Germany – Samantha Seely

Summer Festivities

On July 8, 2019

I’m hurtling towards the end of the semester, and I can feel the pressure increasing. There’s final papers to write, suitcases and boxes to pack and mail, friends to spend time with.

I’ve written 2 out of my 4 Hausarbeiten, my final papers, so far. Those were the shorter, easier ones, and now I have two monster 10 page papers to write. I’m hoping they won’t be too difficult. One of them I’d done a presentation on the same subject earlier in the year and won’t be starting from scratch as far as research goes, and the second one I can write in English, as the studies I’ll be analyzing are all published in English.

Berlin, Kassel, and June!

By Samantha Seely

On June 26, 2019

In Study Abroad

As of today, I have exactly one month left in Marburg, which is crazy to think about. It doesn’t feel real yet. Right now, a month seems like an incredibly short amount of time. I’m not sure if I’m ready to leave yet, when I’ve only just started getting the hang of living here. Undoubtedly, I’m looking forward to seeing family and friends, and enjoying familiar foods, but I’m going to miss some of the friends I’ve made here, and other aspects of being here. I suppose there’s no use dwelling on it, only enjoying it as it lasts.

The Rest of April, And Some of May

By Samantha Seely

On May 28, 2019

In Study Abroad

It’s nearly June, and it’s been a busy two months, which is why this post is only including a tiny bit of May, instead of all of April and all of May. After the family went home, I had a busy week before the new semester started. Things seem to pile up quickly, and if I’m being completely honest, I have no idea if I’ll be able to catch up on these blog posts any time soon.

The Big Family Trip

By Samantha Seely

On May 13, 2019

In Study Abroad

Welcome to the monster post that is the big trip with the family!

My parents and brothers flew over to Europe to spend 10 days with me at the end of March and beginning of April. I’m really glad that everyone could come visit me. I’d missed them all a lot since coming to Europe, and it was great to see them. While they were here, we visited Luxembourg, Münchin, and Marburg. Although I enjoyed the entire trip and getting to see new places, I really enjoyed getting to show them around Marburg.

A Trip to Milan Featuring Grace!

By Samantha Seely

On March 30, 2019

In Study Abroad

I finally finished all of those final papers, just in time to fly down to Milan, Italy, for a week to spend time with my friend Grace. She’s currently studying in Florence, Italy, and was on spring break for the week, and Milan ended up being the cheapest place for us to meet up.

Some Black and White Photography

By Samantha Seely

On March 3, 2019

In Study Abroad

My second roll of film hanging to dry

This week’s post is going to be somewhat short, mainly due to school work. I haven’t done much the past two weeks other than work on final papers, and I’m still in a time crunch to get them done. However, I have finally started working with the camera in the photography class! I’ve taken and developed two rolls of film so far, all in black in white, so I figured instead of a long written post, I’d share some of my favorite photographs so far!

Surprise! You Need Surgery

By Samantha Seely

On February 17, 2019

In Study Abroad

So, I got surgery. I wouldn’t really recommend the whole experience but I’m glad it’s over with now.

The past couple of weeks, I’ve had a pretty painful lump in my chest. Even the feeling of my shirt touching my skin was almost excruciating, but because of the other craziness going on with school and travel, I wasn’t able to make it to the doctor’s office.

Welcome to Night Vale in Cologne!

By Samantha Seely

On February 5, 2019

In Study Abroad

I’ve started going running again, on my therapist’s orders. I don’t do it often — only twice a week, and only for 30 min or so — but it’s been good. I’ve started getting to know the parks and trails around the castle a little better as a result. Towards the end of the year at Etown, I had started running but fell out of the habit over the summer. I don’t enjoy it as much as I enjoyed fencing, but I had kind of forgotten how important and helpful exercise is, both in the physical and mental sense.

Christmas, New Year’s, Paris and London!

By Samantha Seely

On January 21, 2019

In Study Abroad

Wow, this is a bit of a late post. In my defense, I was travelling, and that was immediately followed by a very busy week, school-wise. So this post is going to be a long one! We went on break for the holidays, and I decided to take the time off to go visit some new places in the new year: Paris and London!

Also, I’d like to share the one second every day video from December!

Singing Christmas Carols

By Samantha Seely

On December 24, 2018

In Study Abroad

The sunset as I walked back from class last week.

I’ve recently caught a cold, which is part of the reason why I’m posting this update a day late. I’m just glad it hit me after I was done with the finals for my BCA classes. Being sick on a holiday isn’t fun, but it’s much better than being sick and having to do school work.

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