Hello readers, It was a great trip to my University in Erlangen last week and I had a very successful time overall. The comfort of travelling by Deutsche Bahn is something that has to be experienced. The automatic doors, the unfailing Reiseplan always at your seats, the beautiful landscapes whizzing past you at more than [...]

The past week has been quite good and I have now got used to the new place but still getting used to taking the bus to my language school. Being at the bus stop within the right time every day is a good exercise at practicing punctuality and blending into the German system and I [...]

Hello readers, The past week had really nothing remarkable to report about except that I had to shift from my current room, where I had been staying for the past 3 months, to another room a little away from the language school. A bit sad since I had become used to this place very much [...]

The last week was very important to the DAAD scholarship holders from the South Asia region – includes India, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka. We had an Orientation seminar held at Bonn, hosted by the Referat 425 – Südasien. The major division of the DAAD structure that concerns our region is the Programmabteilung Süd with [...]

We were a group of 8 friends and decided to check-out Frankfurt over the weekend. We went for the “Hessen-Ticket” option whereby the prices get crazily cheaper. A group of 5 persons can travel in all trains other than ICE, throughout the State of Hessen for that specified day for 30 Euros. So it works [...]

Earlier in July I had made a trip to Erlangen (where I would be starting my research from October). Here, its always wise to plan and book tickets for your train travel as early as possible as the rates get much higher when booked late. Though I did my reservation late, I was lucky to [...]

Hello readers I hope it has been a great week for you all. With me it was a crazy week with so many activities. But let me pick up from where I left last time.. On our very first day in Germany we ‘dared’ to take a bus to meet Megha, who was allotted a [...]

I am Ram Shankar, from Chennai, India. I hold a Masters in Biotechnology from Anna University, Chennai. I am 24 years old and I have got my DAAD scholarship to pursue my doctorate studies in the ‘Bioverfahrenstechnik’ lab at the Friedrich – Alexander Universität Erlangen – Nuernberg. I would like to share my experiences in [...]