When I started to make all these plans and try my best so I could study in Germany I also realized that there was something very basic I would need: money. Maybe not for the trip itself, because it was still so far away, but especially for everything I would have to do in the [...]

For those of you who travel a lot, you will easily be able to relate to my experience. Even those who don’t travel, yet have a busy schedule based on specific appointments, meetings, and events, you will also be able to know how I felt on my trip from San Francisco to Rostock. It had [...]

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 [...]

I have to confess that I have been spending a lot of time learning German and the test-DaF preparation course has been quite intense for me.  There are really a lot of tasks I have to get used to and all the exercises have a certain timing to be finished, what is tricky. It feels [...]

When I decided that I wanted to study in Germany I used to spend a lot of time thinking about what I could do so I could make it happen. Of all the ideas I had, I started following some that I believed would take me in that direction. I studied harder and with more [...]

I wasn’t looking for anything. The second time around in Berlin I was just happy to see the city again. I didn’t expect to come back so soon, after I had realized in 2007 that it was the city I liked most among all I had visited in Europe. I wanted to see the places [...]

I shall be going to Germany for the first time this summer, for a stay of 2.5 months. This is all the more exciting because it’s my first trip outside India.

I have been in Germany, specifically in Berlin, since the end of March of this year to prepare myself for the TestDaf (a language proficient test for German, like a TOEFL or IELTS for English) and to the entrance examinations of the master course I want to study here. Two weeks ago though, I decided [...]

I’m writing this with the taste of a three-course two-Michelin-stars restaurant meal in my mouth, as I’m contemplating whether I should have a glass of water (cos I’m thirsty) or would that numb the taste. The mentioned restaurant is Fischers Fritz which remains the only current Berlin establishment to hold the accolade of two Michelin [...]

I have had addictions. Television, for example, has played an important role in my life. As a sociologist who works with communication and mass media, television was part of my daily scientific schedule: News reports, reality shows, documentaries, entertainment shows. I watched it all. However my new life in Germany has faced changes and one [...]