World Traveler in Training
Culture . Student life . TravelAsha Ress is a 20-year-old student of criminology at University of Minnesota Twin-Cities, and a current member of the study abroad program Junior Year in Munich. Already in her short life, she has visited over a dozen countries and plans to visit many more during her year abroad. Asha says that one of her lifelong
Body language and spiritual connection
Culture . Health . TravelThe person I will describe is not my fellow-student or a friend of the same age. However, it is a story about magnificent international connection, which has changed a lot my perception of life. A story, created by conducting a long-distance interview via voice messages and e-mails. And now I can say that I am
Pack your bag with no ticket back w/ Duarte
TravelDuarte is a 23year-old Portuguese who, when working as a volunteer in a small town in the heart of Transylvania, started to become passionate about hitchhiking. “Hitchhiking (locally called auto-stop) is cultural there”, he says “Outside most rural towns, there’s a designated area for the locals to lift their thumbs and wait for someone to
Et Voilà – Carlos Maio
Food . Travel” … have the opportunity to delight my clients with my own creations” Carlos Maio aka Pipas Maio is a brave guy that risked it all in his dreams. The Cuisine is his passion and as a young cooker his efforts have been rewarded by the professionals in the field. After going through for more
4 Things To Know About Japan
Culture . Society . Travel . UncategorizedAine Adachi is an exchange student at LMU. In this interview, she will be uncovering some truths about the Japanese society, that a lot of people from outside this island country have been wondering about, based oh her personal experience. Hi, Aine. Thank you for doing this interview with me. As I already know, you
Looking East
Student life . TravelBryan Roemelt is an American from Saratoga Upstate New York. He graduated from American University in Washington DC in May, where he majored in International Relations and German Studies. Since then, Bryan has moved to Berlin on a 6-month visa while searching for a job. A well traveled man and photographer, Bryan has spent a
Uncertainty, Freedom, Creativity: Architecture to me
Culture . TravelMy interviewee is architecture major Hongmao Shi from Tsinghua University Beijing China, is currently on a semester exchange program in Technische Universität München. Because of curiosity and interest in architecture. I interviewed her, hoping to learn more about her and the architecture she was studying. The following is a Z for the interviewer and S
My Best Friends´Life
Student life . TravelBlanca has been my best friend since we were kids. We have been through a lot together and she has always been extremely supportive. She recently visited me in Munich, and I decided to interview her because she is one the brightest people I know. I have asked her some set of personal questions so
Who is this guy?
Authors . TravelHi! My name is Jozzi Billingslea (it’s pronounced like J-Ozzie) and I’m 22 years old. I’m from Detroit, Michigan, which is in North America. I’m studying abroad in Germany at the moment after learning the language for a few years. I would have come abroad sooner however I had too many classes to take. I
Displaced people and national identity
Culture . Travel . UncategorizedHave you ever travelled to a foreign country and feel like you don’t fit in? This can be anything from you not being able to communicate using the local language to struggling to grasp the culture. Now imagine having none of the above problems yet somehow still feel like your existence in the country is