beyond the green

Well, it's been a few days, and I am starting to feel more settled in. My apartment is starting to both look and feel more homey, and I've met a couple more people. As I stated in my last blog, Wednesday we went to Cologne. Pia, another Wuppertal-Bethel… more »

Well, the time has finally come: I've arrived in Germany for my semester abroad! I am in Wuppertal, a city in the western part of the country. Bethel has had an exchange program with the university here since the 1950's in which two student from Bethel g… more »

During any choir tour we have (sometimes) luxurious evenings at hotels, but often the most cozy, awkward or hilarious stories come from the nights when we stay with members of the host congregations. The past week was night after night of these stays… more »

Hey people! Greetings from Karlsruhe, Germany! It's a ten-hour bus ride from Leipzig (Leipzig did not have free internet, and this place only has it for twenty minutes at a time in the lobby, so I must be quick), and we also stopped at Buchenwald conc… more »

So right now I am sitting in the lobby of a Leipzig youth hostel. That's right, folks...I'm also on choir tour! It has been wonderful so far! We have been in Berlin the past few days, and we just arrived in Leipzig today and gave a concert tonight--ou… more »