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Study Abroad... IES European Union in Freiburg

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I'll be living in Freiburg in Germany and traveling all around Europe for the Spring 2008 semester to study the European Union and hopefully learn some German!

Route taken and entries by Real Traveler Annelisa

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    Arrival in Freiburg!

    Freiburg, Germany | Jan 12 '08 | Reviews: 1

    Hello all!!

    It hasn't really hit me that I'll be living here yet. Probably because I'm staying in a hotel for the moment :) BUT ITS GORGEOUS... Continue reading »

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    More pictures before I move in!

    Freiburg, Germany | Jan 14 '08 | Reviews: 0

    These are just some more pictures of where I'll be living for the next few months. There are pictures of my little housing complex as well as the o... Continue reading »

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    First Week with IES!

    Freiburg, Germany | Jan 20 '08 | Reviews: 0

    Hey guys!

    Sorry its been so long since I wrote a new entry! I moved into studentenwerk housing on Wednesday and they haven't connected our in... Continue reading »

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    Day Trip to Alsace!

    France | Jan 26 '08 | Reviews: 1

    At 10am, all 70 of the IES students borded a two story bus and we left for our day trip in Alsace. As soon as we left the city, the fog was really... Continue reading »

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    Fastnacht (carnival) in Mullheim!

    Mullheim, Germany | Jan 26 '08 | Reviews: 0

    First i have to say that Fastnacht in Mullheim, a small town about 20 minute train ride outside of Freiburg, was perhaps one of the crazi... Continue reading »

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    Berlin!

    Berlin, Germany | Jan 28 '08 | Reviews: 2

    Everyone was extremely excited to arrive in Berlin after a long 6 hour train ride… which most people actually used to catch up on sleep from the fi... Continue reading »

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    Trip to Tallinn!

    Tallinn, Estonia | Jan 31 '08 | Reviews: 0

    First off, I apologize for having taken so long to update my travel blog. I have so many new trips to add, and I keep getting even further behind b... Continue reading »

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    Wochenende in Munchen!

    Munich, Germany | Feb 07 '08 | Reviews: 0

    So in February (it seems like ages ago), my roommate Taylor and our friends Pete and Matt and I embarked on a weekend excursion to Munich (Műnchen)... Continue reading »

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    Short trip to Geneva: UN and WTO

    Geneva, Switzerland | Feb 13 '08 | Reviews: 0

    Geneva 14 – 15 February

    For some reason, the trip to Geneva is a huge blur in my mind. I think it was because I was struggling to adjust to t... Continue reading »

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    Sledding in the Swiss Alps!

    Grindelwald, Switzerland | Feb 21 '08 | Reviews: 0

    Sledding in the Alps: Grindelwald Switzerland

    So from the beginning of the program, we all had heard about the awesome Swiss Alps trip for Fe... Continue reading »

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    Central and Eastern Europe: Budapest, Hungary

    Budapest, Hungary | Feb 23 '08 | Reviews: 0

    Below is an introduction to our Central and Eastern Europe 10 day trip that we took at the end of Februrary and my reflection on Budapest, Hungary.... Continue reading »

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    Krakow, Poland

    Krakow, Poland | Feb 25 '08 | Reviews: 1

    Personal Commentary

    Next stop after Budapest, Hungary on our Eastern European tour was Krakow, Poland. We had a bit of tro... Continue reading »

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    Auschwitz-Birkenau, Poland

    Auschwitz, Poland | Feb 26 '08 | Reviews: 0

    Auschwitz-Birkenau, Poland

    Auschwitz-Birkenau
    Before diving directly into my commentary about this part of t... Continue reading »

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    End of Central Europe trip in Prague

    Prague, Czech Republic | Feb 27 '08 | Reviews: 0

    The next stop on our trip around Eastern Europe was Prague. I had heard really good things about it, for instance that it’s the up and coming top t... Continue reading »

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    Barcelona, Spain!

    Barcelona, Spain | Mar 20 '08 | Reviews: 0

    Barcelona, Spain
    21 -24 March 2008

    Sadly, this was the first Easter break that I’ve spent away from my family in Pawleys, but I d... Continue reading »

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    Wochenende mit die Familie!

    Wiesloch, Germany | Apr 11 '08 | Reviews: 0

    Wochenende mit die Familie!

    Mom and I are on the train back to Freiburg. We decided to nix our Strasbourg leg of this... Continue reading »

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    Internship update!

    Freiburg, Germany | Apr 25 '08 | Reviews: 0

    Internship Update

    Hey everyone!

    So I thought I would give everyone an update on my internship situation for Brussels for the end of May... Continue reading »

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    Daytrip to Strasbourg

    Strasbourg, France | Apr 26 '08 | Reviews: 0

    Strasbourg

    It has been SO beautiful lately! We’ve all suffered through just about a month and a half of solid cloud cover and rain and COLD.... Continue reading »

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    Things I Miss

    Freiburg, Germany | Apr 27 '08 | Reviews: 0

    Things I miss:

    · Adam, my family, my best friends

    · The beach and how it feels to be warm

    · The smell an... Continue reading »

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    You know you've studied abroad in Germany when...

    Freiburg, Germany | May 06 '08 | Reviews: 0

    I found this on facebook and honestly laughed at loud at most of them. There are only a few that I still don't understand. I can try to explain a f... Continue reading »

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    Hiking with Anja

    Kirchzarten, Germany | May 08 '08 | Reviews: 0

    During my week of exams, I decided to take a break and go hiking with Anja, Annette’s (our German cousin) sister in law who lives in a town very cl... Continue reading »

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    Internship Update 2!!

    Freiburg, Germany | May 11 '08 | Reviews: 0

    Internship update II

    Hey guys! So I found out for sure what my internship is now. Well, not completely… I still don’t know the exact n... Continue reading »

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