2015

Hey everyone. So I've been very bored lately, which means I have spent a lot of time window gazing and finger tapping. I haven't really tried to busy myself though in my free time, until being talked into it by Carrie during our Skype meeting last Wednesday. She...

I never imagined my experience here would be as stressful as it has been. Countless times I've worried about getting more than ten participants, and been resigned to having as many as the Higher Powers deign to allow me. Until today. By some stroke of (my up until now...

I don't intend on making this blog a seminar on German, only just this once I'd like to present you with one of my favorite German words: Mühe (/ˈmyːə/). A decent definition would be "effort associated with difficulties and burdens" (I translated this from Duden)....

Hi all, My mom's here! Hanging out with her has quelled some of my homesickness, but I still miss hiking and campfires and all of the summer things I'm missing out on back in SC. She brought me a jacket from home which was sorely needed in this time of cooler weather,...

I just washed four days of dirt off of me. No, of course the Netherlands has showers; I only had so much time though, and Amsterdam offers too much for anyone to waste time beautifying. My impressions of the Netherlands are as follows: (1) Dutch is uncannily similar...

So far it's just me and Delaney, let's step it up folks. You know I'm just dying to hear about your lousy plane rides and stuff. So yes, this is the honeymoon stage of my trip, where nothing's very serious and I just observe and I get to seek out Americans living here...