{"id":1110,"date":"2022-09-14T17:20:09","date_gmt":"2022-09-14T17:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.mlc-wels.edu\/study-abroad\/?p=1110"},"modified":"2022-09-14T17:20:17","modified_gmt":"2022-09-14T17:20:17","slug":"hot-takes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.mlc-wels.edu\/study-abroad\/2022\/09\/14\/hot-takes\/","title":{"rendered":"Hot Takes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Germany is super different from what I\u2019m used to. First of all, the other German students dress a little more formally. I could count on one hand the number of students I\u2019ve seen with athletic shorts. For someone with no fashion sense, it\u2019s tough to be denied your go-to outfit. For another thing, it feels like you have to pay for everything. Free bathrooms and water fountains are a scarcity, so you really have to plan out the little things about your day. Berlin is also a lot more diverse than I thought. There are so many different cultures here, with communities such as Turkish, Vietnamese, or Middle Eastern. It\u2019s weird to hear so many people speaking German, especially when your mind thinks of English as the classic language. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a whole, however, I love being here. There have been setbacks, like figuring out transportation, money, and getting hit by a car (with minimal injury, by what I can only imagine is the grace of God). My host family is nice, and we\u2019ve been speaking German most of the time. For more complex conversations, like about politics or current events, we\u2019ll use English. The experience of living in a large city is a new one to me, and it\u2019s great to have so much to do within about an hour of me. We\u2019ve already been to the Berlin Wall Memorial, the Berlin Zoo, and a Fu\u00dfball match (as they call it) in the Olympic stadium, to name a few. Public transportation allows us to get to pretty much anywhere in the city, and while it may take longer than driving, it\u2019s very easy to use and navigate.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Classes are a bit different than what I\u2019m used to. For one, going to school in a secular atmosphere is a lot different than what I’ve been doing for the last six years, so it\u2019s a lot to get used to. It\u2019s very interesting to see what an education in this atmosphere is like. Josiah and I are taking a German class, an Art and Dictatorship class, and a Pop Culture class. Each class heavily involves German culture and has field trips every couple of weeks, something that MLC does not have, but really should (@prezgurgel).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Otherwise, things are going well. Josiah and I have been exploring Germany, and have been working on some future trips that we\u2019re excited about. The highlight of the past weekend was our trip to Wittenberg, the birthplace of the Reformation. We put the day to the fullest use we could. We managed to visit the Lutherhaus, Melanchthon’s house, the Castle Church, the Stadt Church, and the Assisi Panorama, and topped it off with a short organ concert. As a whole, the history of everything we see is just staggering. Everything seems to have a rich past that is just waiting to be discovered. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s all for now. Attached are a couple pictures of my time. These are just a few first impressions of the city, and I\u2019m sure these will change a lot more in the coming days. Bis sp\u00e4ter!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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At Schlosskirche, where Martin Luther nailed the 95 theses<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Hertha BSC game with some other FU-BEST students<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Baby panda at the Berlin Zoo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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