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so, everyone, it's that time. the first round of those inevitable goodbye moments. this weekend is the last orientation camp. the first one, i remember, was where i first met many of the other exchanges students here in Germany with me that have become some of my very good friends. and, the second camp, it was a reunion of sorts. we got a weekend, where no one will end up having to miss out at the last moment because of something else that they realized they'd already had planned, somewhere else, with someone else. a weekend where the whole group is together again, where we raise some hell, and do a whole lot of crazy things that we'll talk about when we're older. when our time in Germany is no more than that wild year abroad, when we were kids.<br />
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I've lived to see the German Summer!!! Oh, sweet lord. the weather in Germany was so bad this year, i honestly thought that I would have to go back to america without actually experiencing a German Summer. It snowed on Easter, and throughout the entire spring season, so, yeah, i was really scared. and, dum da da dum! it's here. 25 grad. 77 degrees :) It was gorgeous. and, don't be fooled. it's not a beach, like on the shore. with an ocean, and never ending for miles. this is Germany. it's a lake. but a really GORGEOUS one. i never saw anything like this in America. It was lots of fun. and this memory, definitely deserves to go in the scrapbook i've kind of ignored this whole year and and rushing to fit all my pictures in. <i>No idea how i'll get that thing home. it's getting so thick, i think it weight more that me.</i><br />
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here, it's actually just getting exciting. With 5 weeks to go of this exchange everything feels a little like one nerve bending joy ride of ups and downs and laughter and tears. But, for the next four days i'll be in, drumroll please.....patterpatterpat....BERLIN! one of the oldest an the very biggest cities in Germany. stocked full of century old history, storyies, and past. it's a bit breath taking for me. <i>this is one of the main reasons why i'm here ;) .</i> i am just, super excited and, i honestly have absolutely no patience, i just want to get there. i'm not kidding, we're going by bus ( 10 HOURS ) and we're a bus full of hormonal teenagers ... end of May, start of June. if you don't get the hint, it's gonna smell. and it's gonna smell REALLY bad. so, i'll see you guys on monday, and hopefully, i'll have so real neat stories to share with you guys. </div>
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one of things that i have learned to live with here in Germany is that fact that the weather are not one of the characteristics that made me want to come here. don't misunderstand this, there the amazing culture, the unbelievably complex and anciently rugged language, (my goodness) the schnitzel, a numbers of things that make this country great, but the weather drives me nuts! one day, it's freezing cold, and the next its warm enough for the wind breaker, and then two days later, BAM! it's snowing. yes, i know, you probably don't believe that and, sadly, no i'm not exaggerating, that was literally last weeks weather. and so, i come to you now, with a hardy smile and rapidly happy fingers because, finally (endlich) we have spring weather!!! yay! 70 degrees. sun. flowers. beautiful. i almost cried. and it's been this great the entire week! and today, my host dad and i went for a walk together on the Rhine. that lovely, thriving, ancient river the runs through the city. and i just felt so ... relaxed. and happy, and i am not quite sure if i can properly explain that luxurious, arms-crossed-behind-your-head, well awaited nostalgic feeling of not have to wear you three layer snow jacket in spring time, but i'll try. all i can say is, it felt pretty darn good soaking in some well needed sun and taking in the gorgeous view i'm living by for a year.<br />
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hi everyone, today is the 1. <a href="http://germanclubsandiego.org/karneval-what-is" target="_blank">Karnival</a> tag in Germany, and it's pretty crazy right now in Düsseldorf. the <a href="http://www.duesseldorf-altstadt.de/de/" target="_blank">Aldstadt</a> is packed full of tourist and costumed people right now. Karnival is the German Mardi Gras. It's been in Germany since the middle ages and i think it's one of the most fun festivals in Germany. I think that it would actually shock a lot of Americans at how open and friendly Germans are when they celebrate something together. I won't be near a computer much until after the <a href="http://www.duesseldorf-altstadt.de/de/news-61,102.html" target="_blank">Karnival Weekend</a> is over (so, after Monday) because, well, i want to be a part of this! vielspaß und Aufwiedersehen!</div>
