‘Uit’ and About in Utrecht

Last weekend, I headed (initially as a surprise which didn't turn out as a surprise) to the Netherlands to see Leigh, one of my bestest buddies who I met back at college in German class. Last year, she moved to Utrecht, or a little town nearby, and after seeing that there are direct trains from…

July 2016 in pictures

This month is going to seem more like a big holiday photo collection - Tim and I went to Great Britain (and it was Tim's first time there!). I'll write a more detailed post about the trip, so for now you get an overview through a random selection of photos. The first half of the…

An Alphabet List of Christmas and New Year

Two years ago for my year abroad blog, to spice things up a bit (i.e. to avoid the diary-like style), I wrote an alphabetical list about my Christmas and New Year at home. It made lots of fun, as a German may say, so I thought I'd do this again. But I've given myself the…

Graduation Week

Man sollte gehen, wenn es am schönsten ist*, and that's exactly what I did - yesterday I left Exeter for good. Finished. Finito. But I'm not sure it has actually fully sunk in yet. I haven't really felt the need to be sad. There have been moments of 'wow, it's all coming to an end', but never…