Study Abroad... IES European Union in Freiburg
In and around Europe
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!
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!
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!
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!
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!
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!
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!
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!
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 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!
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
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
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-Birkenau, Poland
Auschwitz-Birkenau
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End of Central Europe trip in Prague
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
21 -24 March 2008Sadly, 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!
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!
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
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
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...
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
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!!
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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