less than …
Long, Longer, Longest
German is known for its long words, partially because it builds new words by placing a number of old words together. To date, selbstverantwortlichkeitsprinzip is the longest word I have run into in my day-to-day life, literally meaning “the principle of self-responsibility.” But no, I still can’t use it in a sentence. When I Googled …
Both in Bonn
Emily and I went to high school together, and although we don’t actually see each other very often, I keep up with all her travels and triathlons over at Travel With Emily. Almost exactly 8 years ago, I was flying through London on my way home from spending a year in Uganda, and coincidentally Emily …