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i may have mentioned here once, or twice that i have this silly little fling going on with books. what i think i purposefully left out was that i have been looking (although not very hard seeing as i'd passed it millions of times and went right by - because that's something that <b>janeen</b> <b>always does</b>) ... i was looking for this lovely thingamajig, that's basically a closet/bookshelf hybrid that is always filled with new books. it works as an "open library". anyone can go and look for a book, and if they like it,they take it. they can then, bring it back and take another, or keep it and never come back, or just go and get rid of the books that they don't want. (and now, let's all take a small moment of applause for my wonderful describing skills "..." yes. you can blame it one the german. ) It's actually like a small piece of heaven for me. I scored an awesome find for my book collection! a german theater magazine from 1968. i'm almost completely sure that to most people it's just a bunch of old paper, so i'm completely not offended if you haven't fully grasped how excited i was. i'll just take a second to break this down for those who don't really understand, so that you can all properly experience the sugar-rush-high that i'm on right now. this little piece of awesomeness here, has tiny bits of all the things i love about life, packed into one. 1 ... it's old (i.e. i love old things). 2 ... it's german (apparently, i like germany- the year abroad sort of, give the suggestion, oder?). 3 ... it's about theater (future actress, right her ;D) ... and the most obvious reason, it's free. who doesn't love free things! yes.<br />
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of all the things that i forget to post about, I can't believe that i have yet to post about the german weather. let's make this simple, and start of with the obvious; what comes to mind when you think of german weather? rain? water-proof boots? umbrellas? more rain? and then - taking a long-shot here- maybe... more rain? well, congratulations! your correct. we can make this even simpler, and end off there as well.<br />
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Hi, everyone. how's the new year so far? to some mine up in a few words, i'd have to say, it's been very german. i know, i have this wonderful way with words that just amazes people :) i finished my german course, so i've been speaking only german, which i'm very happy to say is not that hard. i've also been trying to actually complete my goals for 2013. i made you guys a relatively general list of the things that i will do, but i have this mini/mental (whatever) bucket list in my head that i am really going to try and get around to writing down :)<br />
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one of those lovely tasks on the list is to start <i>and complete</i> two new projects ever month of 2013. it's good for me, for training my self to actually see things through to the end. yeah, i'm one of those. i always have these super amazing ideas for stories and new pictures or a blog post, start out really strong and then, i don't like it anymore, or i start something else. it's also really practical for me to do, since i plan on minoring in art when i go to colledge. And...I apply next year -_- but, it okay, i really think that going to germany was a great country choice. i feel like the amount of organization and life skills that are being pounded into me from living with a german family are going to make shifting from teenage, high school life to college and semi-adult hood a lot easier. so, thanks Germany :) oh, and i'm also really hyped on how green the country is and how many ideas and inspiration i get to draw here. it's great for someone who loves art as much as me.<br />
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{for a history obsession}.<br />
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so, this christmas was pretty much, amazing. it was my first german christmas, and hopefully not the very last one that i'l have in Germany. but,of all the girfts that i've gotten from all of these amazing people here, i got this. when my host parents had went to america, they went out of there way to look for an old book on germany. i have this things with books that i thinks special. i have my kindle {that i've been separated from until i go back to american at the end of my year >:( } but, it's not the same as having a hard, solid book in your hands. i think it's the smell, or maybe just the feeling that you have something that will be here long after your gone. my host parents found this book in a vintage store that has first resources from a historian that was born and raised in the Germany that is no longer Germany around the end of the first war. i honestly think that this is one of the best christmas gifts that i could've gotten :D i thought that i should share. i, personally, can get lost when looking in the German history and culture. there's just so much, and your seeing, in a way, from another persons view. how they lived, what they did. what happened, before <i>you</i> happened.<br />
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janeen</div>
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p.s. i'll tell you more a little farther in ;) bis dann!<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">{NEW YEARS RESOLUTIONS 2013}</span></i></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: yellow;"><i>einz.</i></span> <b>take more photos.</b> <i>i think that this goal for the new year will be fun. something that venturing so far from home, to another country ( another continent) has taught me is that life can be a really beautiful thing. it's just depends on how you look at it. i am now fully aware that i can never use the excuse that i have nothing to write about, nothing to say, nothing to do. because there is always something magical and amazing around, it just depends on how you look. so, if i want to be a good photographer, i need to learn how to capture it. </i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: yellow;">zwei</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: yellow;">.