(Other) Madeline Stories
Authors . Uncategorized“In an old house in Paris that was covered with vines…” Sound familiar? Those are the opening words to the iconic Madeline story that inspired my name. Growing up I dreamt of someday living in Paris where I, Madeline, could live out my own story-book life. As middle school concluded and high school began, I
From Barcelona to Munich
Authors . UncategorizedHello everyone, my name is Mireia Malgosa but all my friends call me Mire, I’m from Barcelona (Spain) and I’m studying Advertising and Public Relations there.I decided to spend an exchange semester in Munich because I was tired of the routine and I wanted a change in my life, so I talked with many people
Aggressive Optimism
Authors . Student lifeAggressive Optimism: A phrase frequently used by Lyric Elliott to disguise her pessimism in the face of a difficult situation, over which, she has no control or method of altering. Hello, my name is Lyric Elliott and I’d like to welcome you to the life of an almost average American with an absurd amount of
The different choice and interest
AuthorsWhen you are asked in Denmark, where you are going for your exchange semester and your answer is Germany, people look a bit weird at you. Why Germany? Why not United States, Australia, Singapore or something more exotic, than Germany with its Weisswurst, Bier and the harsh language? Well, I actually like Germany. To say
A chilly Portuguese kid
Authors . UncategorizedMy name is Gonçalo Câmara. I grew up and was raised in Lisbon, Portugal. Portugal is hailed as a planted seaside paradise. A unique country and hard to understand. A country where football moves masses, where millions take to the streets to celebrate football achievements, in contrast to high abstention rates when important things have
I am not
Authors . UncategorizedI am the master of my fate:I am the captain of my soul. Nelson Mandela I would start my presentation with this little part of this amazing poem Mandela wrote whilst he was in jail. For this semester in Munich, that is a mind set I want to pursuit on everything. Starting at home, where
Mindset of a Wanderer
Authors . UncategorizedHello there! My name is Valeria Martínez Strasser, I am a spanish-austrian 22 years old student, I come originally from Ávila (Spain) and I study Translation and Interpreting (German-English-Spanish) in a very beautiful spanish city called Salamanca. I like music, art, languages, to travel and to write, among other things. Want to know more? Then,
Hey, Ines here!
Authors . UncategorizedHello everyone! My name is Inés Tojeiro Ortiz, as you can see a very Spanish name so you alredy know where i’m from. I was born in a small town in northern Spain called Vigo in the province of Galicia. Maybe you know for the well-known “Camino De Santiago” or for the good food that
Walking Further, Reading More
Authors . UncategorizedHi, I am 袁超颖 (Yuan Chaoying), and people always call me by my first name ”Chaoying”. I come from China. I was born in a small town with lots of rivers in Jiangsu Province, southeast of China and started a bachelor at Fudan University (FDU) in Shanghai since 2014. My major is Journalism, I also
This is from MatildE
AuthorsYou know that saying «started from the bottom now we are here»? Well, the bottom start of my life was 20 years and a few months ago in Portugal, Lisbon. My name, as you can already guess by the title of this pseudo-autobiography, is Matilde (with an emphasized E, just to clear out that it