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When you were here before
Write a poem by putting your itunes/mp3 player/whatever you listen to music on on shuffle and writing down the first line from the first 20 songs that pop up. Use the first line from the 21st song as a title. Sanctus Spiritus, redeem us from our solemn hour Come as you are, as you were Years ago, when I was younger What is love? Baby don't h...
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Closing of the year II
Here are some pictures of some of the people I mentioned in my last entry. My choir buddies :) David and Natalie Ollie (the keyboard player) and Ross Andy and Patrick (our director) The boy and girls from County Amsterdam ;) Annuska, Cristian and me Tiia, Annuska, Pilvi and me Anneleen My dream flatmate Albrecht and me ...
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Closing of the year
It's been ages since I updated for the last time... and it's been over a year since the adventure in Würzburg began. My current adventure is probably not going to be that exciting, so I'll get the chance to tell you some things I didn't have time to tell you about Würzburg and Germany. Now let's get to the point. What can I say? It was a great ...
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Summer semester - assessment
Although I'm already done with the exams (and leaving Würzburg in about a week), here's the traditional post about the courses I've been taking in the summer semester. 1. THE SECRETS OF GERMAN GRAMMAR Real title: Sprachwissenschaftliches Seminar II (Linguistics II) Type: Seminar Lecturer: The one with the very long last name (again) What it...
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The hidden charms of Germany
I'm back! Well, in the end the writing marathon hasn't worked the way I expected... but before the weekend is over, I'd like to leave something else from me here. The inhabitants of every country tend to complain that tourists merely visit the biggest and most popular cities. No-one cares about small villages, which can often be much more inter...
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Nacht der Lichter (Night of the lights)
First of all, SORRY SORRY SORRY and SORRY once again! :( In order to compensate for having disappeared for one month, I'm gonna try to have a blog marathon this weekend (for once there are no interesting plans in sight...) Yesterday our university celebrated what they called the Nacht der Lichter (Night of the Lights). As none of my German frie...
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Isn't learning fun?
One thing you need to know about me is that I'm terrible at anything resembling household tasks. I'm lazy, chaotic by nature and my cooking repertoire is quite limited. Another thing you should know about me is that when I like something or someone, even if it can sometimes be slightly obsessive, I try to learn something from it. Now thanks to m...
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Silbermond
Although not many people know them outside Germany, they are one of the most popular and successful bands in this country nowadays. I have to admit that I didn't know them too well either and the few things I had listened to in You Tube were not particularly my cup of tea - too depressing, too pop... Even so, when my friends told me that there w...
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Marta and the Chocolate Land
After not having updated for ages, for which I'd like to apologize, I've come with some fresh news. The holidays are finally over and we started lessons last week. I have to say, though, that the holidays were pretty productive and I got the chance to visit a couple of new places. Here's one of the most interesting ones I've seen. We mostly ass...
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German Culture Basics - Part I
Nowadays, most western countries look pretty much the same, at least when it comes to the way people behave. But we all still have our peculiarities, and it's always fun to know how they see us from outside. Here are some interesting things I've noticed here in Germany, which I hope can help you to get to know this people, which is as funny as i...
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Amster-damn-it!
If there's a place where you can get run over by a bicycle, sail its channels without being in Venice, check out some prostitutes from the church door and hear more English than in England... this has to be Amsterdam. Before starting with my narration, I have an important warning for you all. I'm NOT going to talk about drugs, coffee shops or...
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Musical moment
Ok, all of you who know me will know exactly what this is about. Yeah, it's true I'm a bitch for posting this song... and even more for dedicating it to my boyfriend :) But I want to make it clear that it's NOT real and I really hope nothing like this happens... "Mary's In India" (Dido) Danny is lonelyMary's in India nowShe said she'd call but...
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Eau de Cologne
A little more than four years ago, I met those two men in Cologne. I was told that if I touched their noses, I would be lucky and I would have the chance to go back to Cologne... Well, it did work with me. I spent the weekend of the 17th of January again in this city. Funny enough, when I was there in 2004 I didn't like it too much. We had th...
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Lobo Hombre en París
As I have forgotten to download the pics of our latest trip to the computer, to keep you entertained for a while, here's this little game / meme. I tried it once and found it really funny :) 1. Put your iTunes on shuffle.2. For each question, press the next button to get your answer.3. YOU MUST WRITE THAT SONG NAME DOWN NO MATTER HOW SILLY IT S...
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Apart from partying...
... yeah, we do also study. Here in Germany the semesters are from October till February and from April till July or August. March and September are holidays (except for those who have to do lab courses or something like that) and you have the exams in February and July. This means that the exams are getting closer. Just like in Ireland, one of ...
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The deep deep south
Tonight I'm taking you (only in spirit though) to Augsburg, capital of the Schwaben-area, in the south of Germany. This city is known for being the only "Mozartstadt" (Mozart-city) in Germany, since Mozart's grandfather was born there and for havi...
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A new year has come
First of all, HAPPY NEW YEAR to everybody!! :D Thanks a lot to all of you who read this blog from time to time. Hope you all had a nice holiday and that going back to work hasn't been that terrible. I haven't updated for quite long, so this...
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Germany's New York
Tall buildings, hectic traffic, crowded streets and some of the most important banks in the world... Some might think we're in New York, but no, we're in fact talking about Frankfurt Am Main, the only German city which has its own skyline. Two ...
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Karl's rest
With this bad play on words as a title, I start this brand new post about Karlsruhe. Unfortunately, as usual, I postponed writing it for too long, so I've forgotten half the things I wanted to tell you about the city. We visited it three weeks ago...
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The golden East
Lately I've been spending many weekends in Leipzig, the second biggest city in the former Eastern Germany. I wasn't there exactly as a tourist, but more involved in social activities (in other words, I was there visiting Marco). However, I still h...
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