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Right now, I'm on the train heading back to Konstanz, which a stop over in Offenburg first...I'm attempting once again to catch up on journaling.
May 7: I was feeling really stressed out & lonely & homesick. I had to study for my heat transfer midterm.
May 8: To me, 75% of studying abroad is to travel & explore the new environment. I'm pretty sure I will learn a lot more in the long run from traveling than studying. At the same time, I know that it's important for me to focus on school. I got ready for class--fluids, machine design (he canceled class so that we could study for heat transfer), and heat transfer. I finished 3 of the 4 problems on my midterm. I didn't feel too confident about it, but apparently more confident than some people in the class. At least it's over. Then I had lunch with 2 of my friends in the mensa, followed by machine design where we just went over homework.
May 9: Fluids, Germany within Europe, lunch, heat transfer
May 10: Fluids, lunch with friends, worked on machine design, and packed.
May 11: I finished packing, and then got on the train to Lausanne, Switzerland to visit one of my friends. :) On the train, I worked on Germany within Europe homework and studied fluids. I arrived in Lausanne, got some Franks from the ATM, and then waited outside of McDonald's for a while until my friend met up with me there. We took the metro to her apartment--while she took my backpack in, I hung out at the nearby playground. We then went grocery shopping at Denner and then chilled at her at her apartment. We had dinner (she made spinach tortellini) and I Skype called my mom.
We went to the lakeside to hang out with some of her friends before Balelec. The lake/mountains are pretty--looked like they were painted. Apparently ~15000 were expected to be at Balelec, which is kinds of like an electronic music festival with a lot of stages. There were A LOT of people!
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| Beautiful lake & mountains |
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| Balalec! |
Peace. Love. Happiness.
--TR
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