The worldwide Augustana College experience
Disclaimer: This post contains information about Beer. All those offended, get over it and soak up some of the culture already! Hello world! How’s it going? Same old? That’s not bad. Oh, me? Yeah, well, I don’t mean to brag or anything, but I just went to see one of the coolest, most world renowned [...]
Posted on September 30th, 2009 by Robert Self
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Dzien Dobry! Czy Pani mowi po angielsku? I’m finally in Poland! After a brutal nine hour flight to Warsaw and a quick 45 minute shaky flight to Krakow, then a 20 minute ride on a shuttle bus, followed by a 20 minute ride on a train, then a 25 minute tram ride to Piastowska Street, and [...]
Posted on September 30th, 2009 by matthew-peters
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Fussball (or soccer, for those who might not know) is probably the single most popular sport in the world, and after 5 weeks in Germany, I have yet to play Fussball. How is this possible? I do not hold it against them, but my guest family somehow does not like Fussball. I had previously thought [...]
Posted on September 30th, 2009 by sean-austin
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Good day everyone, I believe it is now the end of week five for everyone back at Augie…which means I time here in Wittenberg is about half-over I think I finally have gotten into the swing of things. I get up, eat breakfast, ride my bike to school, learn and learn some more, have [...]
Posted on September 25th, 2009 by louie-bertenshaw
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So I took a trip to Berlin last weekend to visit and really meet my great uncle Guenter for the first time. Train tickets are expensive, but I got to Berlin for about 40 Euro, and I made it without any trouble. My uncle and his girlfriend Henriette of 19 years picked me up promptly [...]
Posted on September 24th, 2009 by sean-austin
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So here is an interesting tidbit: Germans are straight forward. This bit of information is something I’ve known for quite some time. I’ve studied it since high school. I’ve been here once before. I’ve experienced it. I feel as though I should be used to it. I’m not. In English, we fiddle around with words [...]
Posted on September 21st, 2009 by Robert Self
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In the words of George Santayana, a traveler must possess fixed interests and facilities to be served by travel. By having these fixed beliefs, people carry with them these stereotypes of different cultures and ethnicities. As stereotypes go, most people view German culture as being just about beer, sausage, and lederhosen. But as you begin [...]
Posted on September 21st, 2009 by joel-novick
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So, after having been on numerous trips with our professor on various weekends, it was finally our turn as learning students to explore and travel on our own. This weekend, a group of six of us decided on Wednesday that we wanted to go to Berlin for the weekend, starting the very next day. Lesson [...]
Posted on September 20th, 2009 by Robert Self
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As our time in Cuenca nears its end, I’m finding that I’m getting really stressed out about the end of our “term” My Spanish final promises to be a doozy and I might be a little over my head with my tapestry design for my art class. I could be writing my paper for Spanish [...]
Posted on September 17th, 2009 by elizabeth-hinds
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