Author Archives: Priya Barnes

August 3, 2010. There were two rea­sons for Mar­burg being spared from Allied bomb­ing at the close of WWII. A his­toric church and an impor­tant art archive. You don’t want to for­get your cam­era in Mar­burg. A friend of A’s, … Read the rest of this entry →

July-August, 2010. Classes dur­ing the week are best enjoyed after an espresso at one of the kaf­fee houses in Mark­t­platz or a cup from the Mensa. On Wednes­days, the farmer’s mar­ket that sets up just out­side our class build­ing is a … Read the rest of this entry →

July 22–25, 2010. We spent a good part of an evening at the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona. On the bus from Reus to Barcelona, I lis­tened to Alan Par­sons’ album, titled Gaudi, and after the visit learned about the con­se­quences … Read the rest of this entry →

July 22, 2010. We had barely dri­ven out of Giessen and we got lost. Fig­ur­ing it would take us two-and-a-half-hour max on the auto­bahn, we set off for a small sub­ur­ban air­port with a planned detour at pic­turesque Bernkastel-Kues along the … Read the rest of this entry →

July 19 — 20, 2010. Giessen is a small Ger­man city and a large uni­ver­sity town. Stu­dents com­pose a third of its 70,000+ pop­u­la­tion. It is located about 45 min­utes by train from the bustling Frank­furt Main hbf or Cen­tral … Read the rest of this entry →

July 18, 2010. A boat along the Rhein took us to Marks­burg where we enjoyed a tra­di­tional Ger­man meal and still more stun­ning views. A great way to kick­off a week of study­ing back in Giessen. The trail to the … Read the rest of this entry →

July 17 — 18, 2010. We couldn’t have ordered bet­ter weather or wine for our short trip to the Rhein Val­ley. Here’s a short video of the vine­yards on the banks of the Rhein taken from the train. The next … Read the rest of this entry →

July 17, 2010. We took the right train from Giessen to Bacharach via Frank­furt and Koblenz. Deutsche Bahn rocks. But A rocks more. She fig­ured out how to get the right tick­ets from a Ger­man language-only ticket kiosk. Ger­man Idol S says … Read the rest of this entry →