Samantha J.

I haven’t really been “home-sick” since my first week with my host family. Today was the first day in a while that I’ve truly felt a bit home-sick. That’s because... keep reading

Mariel came to visit me this weekend, so on Saturday, we took the train to Hannover together. This was supposed to be simple. We only had to switch trains once... keep reading

This weekend I took a trip to Hamburg with Experiment. My host sister, Josie, came with me, which was really fun. We took the train to Hamburg on Friday night... keep reading

Earlier in September, I received a very nice invitation to go to my host grandparent’s 50th-anniversary celebration with the rest of my host family. My host mom explained to me... keep reading

This weekend was kind of busy. My host sister, her friend, and I took the train to Paderborn together on Saturday. Paderborn is a bigger city (almost 150,000 people live... keep reading

One of my friends from language camp, Mariel, only lives about 40 minutes away from Höxter, so I spent this past weekend with her and her host family. She told... keep reading

School took up the majority of my time this week, but it was interesting none the less. Unlike school in the US, we have a mixture of different classes every... keep reading

Today was my very first day of school in Germany!! This morning my host mom drove me and my host sister to school because we had to meet with the... keep reading

When my host family arrived at the castle, I ran over to give them all a quick hug before they were ushered inside for a “host family orientation.” Finally meeting... keep reading

At the beginning of this month, we could all hardly wait for language camp to be over so we could meet our host families. However, I can definitely say these... keep reading