December is a month of joy, happiness, presents and snow; and stress also. In this period everyone is rushing to put an end to the work related to this year in order to start fresh the new year to come. Through out the whole year people encounter both beautiful, happy and sad, heartrendering moments, and in [...]

A couple of weeks ago, I experienced my first Christmas market in Erfurt, Germany also known as Weihnachtsmarkt. In other regions such as south Germany, it’s called a Christkindlesmarkt. These markets supposedly originated in the middle ages. It’s a very beautiful sight scattered all around the city center. There are two epicenters. One is situated [...]

Last Tuesday I took the TestDaF for the second time. This time taking the test itself was much easier because it was in São Paulo. I didn’t have to travel since my parents live near the city and I could sleep over at a friend’s house so I would already be in the city at [...]