This is Africa: Zambia Edition

“Just remember T.I.A,” I was told, “This. Is. Africa.” as I stepped off the plane and face first into the Zambian midday heat. I turned to the Scottish teacher who had decided to live and work in Zambia as a fulltime job. She smirked at my confused expression. “Don’t ever be upset or insulted if you arrange to meet at 9am and the Zambian turns up at 7pm. That is normal.”

Sticker Mania

Ever heard of a sticker wall?

I love FREE stickers. You love FREE stickers too? Wuhoooo, listen up!

Honestly, I had never heard a sticker wall as such but I came across the idea as a surprise present for a friend who lovvvveeees collecting stickers. I decided to collect as many stickers as possible and then make a sticker wall out of it. Sounds odd, but I can guarantee that the finished products reaps in the compliments.

Quick Guide to a Cheap Stay by Lake Constance

If you study in Tübingen like I do, then you’ll have definitely heard at some point that the bus semester ticket allows you to travel to Lake Constance (Boden See in German) for free. The question is; have you been yet?

Back at it again?

Hey hey, guess who’s blogging again?

Yes, yes…. I know. I may or may not have a lot of explaining to do about the lack of posting..

Mainly, my lack of posting is due to being quite overwhelmed during my first year at University in Germany. As an explanation and with the benefit of hindsight, I brainstormed the main reasons for neglecting the baby that was this blog idea and decided to include them in my first blog entry back in the scene.

10 Things I Wish I’d Known Before Moving To Germany

I was checking out my calendar when I came to realise that I moved to Germany six weeks ago. Six?! Sure these last weeks have been intense, full-on and hard work but I have had the best time so far.

Verbindung? Huh?

I’d never heard of ‘Verbindungen’ until I first visited Tübingen in February earlier this year. Considering there is no British equivalent, I was seriously intrigued and somewhat bewildered that it existed in Germany. So what are Verbindungen?

A German Freshers Week

Germany’s take on Freshers Week is…different. Forget going out every night, trying out all the night clubs, loud pre-drinks in every pantry and girls wearing next-to-no clothes in the unforgivingly cold Scottish winds. I would even go as far as saying that Tübingen doesn’t have a Freshers Week as such. However, this does not mean a Freshers Week in Tübingen is boring. In fact, quite the opposite.

Uni Application from Hell

When I first told people that I was moving to Germany they all quickly replied asking if I was nervous. They’d watch me intently as I calculated a suitable answer. Truthfully, I was extremely nervous one second, then genuinely excited to move country the next. I guess I just had no idea what to expect but having moved away from home before made me somehow calm(-ish) when I needed to be.

Welcome & What To Expect

When I was in my last year of school, it was pretty much drilled into our minds that we would go to a respectable university in Britain to study a respectable degree. Which fair enough worked out for some of my classmates, but for me lead to an extremely turbulent 2 years after leaving school.