Sightseeing in Berlin

Visiting Berlin and any other European capital may get pretty stressful if you're an “explorer” and travel to see as much as you can in a short time. Berlin prides itself with an enormous variety of city-highlights and this can get tricky for the traveler that only has 2-3 days before resuming his/her journey.
Who would want to miss the famous Postdamer Platz or the Kurfürstendamm? My suggestion would be to book a sightseeing tour with Berlin City Tours. I've always had positive experiences with them and they have a gift of creating perfect tours, suitable for every type of traveler: hop-on hop-off bus tours for the average traveler, long river cruises for the ones who would rather enjoy the lovely views and many other. Visit them at www.berlincitytours.com and book your tour now!

Back again

I haven't posted anything lately, as I was pretty busy working, studying and traveling. My boyfriend and I just came back from Austria, where we had a lovely trip. We spent two days in Vienna and two other in Seefeld, an amazing ski resort.

I couldn't believe how cold Austria was, but we're preparing for an even better and a lot warmer trip to Mexico.

I can't wait to get there and forget all about the nasty weather in Europe.

I'll post some cute pics from Austria:)



My mom and I at the restaurant where we spent Christmas Eve.




Claudio and I after skiing..




Jurgen and Claudio on Christmas Eve

Studying in Germany

Ever since I was about 10 yo I dreamt of studying abroad. I would have normally preferred an English-speaking country, but actually, I would have studied anywhere that wasn't Romania. I was really happy to be given the opportunity to study in Germany and took it without thinking twice.

But I couldn't start studying as soon as I got to Germany, because I had to take various language tests before being able to apply to a university. My whole German-training lasted for about 8 months, given the fact that I had already had German in school for about 6 or 7 years.

Studying German in Germany was great. Language schools are really fun and the great part is that you are given the opportunity to make foreign friends, thing that I consider critical here. You will always need your foreign friends in Germany. I was lucky to have met many people from South America and some of them are still my best friends here.

University started and with it, I started to wake up from that lovely dream I my first year in Germany seemed to be.
Studying here is not easy at all. I'm not only talking about classes. It would be rather easy if I spoke the language properly. The main issue here is that if you're studying in a small university, where more than 90% of the students are Germans, life as a student is going to get a bit difficult.
I've never been extremely sociable, but people here really don't talk to you. It often happened to me and my other(few) foreign friends to be completely ignored. So you're right in front of them, talking to them and looking them in the eyes and they ignore you. They simply act like you're not there and look away.

This is what makes my life here a bit difficult.
Apart from that, Germany is ok. It offered me many opportunities ... to go abroad... and I can't wait to move and finish my studies somewhere else.

I would live in Germany if I were to be mostly surrounded by foreigners, which is definitely possible here. The country is beautiful and they have a great system. There are definitely a lot more +++ than ---, so I guess it depends on each person's priorities and criteria.

Smallest Horse

One of the most advertised tours lately is the 40.000 miles tour of Thumbelina.
Thumbelina has been awarded the Guinesss Record of ¨The smallest horse in HISTORY¨ (well..maybe in the recorded history..hmm)

Anyway, Thumbelina is completely adorable and her tour has a very admirable purpose. She( and her owner) are visiting sick children to bring smiles on their faces.
Apart from Thumbelina being totally CUTE, her owner also draws attention by the way he talks about his little horse. He is really proud of her and talk about her with so much love.

They are both really worth watching.
Let´s hope they've achieved their goal of enlightening the life of sick children.

Ebay

A really funny video about Ebay made by Weird Al Yankovic

Our bodies are polluted!

During recent studies scientists have discovered that our bodies are way more contaminated that we would have thought. It's a shock and we should all become aware of it. Not only factories and cars are to blame. It's actually up to us to reduce a large part of the pollution in our own bodies. Please watch the video and find out more!

Eating Healthy

My last post also dealt with health. I hope you don't find this subject boring or rather uninteresting. The idea is that it's better to prevent than to cure and luckily Earth still offers us the opportunity to have almost total control on our health. Let's start leading a healthy lifestyle before it's too late!