Yes, it really does exist: After-Erasmus depression. It also caught me. I’m sitting on my bed surrounded by three half unpacked suitcases for 3 days now. Somehow I can't move, I can't clean up anything, I don't want to get out....
Nobody wants to admit it or even pronounce it, but the semester abroad also has an end. Five months go by faster than you think. Peng Poof...a semester is passed. While some Erasmus students returned home at the end of...
Looking at my bank account makes me kind of hysterical, because soon even my last reserves will be spent. I really belong to the poor students now. I'm broke now, but I have made thousands of wonderful experiences. I know, it...
Yes, it is true, Erasmus students spend most of their evenings in bars, on the piazza or in the club…at least at the beginning, when everything is new and you have to find your "role" in the still unknown city. As long...
The first two weeks of uni have passed and I have to admit that I thought it would be easier somehow. Talking in Italian and studying in Italian are definitely two different things. But first of all, here are some general facts...
Bicycles and Bologna belong just as much together as Würzburg and wine. Everywhere in the streets you can see old, rusty bicycles. In Germany, no one would use such battered bicycles. Since the city is not too big (about 386,700...
Dear diary, ciao Bologna, beautiful city. With almost my whole wardrobe and even more expectations in my luggage I finally arrived. Note: Not only in Würzburg the winter is cold and grey, no, also in Italy. To my...
Dear diary, Bologna, I'm coming! Soon my long-awaited semester abroad will finally begin. When I tell my friends or relatives that I will study one semester in Italy, their eyes start to glow. Italy - pizza, pasta and...
