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Last week, the Congress Bundestag Youth Exchange participants met in Berlin for our End of Year Seminar. We spent our five days exploring the city, touring the Reichstag, and preparing...keep reading

Last Sunday, my host mom and I took part in the annual Rhön Wandervierer. The Wandervierer is a fundraiser started by four Hessian villages in which sponsors make donations for...keep reading

On my first morning in Germany, I stood in front of my closet wondering if my host family ate breakfast in pajamas or dressed. After agonizing for a few minutes,...keep reading

With three months left of my exchange year, I’ve been having a lot of emotions. On the one hand, I’m excited to start university: on the other, I have a...keep reading

Hallo leute! In the wake of my last blog post I thought I would follow up with a poem. Today is 200 days in Germany and it has been an...keep reading

Hallo my readers! I am back! I know it seems like I fell off the face of the Earth for 2 months but the truth is, following my Host Family...keep reading

On the first Sunday of Lent, Germans throughout the Rhön region light Hutzelfeuer, which symbolize the wish for an end to the winter. Villages contribute their old Christmas trees and...keep reading

After school today, my host mom, sister and I went on an excursion to Würzburg, a city in the Franconia region of Bavaria. As is the case with many German...keep reading

The Rhön, my region’s mountain range, was blessed with new snow last week. On Saturday, my host family and I went cross country skiing around a nearby moor. I started...keep reading

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