</span> </i><b>speak more german. </b><i>yes. this is actually a goal. i do speak lots of german. every day. but, when i'm really tired, or want to speak very fast, or forget a word, sometimes i switch to english. this year, i will try my very best not to do this. other students have said that when you can't remember the word in your host language, describe it with easier word. </i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: yellow;">drei.</span> </i><b>be a better blogger.</b> <i>blogging is, most definitely, something that i love. i've loved reading fashion blogs and interesting things that other people could create in general, but i didn't really take it up (or think that i had anything worth talking about until a little before i decided that i'd be going abroad with AFS. but i have a secret *i procrastinate with posting and sometimes my intended post never go up*. sorry </i>:<i>/ i'm normally doing something almost everyday, but only the really big things get posted. this year, that is something i am going to work hard on changing. more detailed posts, all with a little more <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #7f6000;">janeen</span> in them :)</i><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: yellow;"><i>vier.</i></span> <b>spend less time on facebook.</b> <i>okay. yeah. seriously, the amount of time that i've spent on Facebook since i got to germany is rediculous. AFS told us before, specifically <u>NOT</u> to do this because it can send us into a home sick phase if we'Re always talking to our friends from back home. but... i don't really use it for that. i use it to talk to my german friends for free without texting </i>:)<i> but, nevertheless, i need to cut it down. it's getting on my host parents nerves.</i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: yellow;">funf.</span> </i><b>be more organized.</b> <i>this one is most definitely germany inspired. one thing that i've always knew about myself, but never really had motivation to actually get around to working on is my organization skills. from being in germany i have to say that i've honestly become a heck of a lot neater. before i had the organization and tidiness of a... well, the typical american teenager. not exactly something to bloat about. but now, i actually see what it's like to for everything some time of order. and it's a whole lot easier to find something when i put it down when it always has a specific place. it's also easier to remember where that is once it's there. i'm one of those people that can walk into a room for something and don't remember what it is i needed until i walk out :)</i><br />
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janeen</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02278475266732278870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-422299317307412645.post-90901191091883840632012-12-30T07:25:00.000-08:002013-01-02T04:23:58.343-08:00Highlights of 2012.<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">a really great summer. pre-deutschland. ( <a href="http://withlove-janeen.blogspot.de/2012/08/bits-pieces.html" target="_blank">here</a>, <a href="http://withlove-janeen.blogspot.de/2012/07/today-waspatriotic.html" target="_blank">here</a>, and <a href="http://withlove-janeen.blogspot.de/2012/08/today-was-picnic-day.html" target="_blank">here</a> )</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the long and <i>paper-work filled</i> ;) road to Germany (<a href="http://withlove-janeen.blogspot.de/2012/05/accepted-by-afs-germany.html" target="_blank">1</a>, <a href="http://withlove-janeen.blogspot.de/2012/07/placementprtii-my-host-family-i-cant.html" target="_blank">2</a>, <a href="http://withlove-janeen.blogspot.de/2012/08/seven-days.html" target="_blank">3</a>)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">saying goodbye to <a href="http://withlove-janeen.blogspot.de/2012/07/61-things-ill-miss-about-america-1-new.html" target="_blank">this city</a> that i <a href="http://withlove-janeen.blogspot.de/2012/09/bits-pieces-of-brooklyn.html" target="_blank">love</a>.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">my <a href="http://withlove-janeen.blogspot.de/2012/10/wandern-in-eifel.html" target="_blank">first</a> <a href="http://withlove-janeen.blogspot.de/2012/10/bits-peices-of-eifel.html" target="_blank">hiking trip</a> (...ever) with my host family in <a href="http://withlove-janeen.blogspot.de/search/label/EIFEL" target="_blank">Eifel</a>.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">getting to know <a href="http://withlove-janeen.blogspot.de/search/label/Duesseldorf" target="_blank">Düsseldorf</a> (<a href="http://withlove-janeen.blogspot.de/2012/09/straenfest.html" target="_blank">remember this?</a>) , one of the best states in Germany</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">one hundred percent concentrated <a href="http://withlove-janeen.blogspot.de/2012/10/today-was-fun.html" target="_blank">awesomeness</a> XD</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">my <a href="http://withlove-janeen.blogspot.de/2012/11/elation-16.html" target="_blank">16</a>th birthday (in germany)!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://withlove-janeen.blogspot.de/search/label/AUSTRIA" target="_blank">Österreich</a>.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">discovering old things, new to me (<a href="http://withlove-janeen.blogspot.de/2012/11/today-was-vintage.html" target="_blank">this</a>)</td></tr>
