• Article

    Welcome

    Hello and welcome to my blog! This blog is primarily aboutmy experiences during my semester abroad. However, I have already written other articles about vacations or other experiences. I recommend to start at “About me & this blog”. If you have any questions or suggestions feel free to comment my articles or fill out the contact formular. You can find that formular in the menu under “contact”. And now, please enjoy reading!

  • Vacation

    Bonjour Paris!

    After a long time once again a: Hello and welcome back to my blog! The past weekend has excited me so much that I wanted to share this experience. On Wednesday evening right after work, we headed to Paris by car. A city that was never on my bucket list and that I didn’t necessarily intended to visit. After almost seven hours of driving through the Netherlands, Belgium and France, we arrived in the middle of the night. The previous 750km drive, however, was nothing like what awaited us in Paris. No stop lines on the roads, everyone was crisscrossing, overtaking from the right and honking all the time. The…

  • Studying

    Costs and Financing in Studies

    Hello and welcome back to my blog! Although education in Germany is free in theory, the reality is a bit different. Although semester fees have been abolished, there are nevertheless semester fees. At state universities and colleges, these are used to cover administrative costs and the semester ticket. In the Bachelor’s program, the fees are usually around 300€ per semester, but the amount can vary. In the Master’s program, the situation is quite different, but more about that later. Bachelor Under the age of 25, the following costs are incurred in most cases during studies: Semester fee Rent Food & cosmetics Leisure activities, streaming, etc. Of course, there may be…

  • Studying

    Studying- Easy Peasy Lemon Squeezy?!

    Hello and welcome back to my blog! Today I would like to go into more detail about studying and explain how the NC is made up. Numerus Clausus (NC)- what does it actually mean? The Numerus Clausus (NC) is an admission restriction of universities, schools and colleges. It comes into effect when there are more applicants than study places. Let’s assume there are 80 study places but 200 applicants. Then the places are allocated according to grade point average in the German Abitur. This means that those with an average of 1.0 will be accepted immediately, then those with an average of 1.1, and so on. The person who is…

  • Studying

    Choosing the right course of study

    Hello and welcome to my blog! Bachelor’s degree, enrollment, NC, master’s degree, diploma, …what is all this? The following articles will explain these terms and much more and are for all those who are considering whether they want to study or have always wanted to know what such studies really look like. Maybe it will help some to decide for or against a study. I myself studied international industrial engineering at the Emden/Leer University of Applied Sciences and can give you a few tips to help you on your way. A few years ago, the diploma was abolished throughout Germany and the degrees were adjusted. After receiving the general entrance…

  • Article,  Vacation

    Wine a little you´ll feel better.

    Hello and welcome to a new article! As already mentioned in the previous article (“Vacation in Rheinland-Pfalz.”), after six days in the Pfalz the journey continued to the Mosel. As our first destination we chose the Schmitt-Hof vineyard, which is in the village of Thörnich. This small village is located directly at the Mosel and about 25km north of Trier. There we stayed two nights. The first day we spent exploring the surroundings by racing bike. We fought our way up the mountain between the vineyards and enjoyed the cool headwind on the way down. The next day we had no choice but to stay in the motorhome. It was…

  • Article,  Vacation

    Vacation in Rheinland-Pfalz

    Hello and welcome back to a new article! About two weeks ago I started my second holiday with the camper. Due to the worldwide Corona pandemic it was clear from the beginning that I would not go abroad. At that time there was no real plan, where it should go to, yet. It was only clear that we would go to the Pfalz and then to the Mosel. But that’s exactly the beauty of a holiday with a camper van – you go somewhere and stay where you like it. About an hour after departure, I got a call from a very good friend who currently lives in Bochum. At…

  • Semester Abroad 2020,  Article

    Goodbye

    Hello and welcome back to my blog! Today the last post about my semester abroad will probably appear, because I’m already writing my last exam on Monday. Finally I could not return to Pécs. In general it will probably take some time until I can go back to Hungary again. Nevertheless, the time in Hungary counts as one of the best in my whole studies. When I think back, I get tears in my eyes. I got to know so many great and wonderful people, learned so much, had a lot of fun and took so much with me. I have become even more independent, have experienced first hand what…

  • About Hungary

    Easter traditions in Hungary

    Hello and welcome back to my blog! I hope you all had, despite the current situation, nice easter days. Hungary has its own tradition for Easter, which is called “húsvéti locsolkodás” (english: “pouring at Easter”). On this day the girls stay at home and wait for the men, who either alone or in groups, wander through the village and “haunt” the girls. When the men arrive, the young women try to flee, but are then “captured”. Then the men recite a rhyme that they have learned by heart and ask for permission. Afterwards the women are “watered”. In the past it was a bucket of water, today it’s more like…

  • Semester Abroad 2020

    Not bored at all

    Hello and welcome back to my blog! The previous week before the last, the online courses started for me. How can I put this? It takes some time getting used to it. The lecturer and we students meet in Microsoft teams for a meeting. While we leave our microphones and cameras turned off, because the internet connection is not good enough for 30 people to talk at the same time, the lecturer talks to us and shares his or her screen with us so we can watch the presentation. Even though everyone tries hard to make it as “normal” and exciting as possible, it doesn’t really work. However, I’m glad…

  • Semester Abroad 2020

    The Temporary End

    Welcome back to my blog! This article is the hardest to write for me so far, because I am back in Germany. The last week began as usual. I attended the lectures, met my friends and from one day to the next it was like this: The university will be closed for the while due to the corona virus and I will go back to East Frisia. On Wednesday afternoon of March 11th I stood at the train station in Pécs and welcomed my boyfriend whom I had not seen for seven weeks. Afterwards we went to the apartment we had booked. It was located in the middle of the…