The most famous  music festival of all time happened between the 15th and 18th August 1969 in Bethel, USA. Representatives of popular rock, folk and progressive music composed Woodstock Music and Art Festival’s line-up, an event with historical and cultural value not only for the history of music but also an event representing the “spirit” [...]

In recent days I was twice in Ingolstadt, a city close to Eichstätt. My university has a campus each in those two cities, 7 facultys are settled in Eichstätt while the Faculty of Business Administration and Economics has its seat in Ingolstadt. On May 26th I had the honor to see a jazz concert from [...]

I chose as the topic of my seminar paper Thomas Mann’s short story “Little Mr. Friedmann”. It was also a great opportunity to know more about Thomas Mann’s biography and work, and also casted doubt upon the real role his Brazilian background played in his works. Then I decided to figure out my doubts and [...]

Last sunday was one of that days when everything was about food.  First, my tutor cooked Asparagus for lunch and invited me to join her, later with other friends, we inaugurated our brand-new Grill. First, I must say what’s exactly a Tutor. Well, a regular student at the university who helps us to get along [...]

I was for a couple days in Stuttgart and must say it is impressive how many structural changes the city is experiencing.  Epecially in the outskirts around the main train station you can see big machines working or entire buildings being demolished. Every city is constantly changing, just like their residents. I made this comparison [...]

I confess, I had a lot of self-confidence for this first month in Germany. That’s obviously because of my first experience here, in 2005, as a student in Gymnasium. But things were not so easy like I imagined, I went through the same feelings: I missed my family, got lost in the city, got confused [...]