So, when I was stuck in the Munich train station, waiting to head back to good ol’ Regensburg, I finally got in touch with Jen, who informed me that we were supposed to catch our train to Paris from Munich at 0645, so if I wanted to go I wouldn’t be able to go home and get clean clothes. No matter, said I, I will find a laundry mat in Paris and ( Read more... )

Saturday after Thanksgiving, Claire and I caught a train to Salzburg, Austria to catch a flight to London where we were staying for a few days with Claire’s sister’s friend, Tassie. It was -1 Celsius and thickly snowing when we left Salzburg, so much that we were afraid our flight might get cancelled (as Jaime’s had the day before), but thankfully ( Read more... )

Thanksgiving Day, November 24, 2005. This was the final day of classes (which we were glad for, let me tell you!) and, unfortunately, the last day we would all be together. Jen and I got together that afternoon to cook brownies and mashed potatoes, and Claire joined us to make her now famous green bean casserole. (We sure have become good cooks ( Read more... )

Claire’s twenty-second birthday happened during fall break, so we put off her birthday party until we could all celebrate together. Since she is the queen of practical jokes, naturally we had to try to pull a prank of some kind on her. She had asked me to have my mother bring over a couple boxes of Duncan Hines cake mix, after the experience with ( Read more... )

Yay, fall break time! Yes, again, this is way late, but we’re used to that by now ( Read more... )

As I said previously, in the middle of October we had our last major group excursion, this one to Germany’s capitol, Berlin. We had no classes on that Thursday, but instead got up early and hopped on a train over the Deutschland countryside. It was a beautiful trip, whether we were staring out the windows or involved in a heated game of Spades. ( Read more... )

Wow, I thought I’d updated this thing more recently than Prague. I apologize for my lack of attention (though in my defense, it has been a rather hectic month). Since so much has been going on, I’ll give just a quick summary of a few of the events of the month, and give more attention to some of the longer trips in later updates (yes, I will update ( Read more... )

So we (Jenn, Claire, Jaime, Kyle, Dr. Schell and I) went to Prague this weekend for 39€ apiece, round trip train fare (specials are great!). I had booked the hostel previously, but I forgot the directions from the train station, so we had some fun trying to find the place. After getting directions from a police officer, we still walked around ( Read more... )

Since this was the first week we didn't have any classes on Friday, we decided to take advantage of the opportunity and....sleep in. I got up when Jen called me to inform me that Lydia, one of the German tutors, had her car in Regensburg for the day, and wanted to know if a small group of us would like to drive somewhere. After showering and ( Read more... )

Morgan, Claire, Jaime, Kyle, Jen, Matt, Nathan and I left Friday afternoon for a weekend trip through Germany and into Salzburg, Austria. Niki met us at one station and took us to her house in a little village right near the border where we could spend the night. We were immediately treated to whatever drinks we wanted to refresh us after our train ( Read more... )