Hallo! My name is Mikaela Franco and I am in my fourth year at College of Charleston. I am working towards an AB degree in German with an English minor, so as you can tell I love learning languages. Of all the foreign languages I’ve studied, German is my favorite. That’s why I decided to study abroad at the Otto-Friedrich University in Bamberg, Germany this summer! I didn’t really choose…
Perhaps the most pleasantly surprising quality of Bamberg is their love of either street food or hole-in-the-wall restaurants, of which there are dozens in an otherwise very small city. My favorite food here has come from one such establishment, simply known as The Box. The dish is known as the MeatLover and consists of French fries, Pork, Sauerkraut, Cole Slaw, cheese, and a few other things. I have also enjoyed…
While so far I have not attended any festivals or events in Germany in the traditional sense, Germans have a weekly tradition called Stammtisch, during which friends will meet for beers and food at the same place every week. Some of my new friends and I love to visit a bar called Ahörnla for our weekly meeting. I am trying to learn German during my time here, however Bamberg is…
Hi there! My name is Kelly Joyner and I am a sophomore studying German and International Business at the College of Charleston. I will be studying abroad at the Otto-Friedrich Universität in Bamberg, Germany for a full semester. I chose this program because it will enhance not only my German knowledge and language, but also the learning skills that I use in my everyday life. I am beyond eager to…
Hello! My name is Jeremy Gallego, and I am a Junior studying International Business and German at the College of Charleston. In just over a month from now, I will be departing for my exchange program with the Otto-Friedrich-Universität in Bamberg, Germany. The main factors in choosing this program were academic ones, due to German being one of my two majors, however, I would also like to learn the language…
*(Previously written)* Servus (Southern Germany Hello)! My name is Erin Hauptmann, I am currently a College of Charleston Sophomore studying abroad in Bavaria, Germany at Otto Friedrich Universität Bamberg. I am majoring in both German and Supply Chain Management and minoring in Global Logistics and Transportation and German Studies. I started learning the language about 9 years ago as a way to reconnect with my heritage (Hauptmann is an extremely…
Now that I am once again back in the United States, I can hardly believe all that happened during my semester abroad at the University of Bamberg. When I began making arrangements to study abroad back in the fall of 2018, I had absolutely no idea how things were going to work out. Of course the pandemic changed everything and left me with a few disappointments, but overall I would…
Thanks to the corona virus pandemic, I have not had the experience of being on campus, attending lectures and seminars in person, or meeting my classmates. Everything has taken place online, meaning that communication is often slower and more difficult than it would have been otherwise. This can be quite frustrating at times. To be honest, I find it much harder to concentrate when I am not in front of…
When I wrote my introductory blog post I had no idea how deeply the coronavirus would impact my time abroad. Despite the recommendations from the College, I decided to accept the risk and board the plane for Stuttgart—I received the email in the airport literally minutes before boarding began, so it was really a spur-of-the-moment decision. And although there have certainly been some disappointments and difficult times along the way,…
Schöne Leser (Lovely reader), A Study Abroad is an experience of a life time. For me it is a chance to understand a completely different way of life 4,545 miles away from my home. I arrived in Bamberg, Germany on March 2nd, having decided to go two weeks earlier than originally planned, allowing extra time to adjust to a new life, in a different country. I took the train from…
