…doesn’t work. In Heidelberg, to get credit for a course you have to ask your teacher for a “Schein” which can be either graded or ungraded. The University of Utah requires that we get grades for the classes that we take and we must show something for it. Despite that they know the German schools [...]
Archive for January, 2009
The “Schein” System…
Posted in General, tagged german school system, shein, transfer credit on January 29, 2009 | 2 Comments »
The REAL Disney Princess Castle!
Posted in General, tagged disney princess castle, füssen, germany, hohenschwangau, neuschwanstein, schwangau on January 21, 2009 | 1 Comment »
This past weekend, Austin and I decided to be more adventurous than our typical day trips to cities within a pretty small radius around Heidelberg. We went for an overnight in Füssen and Schwangau to se the REAL Disney princess castle! It’s one of those places that you see in pictures and you think, “it [...]
Stuttgart, Germany
Posted in General, tagged castle, germany, mercedes benz museum, staatsgalerie, stuttgart on January 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Sunday, Austin and I made the quick hour and a half (shorter with the fast trains) from Heidelberg to Stuttgart mainly to see the Mercedes Benz museum. It was built in 2004 and even just the building is impressive to say nothing about what is inside the doors. We wanted to also go to the [...]
Learning a Foreign Language
Posted in General, tagged difficulty, foreign language, problems on January 12, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The hardest part about moving to another country is learning the language. Not only do you second guess everything you think but you also become less talkative regardless of your personality type which results in not really being able to get to know other people and even when you meet other people, there is the [...]
Jet Lag
Posted in General, tagged jet lag on January 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
When we went home for Christmas, I had no problem getting used to the 8 hour time difference. Probably due to the fact that I was so excited to finally go home and see my family and didn’t want to miss out on any of the short time that I had there. However, the past [...]
twitter- frauflinn: @melissaflinn who do you think i'm talking about?...I only worked with three people :) March 14, 2009
- frauflinn: People who are morons should be fired. Peter Principle doesn't even apply...there is no specific competence required. March 12, 2009
- frauflinn: Daylight Savings Time is killing me...it's just too hard to go to the pool when it's still dark and then leave in the dark too. March 10, 2009
- frauflinn: since i have nothing else to do with my days, i have been filling them with exercise. the result: i fall asleep at 7:30 and am kind-of sore March 6, 2009
- frauflinn: I guess I will be going to the Draper temple today...only if climbing at the Front is also in the plans. March 3, 2009
