Category: Germany

  Here I would like to write a simple outline of my daily routine at RUB, so one can get the impression of what it is really like to live here, including all the trivialities of life (which are really the most substantial part, if you add them all up). Let’s begin with my phone ...

We did not wait very long very deciding to explore Germany. Saturday morning, our first full day here, we all went to Cologne with my roommate. It was very simple to get there. With the Ruhr Universität Student Ticket, we can go to most train stations, or Hauptbahnhauf, free of charge. This is a very ...

This week, one of the other Drexel students and I decided to do our laundry. I guess a more accurate term would be to “try” to do it. In the dorms, you have to use washing/ drying machine coins that are a Euro each. Our adventure starts with us trying to find those coins. There ...

Although it is fun to go out to eat, one of the Drexel students and I decided it would be much cheaper and healthier to cook our own meals. We’ve been going to the supermarket and picking out easy-to-cook foods, such as pasta, bread, cream cheese, fruits, and vegetables. We’re starting to learn where different ...

I had some troubles getting my internet to work on my laptop therefore these first few posts are delayed a few days, but I will soon be caught up and telling everything as it happens. But now, I’m finally starting to feel at home here. My first few days in the country I did your ...

  Entry III: The Language Barrier Living in a foreign country can be challenging especially if one doesn’t know the native language of that country. I, for one, am not a native speaker I German, nor have I previously studied it in an academic setting, and only a few months before my arrival did I ...

Entry 2 Eating in Germany If you only knew two things about me, they would probably be 1) that I´m a vegetarian, and 2) that I am currently in Germany. To many people, the two facts seem to be contradictory. I have been warned many times that “there are no vegetables” in Germany, or that ...

Even through the jet lag and the lost-in-translation lifestyle, my first days in Germany have been great! We were graciously welcomed on the first day by students at the airport and some faculty at the university. We were shown around campus and got some information about the classes we would take. Although we were not ...

  Day three in Germany: now that I’ve had a little time to get settled, let us begin the first blog entry. I arrived in Germany on Friday, April 4th, at around 8:40 a.m., over an hour late, due to inclement weather in Abu Dhabi, where I had a transfer (my original flight was from ...