September 2010
5 posts
Germany
I spent the past 2 weekends visiting various cities in Germany - Stuttgart, Munich, Trier, and Saarburg. All very distinct from each other, I was lucky to experience different flavors of Germany with each stop.
Day 1: Stuttgart
First stop was Stuttgart, last Friday. Famous as the site of Porche and BMW, our first stop was of course the Porche museum. I didn’t expect to be too interested...
Cultural Fast Food
This is just a small anecdote, but I’ve found it interesting to notice how fast food menus vary depending on the region. Today when I was walking around Luxembourg, I saw an ad for the McDonalds “Nürnberger” - a bun with 3 bratwursts and cheese, which apparently debuted in Germany earlier this year. Then I remembered that in Costa Rica, they served “McPinto” with the...
Museum Connections
Now that I’ve visited 5 art museums in France, I’m starting to become familiar with some of the artists whose work has been shown in several places. This type of exposure is the best way to really learn about the artists and their work. I got so excited when I started recognizing the same artists at the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Nice that I’d first encountered in...
Antibes, Nice, Monaco: A Weekend in the French...
This weekend’s adventures started on Thursday night, when I and a group of GTL students rushed to the train station after French class to board the couchette - the sleeper TGV train. The couchette is certainly a unique experience - triple bunk beds on both side of each “room,” leaving not even enough headroom to sit up straight. The only options for those who wanted to hang out...