Today is the day that I was supposed to be in Berlin as a part of Fulbright’s celebration of the program’s partnerships across Europe and its mission to further intercultural exchange. Instead, I’m sitting in the kitchen in my brother’s apartment in Lowell, MA. Instead of staying in Berlin with the friends that I have …
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COVID-19 in Germany: Exchange Programs in Crisis
By now it isn’t a secret that the novel coronavirus has spread far and wide throughout the world. It’s been quite an ordeal as things have developed so quickly here over the past few weeks. The situation in Germany alone escalated quickly over the last few days, and I’m still waiting for more updates from …
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A Fulfilling February
More than half of my time here in Wolfsburg has passed, and even though the city center itself is quite small, there are some areas that I haven’t explored as much yet. The days are starting to become longer again, which has been a major boost for my overall state of well-being. During the darkest …
What Does Iran Have to Do with Euro 2020?
“How are you? I don’t think it is a good idea to travel to the soccer game in Azerbaijan.” This is the text message I received from my mom a few days ago on WhatsApp (Sorry to put you on the spot like this, Anya!). In order to understand how we got here, we have …
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New Year, More Traveling
I am officially done with the 2019 portion of my Fulbright grant in Germany! It’s crazy to think that I’m not even halfway done with my time here, and going into 2020, there is one thing that I want to accomplish with the rest of my time here more than anything, and that is to …
Nuremberg: A City With a Long and Complicated History
On the weekend of my birthday, my girlfriend, Sandra, met me in Germany, and instead of staying in Wolfsburg, we decided to travel to a different German city. When we were deciding where we wanted to go, I gave her a list of a few different cities and towns in Germany, some of the highlights …
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Dean Martin, Italian Food, Volcano: What Do These Words Have in Common?
If you guessed that they are all things you think of when you hear the word Naples, then you’re right! At least for me, I suppose. One great thing about the Fulbright Program, and especially in Germany, is that there are some long vacations throughout the year planned that allow you to travel a decent …
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Fulbright Orientation: The Good and the Bad
This post might be a little more boring for those who aren’t interested in applying for the Fulbright Program, but if you stick to the end I promise you’ll see some nice pictures from those few days in a town on the outskirts of Cologne called Altenberg. I had been in Europe for two long …
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Unnecessary Travel Stresses
Part of the purpose for this blog post is to inform you all about being smart when it comes to traveling, and the other is to remind myself to never do what I did again. I’ve referenced them before and I’m going to do it again, but Kara and Nate are these full-time YouTube travelers …
A Quick Update
Just to start, I just want to apologize to everyone and myself for not writing for so long. It’s been a pretty hectic couple of weeks, and today’s actually been the first day that I’ve had to just sit and relax, so let me catch you all up on what has been going on: Two …
Teacher Tommy's Travels 