It really is goodbye

I cannot believe that this is really goodbye. In my first post of the semester, I wrote “I told you it was not goodbye yet”, but it truly is now. In my first post of the semester, I talked about my goals to travel to countries like Romania, Croatia, and Portugal. Although I never got Read More

People who hate rain come to Munich during the rainy season

First-time step in Europe —— Jojo Hi, everyone! This is the first time I have introduced myself in this way, my name is Josephine, but in order to help others remember me, I usually call myself Jojo. I was born in Wuhan and studied in Hong Kong. My Chinese name is CAO Luyao (曹璐瑶). 璐 Read More

Bis Später München

13 – the days I have left until my flight back home. When Scandinavian Airlines will help me fly home from Munich to Copenhagen to my loved ones on Valentine’s day. I know – cheesy right?  My stay in Munich started with a bang. Arriving at the airport on October 2nd, waiting for hours on Read More

Wake me up when the winter ends

When I type these words, snow is falling again in Munich. The white flakes slowly cover the entire city in white, sweeping away all the bustle. I realize that it is time that I become accustomed to the silent and snowy days of winter. As a kid born in winter, I always look forward to snowfall in my Read More

Not all goodbyes are an end

Unfortunately, my Erasmus program is almost at the end and if I could, I would have gone back to the start. It last 6 months but, in my head, they were just few days.  I had made amazing friends and had a great time living in a new, big, and exciting city. And now I Read More

Fairy tale Christmas Markets in Vienna. Are Czechs Tired of ChristmasMarkets at Home?

Many visitors to Vienna come to warm themselves with a hot punch under the Vienna CityHall. Among them are many Czechs, for whom visiting the Christmas markets in Vienna hasbecome an annual activity, some may say tradition. Set to explore a few of the popularChristmas markets, even I did not resist this year and visited Read More

Oh well- I guess all good things come to an end?

Within three weeks I am packing up my stuff, which is A LOT more than when I first came to Munich, and traveling back to Sweden. These past months have truly gone by so fast! It feels like yesterday when I was walking in a sunny Englischer Garten for the first time, being amazed by Read More

A Messy New Year!

At the end of every year we wish to each other a happy start to the new one. But does it really start that happily?  Of course everybody wants to welcome the new year in a big style – with lot of firework displays. They are beautifully colorful and memorable. However, there might be also different Read More

Another Warm Winter in Munich: Cause for Celebration or Concern?

The new year in Munich was welcomed with a lovely sunny day and a high of 16°C. When getting ready in the morning of New Year’s Eve, I pondered over my long sleeved winter shirts and ultimately dug to the back of my closet for a t-shirt to wear under my sweater in case my Read More

Venice: between fairytale and nightmare

“There is a glorious City in the Sea.The Sea is in the broad, the narrow streets,Ebbing and flowing; and the salt sea-weedClings to the marble of her palaces.No track of men, no footsteps to and fro,Lead to her gates. The path lies o’er the Sea,Invisible; and from the land we went,As to a floating City Read More

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