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Dearest followers, First, I'm sorry I haven't been posting! I've been enjoying vacationing and (not so much enjoying) moving out to grad school.  I'm all settled into my apartment and meeting all kinds of new people at orientation for graduate teaching assistants. Don't worry, friends! The Blog will continue to roll out while I'm in grad school - I can't help it!  I love sharing and

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Dearest Followers, Wanted to let you know that I arrived, safe and sound, back on American soil about two weeks ago! The jet lag knocked me outta commission for a few days... And the 4am  jetlag-induced-wakeups were unpleasant... "Well now that I'm awake, I guess I'll just play Candy Crush on my phone  until the sun comes up." But I'm back! I celebrated the 4th

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Dearest Followers, Sorry I've been away for so long!  The school year is winding down, but the craziness is not.  Anyway, I'm going to do a little recap of my life so far... World Cup Update: Since I know very little about "football", I'm making predictions blindly, à la Paul the Octopus.  So far, at the time of posting, I'm 4 for 6 (alas, I picked Uruguay over Costa

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Dearest followers, I am officially the worst blogger to have ever blogged. Okay, maybe not the the worst, but still, I'm really sorry this is such a terribly late post. But in a shocking turn of events, my cold actually turned out to be bronchitis!   (No, seriously, I got bronchitis. While in Germany. Another life event to file under: "Only Me".) Which meant I had to take a week

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Dearest Followers, I'm so sorry I haven't posted my second installment about Ireland yet.  I was supposed to do it this weekend, but I got really sick starting on Thursday. I'm currently writing this hopped up on the last of my DayQuil. So I apologize for any typos or weirdness. I really just wanted to write this post to say: a) That being sick is terrible. Especially when

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Dearest followers, I was going to update you on the long-since-hence Ireland trip (Part II: Electric Boogaloo) and add in a little addendum about my new hair cut, which at the time, I had assumed would be stinkin' cute. And then you guys would think it was cute and I would think it was cute and everything would be cute. So cute, like a kitten. With a hat. LOOK AT ITS LITTLE TAIL. AND

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Hello my dearest followers! Spring has sprung in Chemnitz, finally.  I can finally ditch the big winter jacket on my walks to school, which is pretty awesome. Photo of my backyard (improved through the power of Instagram filters) This past week, I went to Berlin for the Berlin Fulbright Conference!  This year was also the 60th anniversary of the Berlin Conference, which meant we

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Dearest followers, Sorry this post wasn't up sooner!   I was having some trouble loading the photos onto Blogger (sigh) and then the schedule for all the English classes at school changed (double sigh) so I haven't had much time to blog. But hey, it worked out so it's here on St. Patrick's day, so everybody wins! Be warned: this post (and its sequel) are both very image heavy, so it might

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Dearest followers, Regardless of whether you're feeling the love.... Or not... I wish you all a very lovely Valentine's Day! Thank you all for your continued love and support of this shocking inane, occasionally funny, terribly photographed, and generally weird blog. In an attempt to give back the love, I've set up a new email for you, my followers! Naturally it's: &

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Dearest followers, Happy World Nutella Day! (No, seriously, it's an actual day! It has it's own website, ergo, it's real.) And even though Nutella is Italian, it's Germany's favorite thing after real chocolate, beer, bratwurst, and complaining about the weather. So go out and enjoy a spoonful (or maybe even a jarful) today! Also, if you're (somehow) above eating Nutella out of the jar

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Hello my dearest followers, Sorry this last post has been so delayed! I hope all of you, especially those in the grip of the notorious "polar vortex", are enjoying your snow days and staying comfy and warm at home. It's quite cold here in Chemnitz and we got our first snow (that stuck around and then turned into sheets of ice) this Monday.  But more on that later... Coming back to Germany

littlelotte26http://www.blogger.com/profile/12177983969373453373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4009055217709771824.post-21665522312539842692014-01-21T06:30:00.001-08:002014-09-06T13:03:01.775-07:00

Dearest followers, I'm very sorry this post is even more delayed than usual.  I found out last weekend that my grandfather passed away and I haven't really been in a blogging mood. But I hope you'll enjoy this entry while I work on some newer entries. Because I'm massively behind on blogging, I'm doing a round-up (aka a list, aka a summary of my life) with the exception of one journey/

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Dearest followers, I hope you all had lovely holidays with your families, friends, and loved ones! I know I did - hence, no blogging for the past couple of weeks. Okay, so I know New Year's resolutions are apparently now passé - according to some people, even bad for you - but who cares?  They're fun to make and eventually you forget about them. (Well except randomly for that time in

