If I could take all of my favorite elements and put them together to make a city- that city would be Brussels. Brussels or “Bruxelles” is an eclectic, artsy city. It’s my ideal maybe first because I could speak French there and I was understood and understood anyone that spoke to me. Obviously that’s...
A few announcements: I’m moving to Germany Guys I have some huge, amazing, fantastic news!!! I just accepted my first full time ‘adult’ job! I’ll be working at an American University in Germany and it was exactly what I was looking for. The timing was perfect as I start right after I’m done teaching....
Paris. One of the top tourist destinations in the world. In my opinion it feels like a magical city and it’s even more magical during the holiday season. I moved to France for a semester abroad 3 years ago and finally my family came during my Christmas break to experience France for the first...
Reflections on 2016 Ever since I had the ability to write I’ve had a journal or diary in some form or another, digital or physical. Ever since I’ve had one of those I’ve always reflected at the end of each year. I know I know…it’s arbitrary but who doesn’t like a fresh new start?...
So if you didn’t know my grandmother on my mom’s side immigrated from Germany to the US when she was 6 years old in the 1930’s with her brother and mother following her father’s lead. She then returned when she was 13 when her parents went back to settle land. It was so close...
