The Deutschland Diaries: Excerpts of the experiences and misadventures of a UCR student studying...
Fail Better
April 6-7
The pub was filled with the steady booming of old-school Schlager music—dwarfed in sound only by the clinking of Astra bottles and the consistent cheering of a good time. My six fellow...
There can be only one: Sweat and Self Loathing: A Fitness Guide
We all know that the start of the New Year is the only time you can get in shape. I mean what is a better condition for running and dieting than the cold winds...
The Deutschland Diaries: Excerpts of the experiences and misadventures of a UCR Student studying...
April 19 – The Train
I was on a train, alone, in the middle of the night, thousands of miles from my family in the states and with four hours of sleep fighting against four...
The Deutschland Diaries: Excerpts of the experiences and misadventures of a UCR Student studying...
May Day
May 1
“Happy New Year!” shouted an alcohol-slurred voice among the multitude of faces.
This was the greeting my friends and I met as we got off the U-Bahn and into the crowd that consumed...
Departure in Deutschland, Arrival in America: A Little Story of Reintegration
“Oh my God, I haven’t been on Instagram in like, five days!”
These were the first words to grace my ears as I sat down on my flight from Berlin to LAX. I was surrounded...
The Deutschland Diaries: Excerpts of the experiences and misadventures of a UCR student studying...
As of writing this, I am in my ninth week of the 15-week UCEAP Language and Culture Program. So while I feel like I have just settled in here, it has just occurred to...
The Deutschland Diaries: Excerpts of the experiences and misadventures of a UCR student studying...
A Weekend in Amsterdam
May 9-15
One of the greatest things about Germany would have to be its location. With its position smack-dab in the middle of Europe, you are only some hours away from a...