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Dearest Followers, Christmas in Germany isn't just all adorable Christmas markets, chocolate-filled Advent calendars, and O Tannenbaum. Sometimes, Christmas in Germany can be a bit terrifying. 1. Feiertage = No Food As I have previously alluded to, holidays and Sundays in Germany spell death starvation for unwitting foreigners.  This is especially bad during Christmas, when most of

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Dear Followers, Only 5 more days until I land state-side, so here are 5 things that I'm really looking forward to while I'm back home! 1.  Being with family and friends.  Duh. This is self explanatory. But I admit, I have been starved for physical affection/acknowledgment here in Germany, because they don't do hugs (which is just sad).  So I apologize, if I pounce on you, random

littlelotte26http://www.blogger.com/profile/12177983969373453373noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4009055217709771824.post-1772015014177350652013-12-11T13:44:00.003-08:002014-09-06T13:03:01.749-07:00

Dearest followers, Yes, I realize that it's December.  And I'm still doing Fall Break blog entries.   But this is the last one, I swear.   And best, of all, it has pretty pictures! (Well, as pretty as I can manage.) After Melody, Sophia, and I fled the harsh storms of Hamburg, we arrived in Lübeck, which is as adorable and picturesque as everyone has said. 

littlelotte26http://www.blogger.com/profile/12177983969373453373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4009055217709771824.post-67953196462701441192013-11-28T14:47:00.001-08:002014-09-06T13:03:01.955-07:00

Happy Thanksgiving my dearest followers! Okay, I know Thanksgiving is a time to wax sappy and poetic about the people (my family, friends, teachers at Agricola, sometimes my students, and you, vague Internet lurker, reading my blog instead of eating turkey) and the things (Skype, Ritter Sport, the Nischel, dense novels, and perfectly mixed brownie batter), for which you're most thankful, but

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Hello my dearest followers! First things first,  I finally updated my email feed! Yippie! So, if you'd like to receive email updates whenever I post a new entry, just click the little button (the one with the winged letter) on your right and you'll be directed to my new email subscription service! I promise I won't barrage you with emails - just little snippets about the latest posts. I'm

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Dearest followers, I'm terribly sorry the newest blog post isn't up yet! (It was supposed to be up tonight, but life.) I've been diligently working on it, but the past few weeks have been sheer madness at school. Novelty status (for everyone except the 5th graders who spaz out when they see me - it's very sweet, being worshipped) has completely worn off and now most of the students are trying

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Dear followers - Just a forewarning, this post is very image heavy! It might take a while to load. Just two hours over the Germany-Czech border, lies the city at the heart of Old World Europe: Prague. (Or Prag. Or Praha, whichever you prefer.) After our weekend in Dresden and Wittenberg, Melody and I boarded our train to Prague, which was in no way dirty, rickety, or a remainder from DDR times.

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Hello my dearest followers, Two Saturdays ago, I met Melody bright and early on the train to Dresden. Actually, it was early, but hardly bright.  Chemnitz on winter mornings is a little like the North Pole - sad, cold, and penguin-less. In Dresden, we caught up with Philip and Kitty and we (and our Saxony-Ticket) made our way to Wittenberg. Now, every world religion has their religious

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I'm bummed for two reasons: 1) I'm on fall break and therefore, unable to teach the children about the joys of Halloween.  Which also means I can't dress up either. AND YET ANOTHER YEAR GOES BY WHERE I WASTE THE PERFECT COSTUME AND THE CHANCE TO BE A GINGER SCOTTISH DISNEY PRINCESS. 2) Germans don't celebrate Halloween to begin with, so no delicious Tootsie Rolls or pumpkin shaped

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I wrapped up this week by going to the Children's Film Festival with my students! So basically I got to spend the day at the movie theater, seeing international movies and getting to chat with my students and fellow teachers about them.  It was a fun day!  (And the not-teaching may have factored into that too...) I got to see the indie film Molly Maxwell, which was made in Canada and

littlelotte26http://www.blogger.com/profile/12177983969373453373noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4009055217709771824.post-56896413069963365572013-10-15T12:01:00.000-07:002014-09-06T13:03:01.918-07:00

As the old adage goes, when life gives you lemons, you should make lemonade (and maybe invest some vodka, if you want throw a party). But there are no wise proverbs to go with what one should do with fresh pears and pumpkins, gifted to you by a teacher. Luckily, Your Humble Blogger knows just what to do with pears and pumpkins - bake tasty things. I'm an amateur baker at best, but as my dad

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Okay, I swear I will write a post about my school and life in Chemnitz (aka glorious Karl Marx Stadt) soon, but as of right now, here are the things that made my day: 1)  It's not cold and the sun was out.  This has been an improvement since the past few weeks. 2)  I am confident that I have secured the love/undying admiration/devotion/worship of my 5th graders. A whole

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