THE SUCCESS OF CALL ME BY YOUR NAME REMINDS US MUCH LOSERS WE – ITALIANS – ARE.
Culture . Media“Call me by your name” did it! Luca Guadagnino’s movie, adapted from André Aciman’s novel of the same name, won an Oscar for best nonoriginal screen-play after being nominated for 4 Oscars in 2018 (best movie, best song and best actor). In Italy we were already celebrating this victory, many started saying: “the last time
LMU Kino: A Cheap and Alternative Student-run Cinema
Culture . Student life . UncategorizedOne of my favorite discoveries since my arrival here in Munich has been LMU Kino. This student-run initiative shows alternative movies, foreign films, cult classics or movies that have passed under history’s radar every Wednesday evening. The best part – tickets only cost 2.50 euros. The movies screened are seldom blockbusters and a lot of
You should go to the cinema more often!
Culture . UncategorizedSince I was really young, I always was excited to go to the movies. I think I remember my first movie experience: I celebrated my sixth birthday and I invited a whole group of people to go to the cinema with me. We went to the first Shrek movie and we were all really loud
Hello Christkindlmarkt, hello cosiness.
City life . Culture . UncategorizedI step across the threshold into the train. I notice that it feels a bit weird to leave again. I I have been just three days back in Belgium and then I find myself leaving again to continue my adventure in Munich. This feeling immediately gives way to enthusiasm, healthy tension and curiosity. I lift
Books are best friends, review of “Americana” by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Culture . UncategorizedSince childhood one of my favourite activity is reading. I learn to read when I was three years old and as an only child book have been my best friends for a long time. I was always reading at home, at school, everywhere. What I love about books is that they can transport you far
Christmas in Taiwan and Europe, same or different?
City life . Culture . UncategorizedAs Christmas is coming, my friends in Taiwan start to ask me how people celebrate Christmas in Germany or in European countries. On the other hand, new friends that I met here in Germany are also curious about what Taiwanese people do on Christmas. Actually, about 90% of Taiwanese people are Buddhists or Taoists, and
WONDERING WHATS NEXT
Culture . Student life . Travel . UncategorizedI was born in the capital of a country full of cultural diversity. I was born among the smiles and delicious food of a warm and cheerful society. Colombia is a very big country, full of colorful and exotic landscapes, but also of cities that never, ever sleep. As expected, each country has a specific
Culture is everyday life
Culture . UncategorizedWhat is culture? Culture is how we interpret the world around us and how we act upon it. This is something that is shaped and moulded throughout our lives. Culture is essentially what I study in Sociology and Politics. I am in a state of constant observation of the world around me. This blog
Is eating a “100 years old egg” in Berlin a crime?
City life . Culture . Food . Student life . Travel . UncategorizedToday I am twenty years old. Each day I have a lunch and a dinner like most of us have in our European countries. Every month I will eat fifty-six meals. During a year, my stomach and intestines will digest almost 2968 lunches and dinners. That is a lot, I know. But most of the
Not Santa Claus but Sinterklaas
Culture . UncategorizedAs I told before I am a Dutchie. Born and raised in the Netherlands. Like any country we have some very special holidays that are typical for our country and that most people probably have never heard of. One very special tradition/ holiday in the Netherlands that is celebrated during the winter months is ‘Sinterklaas’.