“I just want to try these Nürnberger sausages” or obesity in Germany
Authors . City life . Food . Health“Don`t worry, I also gained some weight here in Munich. Almost everyone does. You return home and everything will be okay”, – told me Natasha, a Russian girl who has lived in Munich already for 3 years. Meanwhile, obesity is a real problem in Germany, declared as a major issue by the federal government. Various
Plant-based as Plan(health)t-based
AuthorsIt was a rainy Monday afternoon as Anna, 58 years old, received a call from her doctor. Having seen her last analysis, he warned she was at serious risk: the bad cholesterol in her blood, responsible for most heart attacks and diseases, had hit the terribly dangerous level of 300 mg/dL, whereas healthy standards lay
Always Walking On Eggshells
Authors . HealthTo protect the individuals in this article I have changed the names of the individuals. Everything else is factual and accurate according to those who have been interviewed. She sat on the floor sobbing with her cell phone in hand and her mother on the other end of the phone. With crippling anxiety and ringing
Apartheid – – – Apartness
Authors . Culture . Politics . Society“Don’t question things. You are an American. Don’t rock the boat.” This is what my grandfather told his six children in the late 60s and early 70s when they started questioning the system of apartheid. “We were in a bubble,” reflects my aunt Tara Marshall. She was only 5 when her family uprooted their life
Me, Myself and I
AuthorsMy name is Laura. I am in my Junior Year of university at Wayne State University in Michigan, USA. I am half German and Argentinian but I haven’t lived in Germany since I was 5 years old. At home we speak German with my dad and Spanish with my mom, but since I have noticed
Who’s behind Alexa?
AuthorsAs she was studying communication at LMU, Marie Kilg never thought she would have ended up working for Amazon as Alexa Content Manager. But here she is, only 24 years old, soon moving to Seattle to follow her career path. However, it is pretty comprehensible she couldn’t tell after all: just a few years ago
My first German friend’s life
AuthorsThis week I decided to interview the first friend I made here in Munich: her name is Luisa, she comes from Northern Germany and she is 20 years old. I met her in September when I moved to Studentenstadt. She is involved in many projects of volunteering and mentoring and that’s why I thought you
Mission ‘Use a required assignment as an excuse to make friends’
AuthorsIt’s easy to stick to the familiar. In my case, the American bubble. It was about time to venture outside of that bubble so I took some time to ask an International neighbor about herself and how her German immersion was coming. Maeve Hurson is a 20 year-old psychology student from Galway, Ireland completing a
It’s Different Here. Sometimes.
AuthorsHi there! My name’s Ross Simpson. Yup, like the guy from ‘Friends” and the cartoon show. Fun fact, my name means “Steed” in German. So I’m a fancy horse. I’ll take it. I’m an American currently doing his best to figure this whole German thing out. I haven’t been in Germany for more than 2
Why Munich?
Authors . UncategorizedHello, my name is Irina Rafel and I come from Spain, Barcelona. You might be asking why I chose Munich for my erasmus exchange… well, to be honest it wasn’t one of my options yet because I had no idea of speaking in german. One day a special person told me to come here, that