Well, we did it. My friend Gabe and I "planned" a whirlwind trip to Italy: Milan, Florence, and finishing up in Rome for Easter Sunday Mass in St. Peter's Square. I say "planned" because this trip was literally planned the night before. For a girl who plans things years in advance, the anticipation for this trip literally almost gave me about four heart attacks. All I have to say is God, St. Christopher, and the Pope must have been on our ...

This week has been kind of crazy so far, and it's only Monday! I wasn't sure if I was going to get a chance to blog about week 2 in my apartment before I left for Italy, but unfortunately I just got kicked out of my 10am class, so that should give me plenty of time to write this. I guess I should start off my explaining why I got kicked out of class ;] Even though I tested into German level F1, I really wanted to take the grammar class for German level M2. I k...

Wow. Quite a lot has happened since my last blog... I'll definitely have to do a better job of updating this regularly! & I think I'm going to need to break this up into 2 weeks. So here goes week eins: Two Friday nights ago my Guest Father and Solveig brought me to my apartment. It was already 9 or 10, and there didn't seem to be any sign of my roommates. The students here were also still technically on break, so the apartment complex itself was pretty ...

I was finally able to register at the Bürgeramt on Tuesday morning, which meant that I could open a bank account Tuesday afternoon. It all went rather smoothly, and the guy I met with at the bank couldn't be any nicer. He offered to fax my account information to DAAD for me so that it would get to their office faster (= monies faster, yay!). It will be so nice to get reimbursed for my flight and get my installment for April. I'm a little afraid I might go a t...

I guess I should start off by explaining how much I love to run. I find it to be the most effective way to clear my head (or do some serious thinking when need be). But I'm not the most observant runner... paying more attention to whatever music I'm listening to, the rhythm of my stride, etc. Normally that's not a huge problem, but when I'm somewhere new I tend to get lost. The last time I was in Florida, for example, I went for a run on the beach, completely...