http://blogs.bootsnall.com/mrnational My experiences as a student in Germany Thu, 08 Jan 2009 20:37:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Yeah.... a week late, but here are some updates. Finally made it to Paris for New Year's.  It's been on my list of things to do before I die for a while, and I can finally cross it off.  Unfortunately, I think I built it up in my head, and it ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/mrnational/ushering-in-2009-in-paris.html So I arrived at Santa Apolonia station for my 4pm train ride to Paris.  I was extremely surprised to see only a handful of people getting on the train. I got to my assigned seat and had it all to myself. The happiness I figured would be short lived because ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/mrnational/train-ride-from-hell.html Got to Lisbon on the 27th about 7:30am and got to Rossio square about 8:00.  The night before, when I left my hostel, I checked the directions on and it implied it was right on Rossio Square above the Metro stop, so I decided I didn’t need to find a ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/mrnational/lisbon.html I know I’m several days late, but it’s been a pain in the ass to find internet that is cheap and that I can use long enough to write something.  So anyways... the headache that was my trip to Barcelona… Since I was able to get internet access in Florence, I ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/mrnational/christmas-in-barcelona.html We took one of the trains to Florence just after we checked out of the hotel. We got to Florence around 3pm, dropped our stuff of at the hostel, and headed to Pisa before dark. After some gelato, we took some of those really cheesy pics of holding the tower ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/mrnational/florence-and-pisa.html After my 16 hour train ride from Luneburg to Munich and finally to Venice, I arrived about 6:40am (Dec. 19th), just before sun up.  I had to wait for a couple of hours before checking into the hotel, so I decided to wander around.  Even before the sun came up, ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/mrnational/venice.html On December 17th, I had my final room check, but I planned to leave on the 18th.  Fortunately, I was able to stay in my room after it, but they took my key, so I couldn’t leave.  After going crazy from bored in my room, Theresa was able to come ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/mrnational/leaving-luneburg.html Just thought I would do a little post on Christmas markets which are a pretty big thing in Germany this time of year. Many German cities have Christmas markets, and Luneburg is one of them. Christmas markets are street markets which sell things associated with Christmas. They ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/mrnational/weihnachtsmarkts.html So 8 years and 3 majors later, I finally graduated.  And, lucky me, I got to spend it packing.  I suppose it's better than having to sit through a 4 hour long ceremony just for the 5 second walk across the stage.  Time to bust out the $60 bottle of champagne ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/mrnational/graduated-finally.html Nice title, huh?  I know, I know.  I'm a little retarded.  So a couple of us decided we didn't have enough problems with the first roadtrip, so we decided to try one more before the semester ended.  And we decided to take Derek along this time.  This time we went to ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/mrnational/roadtrip-czeching-out-prague.html