Cultural Encounters:
From the Sand to the Snow

October 12, 2006

Mid-terms

I cannot believe that it started snowing already. I think this year
it will not be a mild winter like the last one. It is already
halfway through the semester and I have a lot of things to study. Next
week I have four exams and it seems I chose the hardest ones for this
semester.

I just applied for the study abroad program to go to Austria. It was a
lot more work than I thought. There are a lot of forms and documents
that needed to be turned in. Definitely, the pay off is greater than
the work I have put in. The staff in Study Abroad have been really
helpful and gave guidance to make the process smoother. I am really
excited about living abroad. I just wish I could have known more
German than right now and be able to understand and speak the language.

Christmas is coming and I am still deciding what to do. I am not going
to Brazil in December because there are no affordable tickets left for
the end of the year. I will probably stay in Cedar Falls or I may also
consider the possibility of going to Texas this Christmas to spend a
week there (Nikolas’ family is from Texas).