High School USA Blog

I used to think living life to the fullest meant doing daredevil acts, taking every opportunity to try something new, never saying no to something the average person would be...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

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

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

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

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

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

Moin! Long time, no blog. Over the past couple weeks, I’ve been getting settled into my new host community after switching placements. However, I joined my host community at “the...keep reading

Guten Abend! Last night, my host family and I went to a small Oktoberfest in Hannover. Despite popular association with all of Germany, Oktoberfest is usually just a Bavaria-specific event...keep reading