Hallo, colleagues, friends and readers! Well, January is already past! Seriously??? Wow, it was really fast! I don’t know if you felt the same, but it was like a week for me. Possibly I had this feeling because of the avalanche of exams, papers and deadlines. – By the way, is there life after deadlines? [...]

I would like to wish a wonderful New Year for everybody, especially for those who read this blog regularly I wish unforgettable experiences for those who are moving to and from Germany. I hope they can enjoy this country and leave the best from both cultures. Exchange is not always easy, but it is always profitable – when you have an open mind. Problems will happen – fact! –, but the solutions are at your hands.

Dear friends and readers, Today I will write about the decision to learn German in Germany. However I will not give any ready decision: “this is the best”. Instead, I will give some pros and contras on doing both, considering my previous experience on learning (other) languages. Well, I have frequently studied English and French [...]

Hallo, colleagues, friends and readers! Here I am once again to share my thoughts. This time, as promised, I will talk about my first impressions of Germany and the frightening “culture shock”. There are now more than two months I am living in Germany, although it seems far less for me. Well, I have already [...]

Dear colleagues, friends and readers, In this first post, I would like to introduce myself and share my first thoughts when I arrived in Germany. Well, my name is Thiago Noce and I am Italian-Brazilian. I was born in Belo Horizonte, the capital of (the federal state of) Minas Gerais, Brazil. I have a Bachelor’s [...]