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Tag: Germany

  • FG on exchange at EBS

    FG on exchange at EBS

    Pre-Departure:

    After an almost 24 hour flight from sunny Cape Town via Dubai, I arrived in the beautiful, icy cold Frankfurt, Germany. I got lost a few times in one of Europe’s biggest Airports, but eventually found the meeting point where the driver and another student were waiting for me. From there we cruised at a casual 200km/h on the Autobahn to the small village of Oestrich-Winkel, situated in the beautiful Rheingau region, famous for its Weinberge (wine mountains) next to the even more famous Rheine River.

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  • Chante at the University of Hohenheim

    Chante at the University of Hohenheim

    During the June / July holidays Chante Jansen van Vuuren attended the Innovation|Finance|Entrepreneurship summer school at the University of Hohenheim.

    Pre-departure:

    Nothing can sweeten recess as much as a long-awaited email from the PGIO. The news that you have been accepted to study abroad and broaden your horizons has the power to completely eradicate test week stress. Application forms, video-making, letters of recommendation and weeks of patiently checking and refreshing your inbox are all worth it once you realise you are in for the adventure of the year.

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  • Chandre in Hamburg

    Chandre in Hamburg

    Blog Entry 1: First Month in Hamburg, Germany
    So travelling to the other side of the world for this exchange was my first adventure! Having never left South Africa before I was filled with excitement as well as fear, in all honesty as much as I had been planning this exchange for a long time I had absolutely no idea what exactly I was about to walk into for the next 6 months of my life. After conquering several international airports and surviving a 23hour journey I finally arrived at Hamburg International Airport not fully feeling like I was actually on the other side of the world. I was greeted by my buddy and dropped off at my accommodation where I was introduced to all the other students I would be living with who were excited and shocked as well as confused by learning that I was South African. Some didn’t understand how I was white (yes, that question really does get asked) and from South Africa and others didn’t even know South Africa was a country itself but I guess one of the main reasons for exchange is to educate and promote your country to another. Even though there was much excitement I was dead tired and decided to go straight to bed so I could tackle Hamburg early the next morning.

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