OKTOBERFEST: THINGS TO KNOW BEFORE YOU GO
The 181st Oktoberfest kicks off this weekened, so it’s time to iron your dirndl and/or dust off the ole lederhosen. Oktoberfest is Disney World for adults: a brilliantly happy place full of...
View ArticleSO, YOU’RE MOVING TO KARLSRUHE?
Welcome to the Fächerstadt! At a whopping 300,000 inhabitants, Karlsruhe is actually a larger German city. Coming from Houston and Austin, I was a bit terrified about living in a town the size of my...
View ArticleTHINGS YOU INEVITABLY DO YOUR FIRST TIME ABROAD
I remember my first time in Europe like it was yesterday. It was July 10, 2010 and I landed in Barcelona with my friend, Anne, where we met our other travel buddy, Deborah, to kick off a three week,...
View ArticleBLACK FOREST DAY HIKE: FORBACH TO BAD WILDBAD
The Freund is very typical German in many ways and very atypical in others. For instance, he swears by house shoes (typical) but does is never on time (atypical). When it comes to hiking and the...
View ArticleTHOUGHTS ON MY FIRST WEEK AT A GERMAN “UNI”
It’s been nearly three and a half years since I finished my bachelor’s degrees (B.S. Public Relations, P.S. Communication Studies, Business Foundations Program) at The University of Texas at Austin....
View ArticleSTOCKING STUFFERS FOR TRAVELERS
I did not think this would be the post that brought me back into the blogging world. My list of post ideas is a kilometer (oh hey, acculturation) long and there’s so much I want to share about my new...
View ArticleMY THOUGHTS ON THE EXCUSE “I DON’T HAVE TIME”
I despise the phrase “I don’t have time”. It actually makes me angry when people say it because it’s just plain wrong; we all have the same damn amount of time allotted each day. The difference is we...
View ArticleTHE ACTUAL COSTS OF STUDYING IN GERMANY
I have this post in my drafts folder entitled “Where To Begin”. It details all the chaos (some good, other bad) that has occurred in my life since you last heard from me December 21, 2014. I cannot...
View ArticleBARING IT ALL: MY COST OF LIVING AS A STUDENT IN MUNICH
Hello all you curious cats! Due to the success of my last post about my cost of living in Karlsruhe, Germany, I’m back to bare it all German-sauna-style yet again about my cost of living in Germany,...
View ArticleWAYS TO CALL HOME FROM ABROAD
The wonder that is 21st century technology makes living abroad pretty easy; blogs, forums, translation apps, and communication platforms make adjusting to life away from home and in a foreign country...
View ArticleFRIENDS IN INCREDIBLE PLACES: DUBAI ON A WHIM
Wow, looks like I am back staring at the WordPress window for the first time in two months. My blog writing is very limited these days, but as I said there’s no excuse; I hate the phrase “I don’t have...
View ArticleMUST DO: ESCAPE GAME
Do any of you check out TripAdvisor before going to a new city? As much as I don’t like to admit it, I definitely check out the top things to do before visiting a new place. One trend I noticed in the...
View ArticleTRAVEL BINGO: A SAVVY TRAVELER’S BUCKET LIST OF EUROPEAN ADVENTURES
With so many places and so little time to see everything Europe has to offer, trying to figure out where to travel to on your next vacation can be tough. While different destinations are recommended at...
View ArticleVISIONS OF MY NEXT TRIP TO BERLIN
Over four years after living in Germany, it is pretty wild to look back on how different things are today. This weekend, I had to privilege of seeing two great friends from Karlsruhe who were in Munich...
View ArticleHOW TO WATCH THE SUPER BOWL (AND ANYTHING ELSE) ABROAD
Every time I actually sit down to blog, I want to write about how I miss it and how I wish I did it more. Yet, nothing (and literally everything) has changed since my rant about hating the excuse, “I...
View ArticleEVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW (AND MORE) ABOUT THE TUM MCA PROGRAM
People happen across my blog for various reasons and no matter how much I think I know about SEO, I am constantly surprised by which articles grab readers’ attention. My blogging has been sporadic at...
View Article5 PERFECT REASONS TO TRAVEL TO TURKEY
Turkey is receiving a lot of negative attention lately as the poster child for the issues (e.g., terrorism, refugee crisis) that the entire world are currently facing. These are real issues and...
View ArticleFINDING A STUDENT JOB IN GERMANY
After my posts on the affordable wonder that is studying in Germany, you may thinking more about the prospect, but still seeing that I’ve got bills, I gotta pay, there’s still some missing answers....
View Article10 THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW BEFORE MOVING TO GERMANY
After almost five years in Germany, I think it is safe to say that I’ve adapted to the German way of life. I do not even notice many of the “only in Germany” aspects anymore. Every time I have...
View ArticleWHERE TO BEGIN WHEN YOU FELL OFF THE FACE OF THE BLOGGING UNIVERSE?
Apparently if I tweet something, it might actually happen, especially if people like it – so thanks to the 8 of you who liked this tweet (I realize this may sound sarcastic to some, but I assure you it...
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