I have been feeling pretty down-in-the-dumps lately, and even just the change of weather lifts my spirits some. I am not going to complain or rant though; I feel like I have been doing that too much lately.
Earlier this month, I attended an EU/NATO seminar that was held in Luxembourg as well as Brussels. There were about 40 of us; more German Fulbrighters than any other country, but that's because Germany gives out the most Fulbright scholarships. There were, however, representatives from every other EU country, and it was UNBELIEVABLE to meet all of them and hear about their experiences.
We got to meet the US Ambassador to Luxembourg, visit the European Court of Justice, the European Commission, the Council of Ministers, the College of Europe in Bruges (a town I LOVE), the European Parliament, SHAPE Headquarters and NATO Headquarters. It was pretty awesome if I do say so myself. But what I liked best was meeting all of the other people. That is always my most favorite thing. OH, plus the food. Our hotel's breakfast was awesome, and for lunch we always had three-course meals, and some really, really nice dinners as well. Yum yum.
Well that seminar lasted about a week, and then I was back in Munich for two days before I was leaving again for Berlin. (My train left at 5:16 AM... ugh) This time it was for the Berlin Seminar, which had something like 500 participants at the beginning because they also had all of the German Fulbright grantees who are departing for the States this fall attend. (One girl was going to The University of Montana!!!! I almost freaked out.) But... needless to say I didn't enjoy it quite as much as Brussels, because it was harder to get to know people. But it was still interesting, and my 
most favorite talk was the one entitled "How to be a Fulbrighter for Life;" it had a lot of extremely useful information. The Berlin Seminar was only four days, and again I was home for two days before flying out to France to meet my sister.
Erin was in Avignon with her students during their two-week visit to France, and I came to meet her during the time her students were staying with their host families. It was WAYYYY fun. We had a nice, cute little hotel room, and Avignon is such an awesome city. It's small but still has a lot of things to do. We went to the Sur le Pont d' Avignon, and sang the song while we were there, we ate a TON of super good food (
extremely important you know), and then we took day trips to Marseille and Arles. Every town we were in was SO windy, especially Marseille, because of the Mistral. Oh my GOD was it windy. I really only had two full days with her, so it was too short, but it was really fun anyway. I rode back with Erin and her students to Lyon, and then I waited about 6 hours until my flight left. Oh well.So March was my traveling month. I loved it. But now it's APRIL. And that makes me very, very sad. I do not want to leave Munich. Again, my life is totally up in the air and I have no idea what I will be doing come August.
But, I guess that's what's so exciting about life isn't it...
I am now looking into taking some classes, as well as trying to get another internship. (Hopefully with Condé Nast!!!) so everyone keep their fingers crossed.
Oh, and did I mention Spring is finally here???
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