Destination: Germany

Sleeping Pigeons

Wed, 27 May 2015 | By gush | Views [155] | Scholarship Entry

Nineteen years old. High-school over. What's better than a road-trip across Europe? Actually a train-trip: an Interrail! And not exactly across Europe, but only in Germany. I didn't get why everyone wanted to go to France or Spain: easy idioms and hot ... Read more >

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In Berlin living the dream

Tue, 26 May 2015 | By notwithoutannarchy | Views [165] | Scholarship Entry

Go. Travel. As far as you can. For as long as you can. Run. Cycle Fly. Bus. Take the train. Drive. But just go. Live in Berlin for a month or 2, 3, 4, even 6. But just go. As soon as you can…but ssshhh it’s a secret and I’ll tell you why. Part of me doesn’t ... Read more >

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City Waterfall

Tue, 26 May 2015 | By asha18117 | Views [156] | Scholarship Entry

At the break of dawn I was awakened by a voice of the bus driver informing the sleepy passengers that we had arrived to our destination. My dreamscape quickly dissolved as the excitement of the unknown kicked in. I was alone in a new city with only one ... Read more >

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The Palace of Tears

Tue, 26 May 2015 | By 400tx | Views [141] | Scholarship Entry

“GDR passport stamp. TWO EURO!” yelled the stern woman in a bad military uniform. Nearby, two less stern men in equally bad uniforms stood with US and Soviet flags, vying for the attention (and money) of the camera-toting crowds. Behind them, a small ... Read more >

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The way to the black sea

Tue, 26 May 2015 | By gabriel | Views [321] | Comments [1] | Scholarship Entry

It happened not from the first trials, but was planned to take place in Germany. Since I got my Schengen visa, I started my research about Greifswald, where the international student festival takes place. When I saw the map of the place, the idea of visiting ... Read more >

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Photos: Berlin

Tue, 26 May 2015 | By new_ann | Photo Gallery

My lover Berlin

Tue, 26 May 2015 | By new_ann | Views [199] | Scholarship Entry

Berlin and I, initially were like former lovers. We had to talk, but we didn’t stand each other. However, later we decided to give our relationship another chance. The heart of Berlin, the heart of my city-lover, one would never find in museums, libraries, ... Read more >

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Photos: And it doesn't mean we're lost! (c)

Tue, 26 May 2015 | By nazarshowing | Photo Gallery

It doesn't mean we're lost! (c)

Tue, 26 May 2015 | By nazarshowing | Views [322]

This trip took place some years ago, when I came to Germany to visit my friend. We came to many places that time, including Berlin, Erfurt and some other cities and towns in the East of Germany. I must say that every journey of mine has a single trip, ... Read more >

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Pizzeria "Mama Rose" in Mützingen

Tue, 26 May 2015 | By thestefania_trips | Views [323] | Scholarship Entry

The second time I helped a German family in exchange for food and accommodation, I expected all kind of excitement and energy, which I felt, but I wasn’t expecting fear and anxiousness as well. The house was huge, self-built and its tree trunk walls ... Read more >

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Berlin's U-Bahn lines

Tue, 26 May 2015 | By lessie | Views [196] | Scholarship Entry

Do you know those depressing days when you get the feeling that your life is always the same? Well, on one of those days you might decide to do something different: pick a random street, walking forward, just to see where it leads. I live in Berlin: no ... Read more >

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Tucked away in Monschau

Tue, 26 May 2015 | By smuia | Views [247] | Scholarship Entry

The steady flowing river had been our constant companion from the moment we walked into the town. Now it had disappeared. Instead, all around us were trees and green shrubbery. Although the cold mountainous air was chilling me to the bone, one breath ... Read more >

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Pride and Prejudice

Tue, 26 May 2015 | By sarahodonnell | Views [12492] | Comments [4] | Scholarship Entry

“The Schwules Museum, one of the largest and most important cultural institutions documenting LGBT culture from around the world, is located just a short walk from Nollendorfplatz”, the guidebook promised. Over an hour and a few heated discussions about ... Read more >

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Travel Temple

Tue, 26 May 2015 | By mariegoingplaces | Views [218] | Scholarship Entry

The imposing Glass Wall Front that welcomed human masses from all over the World gave the Structure of the Building a scent of twenty first century modernism. Despite the open Gates and Welcome signs, the entire complex contrasted brutally with the environment ... Read more >

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Berlin, help me to survive this deadly love

Mon, 25 May 2015 | By nastygrace | Views [198] | Scholarship Entry

I arrived in Berlin, trying to forget a man, whose name I wanted to shout from the rooftops. I wanted to cry him out, to shout him with words, to hear out with music. Everything in this city sounded like him. He had lived here and I knew where he walked, ... Read more >

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