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Nachgetreten

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, …



Big and Brown

It looks so large in the pictures, so in reality, it must be smaller

It’s not. It’s actually massive.

It’s also brown, not black, as I had expected. So here’s an obligatory selfie.

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During my Autumn break, I had the …


My Ballot Abroad

En route to Chicago, on July 31, 2014, is where I completed my first election ballot.
I hurriedly filled out my absentee ballot for my vote in the Michigan Primary, and handed it to my parents as I stepped out …


This Blessed Box

Of course I expected differences between US-American and German households when I began my exchange experience. What I did not expect was for this difference to manifest itself in the form of tissues.

Tissues? Yes, the approach to nasal hygiene …




Düsseldorf and Aachen

Düsseldorf

I spent the last weekend with my host family in two exciting new cities. On Friday after school, my host siblings and I took a train from Kall (the next village over, where the nearest train station is located) …




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