High School USA Blog

Guten Morgen readers, Since being in Germany I have been doing a lot of poem writing. My poems help me digest my emotions and serve as a good record of...keep reading

Hallo! Here in Germany on December 6th we celebrated Nikolaustag, a tradition where children set out shoes to be filled by St. Nikolaus. I thought it would be interesting to...keep reading

Last night I moved in with my new host family, and so far things are going well. My host sister invited me to bake Christmas cookies with some friends, which...keep reading

Winter has arrived here in Germany. The sun sets at 4:00 pm, and the shades of orange and crimson that graced Oldenburg last month have faded into grey. I’m working...keep reading

Moin! Yesterday was Thanksgiving. It is usually a family-oreinted holiday in the United States, so it can be difficult day for exchange students (me included). Fortunately, I was so lucky...keep reading

Today, my friends and I decided to go to the Oldenburg Weihnachtsmarkt, or Christmas Market. We each sought out something to eat and spent the afternoon recovering from a grueling...keep reading

Last week marked the 83rd anniversary of Kristallnacht, a series of antisemitic pogroms under the Nazi Reich in 1938. One day after school, I sat down at one of the...keep reading

Hallo zusammen! Apologies that it’s been so long! I hope my blogs have been helpful to learn about being a CBYX student while submitting your applications for this year. You...keep reading

Guten Tag! Like every CBYXer, one of the things which I was most looking forward to about my year abroad was trying new foods. So far, Germany has not dissapointed...keep reading

Hallo my readers! A few days ago I hit the end of Month 2 in my time in Germany. This milestone prompted me to take a look at some of...keep reading