The worldwide Augustana College experience
Three days of classes have already passed. I am taking a Luther class, which looks at the historical aspects surrounding the Reformation. For example, today we learned of the three kingdoms Germany has had. 800-1806 was the first Reich. 1871-1918 was the second Reich. And 1933-1945 was the—you guessed it—the third Reich. How does this relate [...]
Posted on August 31st, 2011 by Abby Schultz
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Location: Dorm Room Status: Reflective Here is post two for my weekend of Weimar. And to start it off is my visit to Buchenwald, the concentration camp that’s 8km outside Weimar. Even if I had had my camera, I wouldn’t have taken any pictures. That, in my opinion, would make it too touristy for me. [...]
Posted on August 29th, 2011 by Abby Schultz
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On Thursday, we all went to Weimar for a long weekend. This history has a keep history, from Cranach to Goethe to the Russian monarchy to musician Franz Liszt to Nazi rule. It’s a fascinating town, touristy, but fascinating. I don’t have a lot of time today to get into my full Weimar experience, and [...]
Posted on August 28th, 2011 by Abby Schultz
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On Sunday, Professor Vivian took everyone to Berlin, where a former student of his, now living in the city, gave us a brief tour on the more popular parts. Professor Vivian urged us to go back to Berlin to visit those places more fully; I’ve already been planning to go back to Berlin because I [...]
Posted on August 26th, 2011 by Abby Schultz
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“The world is a fine place….” –Ernest Hemingway Location: Dorm Commons, Wittenberg Status: Relaxed
Posted on August 22nd, 2011 by Abby Schultz
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“Bird seed?” –Me, waking myself up from a very odd dream I had on the plane to Berlin. Location: Wittenberg Satus: Sleepy
Posted on August 21st, 2011 by Abby Schultz
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The best part about procrastination is that you are never bored, because you have all kinds of things that you should be doing. ~ Anonymous As of now, I’m sitting in my room, surrounded my clothes and bags and an empty suitcase, wishing, hoping, praying for a washing machine that works. Needless to say, I [...]
Posted on August 13th, 2011 by Abby Schultz
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Our journey to Trinidad & Tobago comes to an end today. We are all sad to say goodbye to the islands. Before driving to the airport, we spent a couple of hours at the mall doing some last minute souvenir shopping and had our last Trini meal of the trip. This trip has been an [...]
Posted on August 12th, 2011 by michaelmertel10
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This morning we took a flight back to Port of Spain, Trinidad. We are staying in dorm rooms at the University of West Indies. Before going to the university, we went to eat at Trincity which is the largest mall in Trinidad. It wasn’t quite as massive as Woodfield Mall in the Chicagoland, but there [...]
Posted on August 12th, 2011 by michaelmertel10
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After two days off, today we got back into the soccer routine. We got up at 7 to practice. Amazingly it’s as hot at 7AM as it is in the afternoon. We came back to the guesthouse, ate breakfast, and headed to Pigeon Point beach. We got on a glass bottom boat and headed out [...]
Posted on August 9th, 2011 by michaelmertel10
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