Travel / Exchange Blog
Berlin - 2009 I am doing some blogs from our German Exchange. Here is our first trip to Berlin. The next day we tried again with the train and it worked perfectly. Well almost! The trip there was perfect but on the way back the Read more
Bodensee I am adding blog posts from my trips to Germany for the exchange. This story is about our trip to the Bodensee 2014 Thursday morning we left for the Bodensee with all of our students and our hosts. It was an experience in public Read more
Of the trips I have taken, this was the hardest day. We went to the Struthof Concentration camp. Prisoners here worked at a quarry about a kilometer away. The post was short but the pictures were more powerful. I have added a link to the Read more
I love to walk and enjoy nature and sites. I was to learn that a walk in Germany means something completely different. Here is a post I did in 2009: June 22, 2009, By: Randy Mills I was informed this morning of what is considered Read more
This is a post from the 2009 trip. It was a day in Strasbourg France. It hit all the right spots: food, international politics, and my fear of heights! June 17, 2009 By: Randy Mills Monday, June 15th found us in Strasbourg, France. It is Read more
Another blog post from the 2009 Exchange. This was a visit to Prague in the Czech Republic. July 06, 2009, By: Randy Mills Prague is an ancient and historic city. We roamed buildings that had their origin in the 880s. A couple of hundred years Read more
Another post from the 2009 German Exchange about our trip to the Bodensee: June 16, 2009 By: Randy Mills: Thursday morning we left for the Bodensee with all of our students and our hosts. It was an experience in public transportation. We first caught a train Read more
We are getting to the end of the quarter and like the students, I am going to recycle some stuff. This is a post from our first German exchange talking about the school. Our next big adventure was to attend school with the students. It Read more
There is nothing that compares to a school lunch. I remember back to the pizza day or even better the cinnamon roll day. Those were our favorites. I still long for corn with my pizza because that was how it was paired in school. Unfortunately Read more
As an American teacher, I am used to having an office for my job. I loved my desk in the business office and it was a place to relax and not be stressed for a short time. It was very important until it was taken Read more
The relationships you develop over the course of an exchange are lasting. Dawn and I have developed a relationship with our German counterparts over fifteen years. It is a bond that goes beyond just partners for academic activity. We have spent a great deal of Read more
The Greman Exchange program has been a highlight of my teaching career. Your first question might be if I know the language. The simple answer is no. It is much more complicated than a simple answer. I could survive but not for too long. I Read more