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The first destination of the day was Sliding Rock. It is about a 2-hour drive from Charlotte. Sliding Rock is a rock that you can slide down. You can see it best in the photo. ...

Today, my two roommates and two other school interns and I went to the amusement park 'Carowinds', which is about 20 minutes away from our house. Of course, there were security...

Am letzten Tag unseres Savannah Trips ging es an den Strand. Es war einfach mega schön und genau das Richtige nach einer anstrengenden Schulwoche!! Hier gibt es nicht viel zu...

I don't even know where to begin. So much has happened this weekend. Unfortunately, we arrived in Savannah pretty late, around 10 pm. We were allowed to stay overnight at the...

Atlanta ist die Hauptstadt von Georgia. Georgia ist zwei Bundesstaaten von North Carolina entfernt. Dazwischen kommt South Carolina und von Charlotte fährt man circa 4 h nach...

After a longer break, I am finally back. Unfortunately, I have to admit that I didn't have time to do it earlier, because there is a lot going on here every day and we still...

Heute stand ein sogenannter "Orientation Day" an. Den muss jeder neue Lehrer, der an einer Schule in Charlotte unterrichtet, hinter sich bringen. Da ging es eigentlich...

As the title suggests, my family and I were in the largest shopping mall in Charlotte today, as I still needed stylish clothes for school. I have never seen such a huge shopping...

Today we had the following on our agenda: Visit to the University of Charlotte (UNCC), where our visa is based, but where we are not employed. It took us almost 45 minutes by...

This morning at 8 o'clock I had to get up unfortunately, because we had to go to school as Assistant Teacher for the so-called 'Open House'. At this event, parents come to the...

Today I had a long bus journey ahead of me. It went from Washington to Charlotte. Although the central bus station in Washington, called "Union Station", is huge, I found the...

To be honest, I don't really know where to start. We saw sooo much, so I'll start with the beginning of the day. Unfortunately, we didn't start until about 10:30 am because my...

Our goal on today's day in Washington was the second largest cemetery in the USA, called 'Arlington National Cemetery'. There, among others, John F. Kennedy, the deceased of...

This morning, a visit to Harvard University was still on the agenda before heading to Washington. Honestly, I imagined the university buildings differently. They were really...

Today was all about shopping. We visited two different shopping malls today - one in the city, right in the center of Boston, and the other one on the outskirts. I have to admit...

Since the key drop-off was not until 10 o'clock and we were all already awake at 6:30 o'clock, we decided to take a small sightseeing tour through the city 'Province'. Among...

Today I'll be brief because there isn't much to tell. Today I had to pick up the rental car with my dad, which will accompany us until August 30th, 2016. It was an adventure: we...

Today I woke up at 5 o'clock again. The very first thing I do after waking up is grabbing my phone. Every time, I am so excited to see what news there are from my friends in...

Our landlady kindly got us a Metrocard for Manhattan. Her brother even accompanied us to the bus and showed us the way to the subway. Unfortunately, he had to get off at Wall...

Today I woke up around 5:00 am. I tried to go back to sleep, but no matter how much I tried, it just wouldn't happen, so I got up. I was also really curious about what my friend...

I have to admit that the approach to New York was already very impressive. Luckily, I had a window seat on the plane and had the best view of New York from above. ...

On the way to the airport Actually, my parents managed to finish relatively on time, so we could leave around 6:50 am. Manuel's dad kindly drove us, or rather flew us, because...

Morgen geht es endlich los! Um 11 Uhr geht unser Flug von Frankfurt aus nach New York. Abgeholt werden wir schon um 5:45 Uhr bzw sollte um 5:45 Uhr Abfahrt sein. Ich bin...