Confessions of a Wandering Gypsy Princess

So I waited until 2, which is the maximum amount of time I would stick around for. Now I need to go shopping, and on my list is vitamins for hair, simply because I am terrified to go and get my hair cut by a German. Of the 4 or 5 hair cuts [...]

And I think I got the short end of the stick.  Im sitting here waiting for the old owner of the apartment to finally show up and collect the last of his books and office furniture out of the basement, and the German is gone for a working weekend.  And I know as soon as [...]

Although I am really happy with my program, this sunshine is tempting me horribly! However I will go for the ultimate compromise, sitting on my balcony with my books and a cup of coffee and studying out there. Did I mention I love our new apartment? And while out there I will [...]

It really seems like this program is a series of hurdles that you just need to get over.  I can remember as a kid I ran track & field.  Never seriously, I was never an athletic person, but a lot of my friends were on the team and it was the only time I enjoyed [...]

A happy day for consumerism!  First off, not only did I pass, but I passed well on my exam, and since I thought I just barely passed after the grilling I received, well, I am on top of the world at the moment!  And that makes me want to reward myself with presents, since Sephora [...]

Because Latin names are making me giddy (and because you can apparently fail your exam twice in Germany and only the third time counts, go figure, And no mother, I have no intentions of failing due to the sheer shame of failing a course that is not hard just a lot to remember, but that [...]

I have resorted to using flip cards (index cards) in an attempt to learn the Latin names of common crops and weeds, I have the exam tomorrow, and they said we would have to know them. How many however is something else, to commit to memory these names is going to take me at [...]