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  • Christmas in Minnesota 2023

    Minneapolis, Minnesota is my hometown, the place where I grew up and that I hold dear to my heart. It’s where I spent my childhood and where many of my cherished memories were made. I didn’t realize how much this city impacted me until I left. However, luckily, I got…

  • 5 Truths About Living in a Foreign Country

    It is far from easy, but it is worth it. I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again, moving abroad to Berlin, Germany when I was 23 years old was the best decision of my life. It was also the most difficult. I recently came up on six years of living in Germany…

  • Czech Republic

    Czech Republic

    During the Summer of 2019, I went to Prague. I planned this trip semi-spontaneously because I was worried that something terrible was going to happen. Nothing terrible ended up happening, but if it would have, this trip would have been my distraction from it all. At the time, I was…

  • Greece

    Gyros in Greece In the summer of 2021, seven friends and I booked a-week long vacation to Crete, Greece. My American ass did not even know where Greece was on a map, but I sure knew how beautiful it was and how much I would love visiting! If there was…

  • Racism: Germany vs. America

    Racism: Germany vs. America

    To date, I’ve lived in Germany for 4.5 years; January 12, 2022 marks my 5 year anniversary here. During my 4.5 years in Germany, I have not experienced a lick of racism, and I am confident that going further, I also will not. Quick background on me: I am a…