Germany has come alive! Wow! Students and elders, children and parents, fill the streets! Every street in the Göttingen Innenstadt is ornately decorated. Glühwein, a hot egg nog like drink, hot chocolate (with alcohol and whipped cream of course) make the residents buzz!

I feel the christmas season in the air, the snow (that melts, let’s get real, this ain’t Alaska or even Colorado) the wood fired Steinoffen preparing Flammkuchen and the hot fresh Brats spark life in everyone. Everything is great, and the Glühwein takes your stress away after a day of class.

Social standpoint: It is still an adjustment to meet Germans, but all is coming along, the students and prof in my political science Blockseminar are very lively. I highly recommend any Poli Sci major coming to Göttingen to take a class with Georg Strüver.

Also, I met my friends from CC (Michael and Coco) in Berlin and Göttingen, and finally got to see Xingyi! She made the trip up and we spent the weekend in Hamburg! Here are some photos of the coolness.