It snowed today! I can’t believe that I could possibly get a “white Christmas” this year. It’s not to common to get snow for Christmas in Germany anymore, but this year it looks like it could happen… at least today it did :) When I woke up, snow flurries were playing...
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I am home with my family. It feels so surreal… but good! Very good :) I just wanted to let you know. I’ve been up for 34 hours. I seriousy need to get some sleep. Hopefully it was worth it to stay up and go to bed at regular bed...
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it’s only 20 more days until Christmas Eve! How insane! Can you believe it? I have to say, the year went by really quickly… although, if I think about how many people I haven’t seen in such a long (!) time, it doesn’t seem so quick anymore. Weird time feeling....
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Today is November 11 and unfortunately I missed to post this at exactly 11:11 am which marks the beginning of the “fifth season” in Germany – Carnival. The Rhineland area, where I come from, is especially famous for their Carnival celebrations which culminate in a week-long street festival leading up...
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Damn, it’s been a whole week since my last update. I really don’t have any apology other than that I just didn’t get much time online AT ALL – well, that in fact is probably the best excuse that anyone could give you, because that means that I was busy....
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We spent Friday in J’s hometown Ventura. In the morning, my Dad dropped us off at Kohl’s for a last shopping tour. This time, my Mom and I bought some nice clothes and Basti gave advise in a first-class manner ;) Meanwhile, my Dad visited another golf course [I think...
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Wednesday morning, we left San Francisco on Highway 101 and drove to Carmel-by-the-Sea and Monterey. First we took a stroll through the downtown area of Carmel, a small town with an artistic history on the Monterey Peninsula. Then we drove the famous 17-Mile Drive, which is a scenic road through...
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Last Sunday, we were in Sacramento, my beloved Sacramento :) In the morning, we drove to Davis and I showed my cousin the UC Davis Campus where I spent my exchange semester. We walked on Campus, I showed them the new sports center “The Arc” [very impressive in size and...
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Tuesday morning, we had breakfast at the hotel and then left for Las Vegas around 11 a.m. Having driven through the desert for a couple of hours, we felt that Las Vegas was a strong and colorful contrast. We stayed at the “Paris, Paris†and had to drive down the...
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Yes, I admit it. I am an impatient person. I can’t help it. My Dad called a couple of hours ago to let me know that their flight from Paris was delayed and that they didn’t make their connecting flight in Montreal :( They won’t be getting into LAX before...
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