Oestrich-Winkel, Germany

... good, except for the large guy beside me who took over half my seat. I had to take a train and then a bus to get to Oestrich-Winkel.  I met a fellow U of C'er, Grant Young, on the bus and we got along really well. We missed the welcome dinner, so we ...

... a going away party for the full-time international students at EBS and met some really interesting people from L.A., France, Madrid, Germany and Hungary. There were two Canadians from Toronto too, so we reminisced about Tim Hortons. It's a shame I couldn ...

Hi everyone! Everything is going really well! The hotel (Hotel Ruthmann) is really cozy and I have a view of the Rhine from my room. Everyone I have met here is really friendly and helpful - totally not my original perception of Germans (sorry, my German ...