0 comments The snow stuck!
The pictures here make Schleiden look absolutely dreary. It’s not, I promise. Today was actually really pretty with the light dusting of snow.
From the top floor of Tower B of my school. In the distance, one can see Schloss Schleiden.… Read the rest
3 comments The first snow began this evening! It is sticking too, but I don’t think for very long. We’ll see if it is still here in Schleiden tomorrow morning.
My little sister was so excited! Apparently this is the first snow here in Schleiden in two years!… Read the rest
0 comments Dinner was accompanied by three candles. Might as well take advantage of the flames!
See more here: https://flic.kr/s/aHsk5JuwhB… Read the rest
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See more here: https://flic.kr/s/aHsk5JuXD7
It’s worth clicking. And fear not! The album is fewer than 10 pictures.… Read the rest
0 comments This past Wednesday I was able to pick up my new (to me) Tamron SP AF Di 90mm F/2.8 Macro 1:1 (272EN) from the Zollamt (customs)*.
I excitedly took it out for a shoot Thursday evening, but because it was too dark (low shutter speed), I had shaky hands, and the fact that I had never used this lens before, every photo taken was absolutely worthless.… Read the rest
2 comments “Gerade oder asdjklajksbdahsbdasdjbh?” the hairdresser asked.
Well Scheiße. I don’t know what asdjklajksbdahsbdasdjbh means. I know that eine Gerade is a line, thanks to Mathe. We’ll just go with ‘Gerade’.
“Gerade,” I said.
And so it became a game of A or B.… Read the rest
0 comments Last week I took a train to Köln (Cologne) with my host brother and a few friends to watch the Kölner Haie take on Alder-Mannheim at Lanxess Arena.
The whole experience was a lot like the NHL’s Red Wings games that I had attended.… Read the rest
3 comments Each day, I’m more and more convinced that I’m living in one of the most beautiful places in the world.
0 comments A few days ago, I was in Aachen with my host brother while my host dad attended a meeting. I found this postcard at a small trinket shop, and it certainly spoke to me.
From my fluent understanding of German, nachgetreten is a type of soccer foul.… Read the rest
1 comment I went for a photoshoot yesterday in a nearby forest. I kept around 2/3 of the 300 or so photos which I took, and uploaded them to a Flickr album, which can be found here.
This time, I remembered to bring along my macro filters; therefore this album is full of pictures of water droplets and spiders (fair warning).… Read the rest
