The actual day of Thanksgiving I wasn't too depressed to be away from home. I took the train into Nürnberg with some friends to see the lighting of the Christkindlmarkt. Then I went in again the day after that to see the opening of the Chriskindlmarkt. All in all it was a pretty nice time. I drank lots of Glühwein (sugard and spiced red wine served ( Read more... )

Today the Women's Club that raises the money for my scholarship celebrated Thanksgiving. I was invited and actually turned out to be the guest of honor. Never did I ever dream that such a fuss would be made over me. As soon as I walked in I was whisked away, quickly primped and then several pictures were taken of me with the exec. board of the ( Read more... )

I don't think that I have ever seen snow in November before. I've been thinking all morning...and maybe I've been to Syracuse once during Thanksgiving and there was snow...but when I really think about the two trips in particular that come to mind...I'm pretty damn sure they were Christmas visits to the land of Orangemen ( Read more... )

Coming of Age ( Read more... )

The past two weekends in a row I have had to leave clubs because the strobe lights gave me a headache. I've overheard some other exchange students joking about how Germans can't dance. I personally know quite a few Germans that dance pretty well, but I must admit that there are a handful of people on the club dance floors here in Erlangen that ' ( Read more... )

Last weekend I went out at 1:30 in the afternoon to go grocery shopping and get some stuff to tide me over until Monday, because I knew that grocery stores are not open on Sundays here. However, much to my surprise, every grocery within about a one mile radius of my apartment was closed! So last weekend I lived off of eggs, bread, spaghetti, and ( Read more... )

So it's past my bed time and this is no glorious first Live Journal entry. I just set the account up and I figured I'd write something to see what it looks like. Something more fascinating will come next time. Bis bald.