Friday was a loooong night of Stammtisch (see above picture, and below). Every week the Goethe-Institut kids go to a bar in Bonn Zentrum to chat (supposedly) in German, and just do what the Europeans do, meaning: drink a crapload of beer. The usual haunt is Salvator, a “München” [...]
Entries from February 2008
13 February 2008
krank and cranky
Sorry about the lack of posting during my time here in Bad-Godesberg, but I’ve been sick in bed for almost two days now. There’s nothing like having a cold in a foreign land where they don’t know what Sudephedrine is.
10 February 2008
mein zimmer
I was so pumped when I got my room assignment upon arrival. After having lived in hell-holes for a few years, and especially after having had to share a room with two other people last semester in Washington, D.C, my standards were understandably lowered.
When I got there (after having taken a car, a plane, a [...]
7 February 2008
wo bin ich?
I’m finally starting to get settled here, two days full of jet lag later. I have a long list of topics I plan on covering this week, but right now I’m just trying to learn enough German to feed myself.
I leave you with a picture of ducks outside of my dorm. This is [...]
