Slowly but surely, I'm getting this blog up to date... Now I'm writing about Sunday, August 3 - the second half of my first weekend in Germany. My day started quite early thanks to the incessant ringing of church bells right outside my window at 8:30 am (which is pretty early for a non-morning person). The church responsible for the racket isn't even particularly old or historical (by European standards - it's about 60 years...

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Today's the 24th of August... but I have yet to write about July 30th, the first day I arrived in Germany! Oops! Here goes. We flew Luthansa, of course, into Frankfurt and bussed to Budenheim, where we were to have our orientation sessions with our German program administrators. We had the afternoon off, so I took the opportunity to play some Kegelbahn (German bowling, which is much harder than the American sort), try my hand...

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Continuing with the retro-blogging, live from Cologne! On  July 27, I spent my last free day in D.C. seeing what few things I had not gotten to already in the previous three days. Ranjani and I started out in the National Gallery of Art, where we saw works from the likes of Titian, Van Gogh, Raphael, Monet, and Picasso.  I love this sort of art! "Multiverse" by Leo Villareal Still can't believe...

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As usual, everything here in Cologne is still amazing! Just in the last 5 days I sampled some German wine's at the city's Wine Week, headed out to dinner with another program participant and her host family, visited the city's botanical gardens, and took a day trip to Maastricht! Lots of excitement over here. But there are still events in the U.S. about which I have not yet blogged, so here goes - some of my last memories on American...

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Life here in Cologne is as awesome and busy as ever! I can't wait to blog about it. But the reality of the situation is that, once again, my progress trudging through the thousands of photos I've taken since the start of my experience is lagging way behind the pace of real life. So, it's time to continue with retroactive blogging!  On Friday July 25, I continued the world's fastest sightseeing blitz of D.C., starting at...

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Life abroad has been extremely exciting and busy! While that's great for me, that also means this blog is hopelessly behind what's happening right now. So, basically it's time to start retroactively blogging, starting with my first day in Washington, D.C. on July 24! This trip is my first time visiting the East Coast. I was so excited, not even the gloomy skies and oppressive humidity could keep me from nabbing a quick picture...

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