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Die USA schränken internationalen Schüleraustausch ein
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Da ich am Europatag nicht die USA zum Hauptthema in meinem politischen Blog machen will, muss das Thema eben temporär auf meinen Reiseblog wandern. Die USA schränken den internationalen Schüleraustausch in ihren High Schools ein. Dazu hier eine Pr...
Via Padova in Milano - The place where the riots happened
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In the middle of February, violent riots of immigrants turned Via Padova in Milano into a place of crime and repression. Now the street is peaceful again - but the police is still patrolling. Correction: In the video it is claimed that a police offic...
Travel Stats February 2010/Reisestatistik Februar 2010
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(C) europeetravel.com English A month of travelling is coming to its end. Those are the Stats for all the travels: -six trips -3340 km traveled -four European countries -five different languages -four different means of public transportation Thank yo...
Impressions from Carnival in Cologne
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Yesterday was a big day in Germany for all those who love Carnival. I finally fulfilled my promise to see Cologne Carnival while in Maastricht. It was big, loud and funny - even though I was a little bit disappointed about the lack of political criti...
Back in the Netherlands
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Being back in the Netherlands has something reassuring to it. The friendliness of people in the shops or on the street is striking from the first moment. It's so comfortable to pull out your EC card and to utter the magic words pinnen alsubelieft eve...
Travelling home...
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It's somehow very funny. The Copenhagen Conference just finished with a shameful compromise on global warming - and at the same time, the US and the entire European Union are going down in snowstorms. In the Channel tunnel, every traffic broke down a...
A day in Torino
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We took another city trip - this time we went to Torino, 180 km away from Milan and almost in France already...
A day in Como
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Bored in Milan, I decided to spend the day in Como, the city giving the name to the Como lake. Have a look to see how it was! In Mailand war es mir am Samstag zu langweilig, also bin ich in die Stadt Como gefahren, die dem Comer See seinen Namen gibt...
Milan in November – what is Italy’s comparative advantage in the winter?
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In my development economics class, we’re just discussing the concept of comparative advantage (did that in Maastricht last year, but so be it). The idea of comparative advantage is pretty easy: Countries should specialize in a business sector in wh...
Kulturelle Differenzen - ein Beispiel
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Deutsch Wir leben das Erasmusleben aus und waren gestern abend natürlich wieder in Mailand unterwegs. Zuerst ging es in eine Aperitivo-Bar. Für ein Getränk zum Preis von sechs Euro konnten wir uns nach Belieben am Buffet bedienen. Diese Art von Ab...
Streik in Mailand/Strikes in Milan
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Eine leere U-Bahn Station. Einige Leute warten auf dem verlassenen Bahnsteig, andere drehen sich um und gehen wieder. Gestern standen in Mailand die Transportmittel lange Zeit still. Nur hin und wieder kam eine U-Bahn, weil der Fahrer sich gegen die...
Sieg gegen die italienische Bürokratie/Victory against Italian Bureaucracy!
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Deutsch Vor einiger Zeit hatte ich darüber geschrieben, wie lange es dauert, in der Uni irgendein Vorhaben zum Abschluss zu bringen. Mittlerweile denke ich schon gar nicht mehr in to-do Listen, die es abzuarbeiten gilt, sondern in der Vollendung b
Chinese course - different dimension/Chinesisch-Kurs - eine neue Dimension
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Until now I was expecting to have a really quite and relaxed Erasmus year. But from today, I guess that was just a nice wish. I had my first Chinese lesson in the language center, and it left me with a headache and a lot of work in front of me. While...
Bureaucracy in Italy/Bürokratie in Italien
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Germany is reputed for its tedious bureaucratic processes. But come to Italy and you'll see a new dimension. Here are a few things that I've tried to do, and that's what happened: Sports course (pending for four weeks):-I asked the Erasmus office on...
Africans in Milan
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Walking through Milan, you can't help but notice African men selling gadgets to the tourists. You see them everywhere at the main touristy places, putting their armbands around the wrist of many innocent tourists and demanding money before the touris...
First impressions from Milan - a city of fashion and food
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English A few days into university life in Milan, and it shows that the city in Northern Italy is a good place to do your studies. This is the first time I'm taking the metro to go to university, and it feels like going to work in the Paris days. Peo...
Eurozone is back - but with a changed face
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I'm keeping my political blog http://mounteulympus.blogspot.com, because it's more interactive than over-blog and I like the design. The reason I'm reviving Eurozone is to make it a travel blog with impressions from European travels. A week ago I sta...
