Our first week in Berlin was devoted to an excellent orientation program run by the knowledgeable and friendly staff at IES Abroad. An excursion to nearby Potsdam on September 2 gave us a glimpse of how Frederick the Great lived. During the second week we were consumed by an intensive German language course that ended […]
Berlin Fall 2017
Turkish Mosque Visit and Islam in Germany
Within the course of my travels through Europe this semester, I have visited an immense number of churches and cathedrals—so many that I would probably be better off writing a book about them than a blog post. I recently got to see something a bit different though, when my Contemporary German Society class took a […]
Schnitzel and I: A Love Story
This story begins where it ends: Germany. Before coming here I’d only the faintest notion of what a “Schnitzel” was. Though I had taken for granted that it was both German and edible, I wasn’t inclined to further investigate this phenomenon until it began appearing on the menus of my every dining experience. I […]
‘Tis the Season… To Get a Flu Shot!
There are many things that never stop surprising me about Berlin, and Germany! I’ve come to have a true appreciation for the people, the city, the culture… I don’t think I could have picked a better time in my studies to spend an extended period overseas for the first time, either. My host family has […]