1 comment Germany just loves Euro coins.
Admittedly, I did too, for a little while at least. Suddenly I was living somewhere where I could purchase goods and services with an assortment of only a few coins. It is quite commonplace for an exchange to be done entirely with these little pieces of alloy.… Read the rest
0 comments Public Service Announcement regarding my blog’s blue words.
Just a mouse click away, hidden behind these little blue words, are lots of goodies. You’ll most often land on an highly entertaining and fun to read educational Wikipedia article, but who knows what other internet adventures lay beyond hyperlinks like this
or this?… Read the rest
5 comments “…Lebensraum.”
I got a few puzzled looks, and a few people took a step back. Rather, the word that I was looking for was Wohnzimmer. Lebensraum does not mean “living room,” but instead refers to the Nazi ideology of aggressive territorial expansion.… Read the rest
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
