My stay in Munich at LMU
Authors . Culture . Student life . Travel . UncategorizedI remember my first day in LMU as if it were yesterday. It was October, I didn’t knew anyone and I had a mixture of feelings between nervousness and excitement before getting into my first class. Today is 6th of August and after two very different semesters here the idea of going back home provokes
Tourist Traps – Go Ahead and Get Caught in Them.
Culture . Travel . UncategorizedTourist Trap: noun: a place that attracts many tourists and where goods and services are more expensive than normal. Beware of the tourist trap, don’t get scammed, make sure you stay off the beaten track and there you can truly feel the authentic meaning of travel. Lies. This is not true. If you are lucky
Does the Erasmus exchange program really help students learn their target language?
Politics . Society . Student life . Travel . UncategorizedI am a German and Journalism student from London, England, and am currently doing my exchange year in Munich. For a lot of students like me, the goal of our year abroad is to study in German and make use of the opportunity to acquire as much of the target language as possible. The idea
Vancouver: pacific paradise or metropolitan nightmare?
City life . Politics . Society . Travel . UncategorizedVancouver, British Columbia, is the third largest city per capita and the most densely populated municipal region of Canada. Often considered the Hollywood of the North, Vancouver attracts attention from not only major film production studios south of the border, but also tourists from all over the world. As one of the most ethnically and
Notre-Dame de Paris: Why so much emotions?
City life . Culture . Media . Society . TravelBurning for around fifteen hours on the evening of 15 April 2019, Notre Dame was and still be a huge burning issue for the media in France and worldwide. Every weeks, couples of articles are written to deal about the new challenges Paris has to face up with. If you are interested by this topic
Life Israeli different for some
Culture . Society . Travel . UncategorizedFor most people childhood is about growing and having fun with no worries, but this isn’t the case for everyone. 24 year old Ben Sapirstein grew up in a small suburb town in Israel called Gan Yavne just outside the Gaza Strip. Living with his parents, two sisters and one brother, in a place where
About my Finnish friend.
Culture . Student life . Travel . UncategorizedWhen I was told that for this blog post we had to conduct an interview, the first person that crossed my mind was my friend Konsta. The reason behind my decision was the fact that Konsta and I are very different. Coming from different countries (even continents) and cultures, our friendship emerged when we met
Home away from home?
Society . Student life . Travel . UncategorizedSo, this is a topic that’s close to home (quite literally), and so I thought it would be interesting to interview others with similar upbringings and see if anything differed to how I felt. I met Catherine through one of the “meet and greet” events here in Munich. Upon meeting, I would never have thought
MEETING WITH ANNA, VICE PRESIDENT OF THE ESN SECTION IN MUNICH
City life . Culture . Night life . Student life . TravelI met Anna K. in Munich during the month of October. The first time I talked with her was during an ESN Mesa Meeting which took place at Geschwister Scholl Platz (the main building of the LMU). She is 22 years old and comes from Germany. Always smiling and in a good mood, she welcomed me with open arms, always asking if everything went fine or if I needed help to take my mark in the new city I was living in. I had the opportunity to travel a lot with her (to Berlin, to Starnberger See, to the bavarian mountains,..) and to take part to many events she co-organized (like parties).
She is now became a friend and I wanted to interview her because I found her experience really interesting, not only as an ESN Mesa member but also as an Erasmus Student because she studied during five months in Italy a couple of years ago.
So, my interview will be divided in two sections : one is related to the experience Anna had as an Erasmus Student. The other one deals about the position she has been occupied in the ESN Network since last year.
Bing Yi, the Travelling Photographer
Culture . Student life . Travel . UncategorizedBing Yi is an economics student from Shanghai, here in Munich on exchange for one semester. When she came to Munich, it was the first time she had ever visited Europe and she was excited to explore the places offered here in Germany, as well as further abroad. When we met on an excursion to