In dieser Kolumne schreibt unser Autor über die großen und kleinen Verrücktheiten, die ihm im Alltag so begegnen. Frei nach dem Motto „Nicht ärgern, nur wundern!“. Thema dieses Mal: „Die wohnt hier schon seit ein paar Monaten nicht mehr.“ “Wie, die wohnt hier nicht mehr?” – In diesem Moment muss ich ein ziemlich armseliges und […]
The other day I wrote a guy on Tinder: “Hey! We already have the same last name!” because his Instagram handle said something with Muller. In the Alsace-region, the last name Muller is everywhere. An Alsatian history lesson. The German Wikipedia page says that Müller is the most common last name in the German speaking […]
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Traces of Life
The year 2020 was hard for most people. Friends and family we could not hug, travels, we could not take….Something, we hardly think about is the impact strangers have on our lives. We live next to each other, shop at the same market, do not know one another and yet we meet. With a global […]
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Three Cities On Two Wheels
“Bicycle! Bicycle! Bicycle! (…) I want to ride my bicycle, I want to ride it where I like.” sang Queen in 1978. Can’t we do it by now? In a tri national comparison between Strasbourg, Greifswald and Wageningen we are looking at how accomodating different European Cities are for cyclists. Fahrradstadt Greifswald by Veronika Isolde […]
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7 weeks in Strasbourg: Halftime Show
Seven out of 14 weeks internship are already over. Its time for a halftime show! Here are some insights into my after work life in the Alsace region: Put on this song: And then click play and enjoy 47 seconds of my free time: Unfortunately, I can not use the song in the video – […]
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Sunday morning vs. Monday morning
The Sunday morning is the most peaceful time of the week. Monday mornings are probably the most stressful. A photo series. Sunday mornings have a special feeling: the streets are calm, there are not a lot of people outside. The city seems to be sleeping. There is a special glimmer, almost a crackle in the […]
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Culture shock
After you lived through it you forget it : the culture shock. But it still exists, and it makes life abroad, an internship or an exchange semester harder – especially after the first few weeks. Normally, the exchange period starts with the „honeymoon“-phase: you are very excited, everything is new, everything is awesome! Then, after […]
There is not much to tell you about this week: I worked, I studied and it rained in Strasbourg – it rained a lot. So, this is me in two identification cards: By day: By night: Jepp, that’s it. That was my week. Photos: my arte-Karte and my student-ID, age difference between the pictures: 4 […]
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Living with a curfew
Two minutes before 6 p.m. – people are running home. And now the time has come: my beloved Greifswalders will have a curfew from Monday on. Let me tell you about the curfew in France to prepare you for what’s to come. I arrived 37 Minutes after curfew on my first day in France: The 10th […]
First week in Strasbourg: I ate a baguette in front of the European parliament, saw a demonstration and I complained about the French government as a conversation starter – let’s check some clichés about the French and see if I am transitioning already! Baguette. Yes, of course the baguette. I eat baguette, everyone eats baguette. […]