View from Technische Universität Ilmenau
(Ilmenau University of Technology)

Every day before the lunch time, the teaching assistant gives me a coupon. Then, I will walk to the Mensa to order food. There are so many kinds of food to order but the food descriptions are all in German; no English. So, I always queue at the longest queue. Sometimes I end up with something tasty, other times I end
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Goethe House
~ Image from Wikipedia



From Mainz, I took a train back to Frankfurt. I left early because I was afraid of being late for the train to Ilmenau that night. In fact, I was too early. When I arrived in Frankfurt I still had several hours to walk around. So, instead of going back to the hostel where I stayed, I hit the road to discover some other places in the financial district.

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ICE 3
~ Image from Wikimedia


You probably only need a day or two to explore Frankfurt am Main. However, if you want to see the surrounding area such as the beautiful small towns around Frankfurt, it will be a different story. Take a look at Germany cities on the map and you'll find some Frankfurt neighboring cities: Aschaffenburg, Darmstadt, Wiesbaden, Mainz, Kronberg, Limburg, Würzburg ...
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Römer

Hello bloggers! Sorry, I've been busy with papers and lab projects. Here are pictures from my quick Frankfurt trip. I did a short trip along Rhein River. Then, I walked to see some major buildings with their lovely style.People say that there is not so much to see in Frankfurt because it's actually a financial center; most people go there for business trip or merely transit. However, I
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I thought I would be lonely sitting at the waiting room for my first boarding to Xiamen when the two Chinese girls I met at the check-in gate showed up and talked to me again. Three hours later, we were boarded into the plane. When, I looked around, they were just one row in front of me. Yay, I have companions although only for a short time. When we arrived in Xiamen, they went outside, to their
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Beberapa hari setelah saya tiba di rumah, saya segera kembali ke Jakarta untuk mengurus visa Schengen. Tadinya sih berencana mengurus di U.S. setelah saya berhasil membeli tiket Jakarta ~ Frankfurt. Akan tetapi, saya tidak menemukan asuransi perjalanan untuk warga Indonesia di sana. Selain itu, embassy Jerman yang terdekat dengan Seattle ternyata ada di San Francisco, artinya biaya dan waktu
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Everything goes so fast in America... Somehow I feel like I haven't done many things. Some of my friends went to the conferences in other states but I was not lucky enough to get accepted to the professional fund. Then, this month, the other friends went to Canada for a very fantastic cruise experience class. I actually tried to go, but filing my application and asking a mentor to write a
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