[Don’t say “Goodbye!” but rather “Until we see each other again!”] Much to the chagrin of my parents, I have in fact decided that I must live in Germany. Not forever! But at least a year or so – I’ll make it happen. I have simply loved my time here, at work, in Berlin, and…

[The Town Hall Rings the Eleventh Hour!] Although I can hardly believe it, this is the last blog post I’ll be writing from the comfort of my hotel room in Berlin-Charlottenburg (thank you, Citadines, it’s been real). Luckily, before the flight back this Saturday, I was able to squeeze in one last trip, this time…

[Beauty and Sadness/Mourning in Poland] In my internship contract, I was given two days off for each full working month. Now that it’s July, I’ll be leaving before the month is out, which, aside from being hard to believe, means there’s less time for potential trips across borders. Luckily for me, my boss is super…

[Lingua franca of music] Music has been a constant for me while abroad, and although I do love listening to music I’m familiar with, I don’t use AirPods in public too often, because live music is all over the place in Berlin and it’d be a shame to miss it. I’ve heard a band march…

[Many small people] It has been an eventful week; for one thing, I’m lucky enough that my family was able to visit me here in Berlin! They arrived on Friday, and we spent the weekend exploring the area, from the Berlin Wall all the way to Potsdam, a neighboring city in the state of Brandenburg….

[Museums and more from Germany to Austria] In my last post, I mentioned how my group had planned trip to Vienna — that was 6 days ago now, and it was incredible. From a historic standpoint, it had to be one of the more impressive cities I’ve visited, especially with its reputation as the “City…

[Community without borders] Last weekend was the first time we traveled outside of Berlin—outside of Germany, even, visiting Amsterdam in the Netherlands! It was a beautiful city, and one I’d very much like to visit again. We became aware that many of us in the program had Thursday and Friday off for a national holiday…

[Life and work in east Berlin] It was nice to have some time to settle into life in Berlin before starting our internships, but I’m happy to report that so far I am loving my job! The archival team at Ernst Busch Universität (“Hochschule für Schauspielkunst”, a university for theatre arts) has been incredibly welcoming;…

[My first week in Berlin] It has been an incredible first week here in the heart of the German capital. I have so much gratitude for our IIP host company, Intrax, for providing us with the wonderful Britta Kallmann, who has been nothing but enthusiastic this entire week. She has truly taken us all over…