Berlin Dreaming
Posted October 12, 2015
by Annabel Liou Berlin feels like a dream now that I’ve been back at Northwestern for a month. Take any American street I’ve walked...Category: History
The “frenchness” of the French
Posted October 12, 2015
Throughout my first few weeks in France one thing that has stood out to me is the “frenchness” of the people. This may sound...
Les Demoiselles d’Avignon
Posted October 2, 2015
During my trip to Barcelona I stayed in the Gothic neighborhood (which I highly recommend) and went on a free walking tour offered by...
Since I’ve been gone…from Mexico
Posted September 22, 2015
Well it is now September and school is starting up. In my family September signifies more than the start of school – it is...
Liebe Berlin
Posted September 17, 2015
One time I wrote a blog post sitting alone in a crowded airport terminal, inwardly nervous about flying 8 hours across the world’s largest ocean (jk...
#OPENSTELLENBOSCH… but is it actually closed?
Posted September 8, 2015
On one of our museum trips, we watched a short documentary about the Soweto Uprising. We had the opportunity to watch real footage of...
Feeling Otherness & Other Things
Posted September 1, 2015
Long time, no blog! I want to apologize for not keeping up with this blog during my actual time on the program. If anything,...
A Weekend in Weimar
Posted July 30, 2015
A few weekends ago, the NU IPD program in Berlin took a trip to Weimar to celebrate the end of the first session of...
Berlin a City of Giants
Posted July 20, 2015
As an engineering student at Northwestern, it has been a while since I’ve had classes which required me to read primary sources and write...
Let's go to the beach
Posted July 7, 2015
Berlin has hit a monster heat wave these past few days, which wouldn’t be so bad but Europe doesn’t believe in AC like they...