✈️ From Hong Kong to Italy 🍝
Food . TravelInterviewer: Sua JungInterviewee: Selina Chong As I embarked on my exchange journey in Munich, l was able to form meaningful connections with individuals from around the globe. Among them were my Italian friends, who shared their language and culture with me and ignited a profound fascination for their homeland, Italy. Recently, one of my dearest
“I am meaningful to so many people. I can really affect them”
AuthorsMeet Michal Hobel. She is 40 years old, married with 3 kids, lives in Beer Sheva and works as a high school teacher. Michal has worked with kids and teenagers for the past 20 years. She guided youths at risk in special boarding schools, hostels, and community centers. 5 years ago, she decided to take the next step and got her teaching license.
Germany and Italy meet each other
Culture . Student lifeThe Erasmus program is a really life-changing experience for those students that decide to take part in it. For some of them the change might not be so huge and for others will, what is sure is that after one or two semesters studying far from your home country, you will not be the same
Cooking abroad : between instant noodles and fancy restaurants
Food . Student lifeFor many students, going abroad means putting aside a part of one’s culinary culture, and making room for another. I join Giada in her kitchen, busy preparing dinner for her and her friends. As an Erasmus student from Italy, she was confronted to this change of habits. A culinary challenge For Giada, cooking is a
From Århus to Ho Chi Minh City: An exchange student’s journey of culture clash and connection
Authors . Culture . UncategorizedWhat happens when a 180 cm tall blond girl from Denmark takes on an exchange adventure in Vietnam? She gets a lot of looks from the locals and pictures taken of her. That’s at least how Mathilde Fyhn begins the story of her first month in Vietnam. “Well, I knew I would stand out as
Set Out from Afica
UncategorizedHer story is about lunch for children in slum. She is studying in Columbia University, majoring in comparative education, focusing on international educational assistance. She went to Mathare in The Republic of Kenya in Africa this summer. She acted as a volunteer in Dream Building Service Association (DBSA), which is an international non-profit organization that works
Making News: Mia’ story of being a journalist
UncategorizedAuthor’s words: November 8 is Journalists’ Day in China. This is an appropriate time to explore a journalist’s career. Mia is my undergraduate classmate, we spent four years together at FDU. It has been a long time since we graduated. I took the opportunity of this interview to catch up with her current situation. I
A Dane loose in Munich
AuthorsLet’s get the basics out of the way: My name is Viktoria, I am 23 years old, and I come from Århus, Denmark. I have lived in Munich for two months now. It feels like it has been two weeks and half a year – both at the same time. On one hand, time has
From Madrid’s Heart to Munich’s Soul
AuthorsGood morning, afternoons, and nights. I am Laura Calzón Sancho, born in Alcalá de Henares, a beautiful city in the province of Madrid, a UNESCO World Heritage city, full of charm and life. My daily life takes place in Madrid, the capital of Spain, a fast-paced city, always bustling with people, plans, and atmosphere. Madrileños
German Journalism from the Perspective of an IfKW Graduate Student
UncategorizedIn this edition of Exploring Germany, we invited Henri Wolferstetter, a student who just graduated from the Department of Media and Communication at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU) Munich this summer. As you can guess, This report centers on German journalism as seen through Henri’s eyes. The journalist also hopes that through this report, more international students who read the exchange student blog