High School Semester Abroad Blog

To start off my last half month in Germany, I threw a party! This party was a Fourth of July party to share more American foods with Germany and a...keep reading

On the very first weekend of June I got to travel to yet another country, the Czech Republic. Click here for a look at what I did in Prague! Because...keep reading

Let me tell you, getting from Bedburg, Germany to Prague in the Czech Republic is physically and mentally exhausting. First of all, do not book the wrong return date for...keep reading

May allowed me to experience the magic of Phantasialand for the first time. Phantasialand is an amusement park only thirty minutes away from where I live, and it's basically the...keep reading

Unless you plan on carrying a years worth of supplies from the U.S. to Germany, you're going to need a suitcase. Make it one that's sturdy, easy to wheel around,...keep reading

The flat landscape of the area I live in is ideal for windmills. Along with the more modern white wind mills that generate electricity, there are also a few older...keep reading

Because parts of the German Autobahn have no speed limit, we made it from Rothenburg to Innsbruck in about three hours. Before driving into Austria, we had to stop at...keep reading

If you've never heard of Rothenburg ob der Tauber, a town on Germany's notorious "Romantic Road", you might've seen pictures of its famous Plönlein (little square). It has made an...keep reading

225 days. That's a long time to be away from your family. This month, I was reunited with my mom, two younger brothers, cousin, and my grandma and grandpa. The...keep reading

When my host family picked me up from Frankfurt after orientation, the first thing I remember about arriving in my village was my host mom telling one of my host...keep reading