Simple Exposures

Last week a friend and I went on a bike ride. They say a day not learning something is a day wasted. That day I learnt a lot. I learnt not to bike for 50km because your bottom will hurt and if you are not used to it, you will fail to walk up the university steps the day after. I learnt that you shouldn't bike with your mouth open, not only does it dry it out but when you live next to a lake, there is humidity and bugs like humidity. I think I got my biggest portion of protein that day, about 10  to 15 flies and I'm not even exaggerating.  On a better note than fly eating, I must admit that my new little city (if you can call it that) is located in a pretty cool place. We biked to an area called Unteruhldingen , to a place called Pfahlbaumuseum Unterhldingen,  one of the largest and most attended open air museums in Europe. The museum is formed by 23 stilt houses from the Stone and Bronze age. The museum was affected massively by the second world war, not only ...

As some of you may already know, I recently relocated to Germany for four months to a partner university my one at home has.  My new independence has already taught me so much I thought it would be interesting to share a few pointers with you.  First of all, when studying abroad make a friend who knows how to cook and doesn't mind making you lunch when you are lazy (which is always). I have accepted that my new diet consists solemnly of sausages, beer, pasta and noodles. Seriously, I rarely eat anything else...oh and kebab!  Second of all, prepare your little liver for the first few weeks...it turns out that international students are apparently known as the party students. Wonder why? We have this great excuse and we say its necessary to socialise a lot at the beginning to get to know your new 'family' abroad...this of course is true for the first week, not necessarily the first month.  This one is specific to the south of Germany, or at least...