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this year hast had it's highs and lows, like every year. but there is so much that happened this year that i never thought could actually happen. and there is just so much that i'm thankful for, and so many memories that i'm sure will stay with me forever. 2012 was a good year. i have good anticipation for what the next year will bring :)</div>
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merry christmas everyone :) <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">❄</span> and <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">blessed yuletide</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">❄</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02278475266732278870noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-422299317307412645.post-35160448629116550232012-12-23T21:00:00.000-08:002012-12-25T04:24:02.462-08:00American Chocolate-Chip Cookies Make Great Gifts.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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{american chocolate-chip cookies.} made with <a href="http://allrecipes.com/recipe/best-chocolate-chip-cookies/" target="_blank">this recipe</a>.<br />
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because i'll be meeting so many new family members this christmas - the host fam ;) - i thought it'D be best to make something, because homemade gifts are always the best gifts. and, i don't have so much money left. haha. but, i think that happens to everyone this time of year. plus, germans haven't really tasted american cookies if they haven't been to america. Food never tastes the same as in the original country. so, these cookies are 1/2 American. an American recipe made with German ingredients, but baked with 100% concentrated love by an American.<br />
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- janeen</div>
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Hi, everyone! Today was gorgeous :) it was much warmer than it has been the whole week. And the snow{that came on Friday} is <i>already</i> gone. Sadly :( . Aber, Deutschland ist immer schön. I was able to actually go outside for the 5 minutes needed to take these photos without feeling like my hands were going to fall off. Success!<br />
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hi guys! so, it's been a long time since i've really tried a new food in here, in Germany...yeah right! please don't believe that for one second, everyday is new food when <b>EVERYTHING </b>tastes so different in another country. the other day, my host parents and I went out with the two friends and child for some lackeri 'Gans' essen. {Gans=Goose}. It's seasonal food and very (German) Christmasy. and it was delicious! don't remember the name of the restaurant, but we were in solingen. South of düsseldorf. I asked my host parents and they told me that there is not really much there. but, the town is famous for making knives. yeas, i know, it took me a little off guard to. :) but it was really interesting to me because i didn't really expect that answer. knives. ok, cool.<br />
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It was a really fancy restaurant ( so that means many plates and small servings) but, I was so full by the time everything was done. Yummy. If your every in Germany during the Christmas season, go out for some Goose, it's köslich {köslich=deicious} and usually made fresh!<br />
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ps. i know know that chocolate taste really good with salt. these came with the check :)</div>
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with the first day of December Brings the introduction to my first German christmas!! i can tell you now that i'm just as excited as i am nervous. everything in germany so far has been so very differnet. no matter how small, you notice, that's a fact i've come to accept. today, though, my host mom and i made our Adventskanz, auch Deutche. i think that it turned out well. not bad for my first time. i am looking forward to seeing the differences between the German christmas and and american Christmas, because i know that <i>everything</i> this year is going to be something new. it's always good to keep the AFSer saying in mind, "it's not good, it's not bad, it's different!"</div>
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{everyday stories} Wintermärchen Düsseldorf.<br />
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ok, so in Düsseldorf there is one of the most famous Weinachtmarkt's in germany. i went spazieren with the Fam, on the one sunday that it's Munich has Oktoberfest, Berlin has the wall and Düsseldorf has the T.V. tower, Rhine and Weinachtsmarkt! it's absolutely beautiful, and i'm dying to go and see it when it's actually opened, but in the word of my hungarian exchange friend, I've got four weeks. I shouldn't try and rush christmas :)<br />
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p.s. i thought this was really important to share considering it's the symbol of Düsseldorf, the Radschläger, und im Weinachtzeit ( Christmastime) the man is holding a basket, or something - i'll ask my parents and tell you later :) - but, I was really happy that i understood, while someone who didn't live in the state or now to history would have no idea.<br />
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