High School USA Blog

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

This year was a very exciting time to be in Germany as an exchange student because Germany held such an exciting election! The famous, and widely-liked previous chancellor, Angela Merkel...keep reading

Before leaving on my exchange year, I was told that if I took one thing from our Oreintation Seminars it should be that "Culture Shock is real and you will...keep reading

Guten Abend my loyal readers! What should you do with a free friday night in Germany? Stay at home and watch re-runs of the Great British Baking Show or go...keep reading

Today marks the last day of Sommerferien before Oldenburg schools start up again, so my host family decided to make an Ausflug to Hamburg. Though it’s impossible to experience all...keep reading

Dear American family, Before I came, we started following each other on Instagram, sometimes we sent some emails and even before I saw you or heard your voices, I already...keep reading