By Anne Rieger Now that all the midterms essays are done it is time to dress up as something funny, or just as something. As today is Halloween, I want to go into the difference between Halloween in Ireland and Germany. After getting invited to a Halloween party I was curious about costumes and if I had to dress up. Where I come from we have two events a year where we … [Read more...] about Erasmus diaries: Halloween edition
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Erasmus diaries: The difference between Irish and German universities
By Anne Rieger With the mid - term essays coming up, college life is actually getting serious now, and so does today’s column. I bet you feel the same. Today I want to talk to you about the difference between Irish and German universities (or specifically my university of Bonn). Everybody here is busy. Busy doing stuff for uni, busy doing stuff for societies, busy doing … [Read more...] about Erasmus diaries: The difference between Irish and German universities
Erasmus diaries: “Calling Irish people is a really funny and interesting experience that you shouldn’t miss out on.”
By Anne Rieger I can't believe I'm in NUI Galway for a month already. Time flies, and so do the assignments. This is why today in this column I don't want to talk about anything university - related. Which is hard, because my life is basically on campus at the moment. We need to get your minds off college just for a little while. So here are my top five things I noticed … [Read more...] about Erasmus diaries: “Calling Irish people is a really funny and interesting experience that you shouldn’t miss out on.”
Erasmus Diaries: “Just to find your timetable as an international student seems to require a PhD”
By Anne Rieger What a week. The first week of college is always exciting, no matter what year or what course you are in. There are always new faces and everything is unknown territory. NUI Galway lifted that to a whole new level for me. Picking my courses on my own, making sure they don't clash on my timetable, finding out what I need and finding the rooms in this … [Read more...] about Erasmus Diaries: “Just to find your timetable as an international student seems to require a PhD”
Erasmus Diaries: “Everybody thought I was insane”
By Anne Rieger Hi there. I am Anne, just your average weird German girl. I am 20 years old and I'm in second year of English and Celtic Studies, so basically Ireland with a little side of Irish and Irish as a dessert. I applied for the Erasmus programme a while back, right after I started at my home university of Bonn in Germany. I am pretty sure that everybody thought I … [Read more...] about Erasmus Diaries: “Everybody thought I was insane”