About Author: Jake Stefan

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Hey everyone! My name is Jake Stefan and I am a sophomore at Valparaiso University with majors in Biology, Chemistry and German. I'm originally from Crystal Lake, IL, but I'll be spending the next 11 months studying at the Eberhard-Karls Universität in Tübingen, Germany. Back at Valpo I lived and worked in the German House, was an editor for The Torch and also worked for the Office of Institutional Advancement, but now for the next year I'll be living, eating and speaking everything "auf Deutsch!"  I hope you'll follow me on Twitter, keep up with my photos on Picasa and check back here often for blog updates! It'll be quite the experience, I'm sure! If you have any questions, feel free to get in touch by emailing me at jake.stefan@valpo.edu. Tschüß! 

Posts by Jake Stefan

  • So all this time in Germany has been a great experience. (okay, well… Like 92% a great experience, 4% painfully awkward, 3% learn-it-the-hard-way, and 1% I-can’t-believe-time-is-going-this-fast) The other week, some...

    The Adventures of a German Thanksgiving (Part I)

    Posted on December 4, 2011 | No Comments
    So all this time in Germany has been a great experience. (okay, well… Like 92% a great experience, 4% painfully awkward, 3% learn-it-the-hard-way, and 1% I-can’t-believe-time-is-going-this-fast) The other week, some...

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  • So, it’s been another crazy week here in Tübingen. I’m getting ready to go visit some family this weekend that lives here in Germany, so I’ve been trying to get...

    Classes in Tübingen

    Posted on November 9, 2011 | No Comments
    So, it’s been another crazy week here in Tübingen. I’m getting ready to go visit some family this weekend that lives here in Germany, so I’ve been trying to get...

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  • And the Vienna saga continues with Part III! If you missed Part II or Part I, you can find them at these links! After our failed visit to the United...

    Living large in Vienna! (Part III)

    Posted on October 25, 2011 | No Comments
    And the Vienna saga continues with Part III! If you missed Part II or Part I, you can find them at these links! After our failed visit to the United...

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  • So you are all probably saying to yourselves right now, “Long time no post! What in the world have you been up to, Jake? We’re all waiting on the edge...

    Living large in Vienna! (Part II)

    Posted on October 22, 2011 | No Comments
    So you are all probably saying to yourselves right now, “Long time no post! What in the world have you been up to, Jake? We’re all waiting on the edge...

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  • So it’s officially October here in Germany. And what does that mean? Oh yeah, Oktoberfest, of course! Oktoberfest in Munich, Germany is probably the most famous, but there are Bierfests...

    Volksfest in Stuttgart

    Posted on October 3, 2011 | No Comments
    So it’s officially October here in Germany. And what does that mean? Oh yeah, Oktoberfest, of course! Oktoberfest in Munich, Germany is probably the most famous, but there are Bierfests...

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  • Getting home at night is always an adventure. For example, I usually end up stranded in a neighboring village, being followed by a creepy bum or getting rained on halfway...

    Adventures Walking Back to Neuhaldenstraße

    Posted on September 27, 2011 | No Comments
    Getting home at night is always an adventure. For example, I usually end up stranded in a neighboring village, being followed by a creepy bum or getting rained on halfway...

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  • As compared to Americans, Germans live very different lives. After being here for a little over a month, there are many things about the German culture that I have come...

    “The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly” of Germany

    Posted on September 11, 2011 | No Comments
    As compared to Americans, Germans live very different lives. After being here for a little over a month, there are many things about the German culture that I have come...

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  • 1)   Munich, Germany While we were staying in St. Johann, we were able to make a couple day trips to visit places like Munich and Salzburg (both within driving distance)....

    The Cities of Europe! (part 2)

    Posted on September 2, 2011 | No Comments
    1)   Munich, Germany While we were staying in St. Johann, we were able to make a couple day trips to visit places like Munich and Salzburg (both within driving distance)....

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  • These past three weeks I’ve been traveling with my family around Europe: seeing castles, churches, family and taking lots and lots of pictures! On our adventures we visited four countries...

    The Cities of Europe!

    Posted on August 28, 2011 | No Comments
    These past three weeks I’ve been traveling with my family around Europe: seeing castles, churches, family and taking lots and lots of pictures! On our adventures we visited four countries...

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  • So the day has finally come: I am officially in Europe. The departure date had always seemed so far off in the distant future, but in these last weeks it...

    Packing and Europe arrival

    Posted on August 16, 2011 | No Comments
    So the day has finally come: I am officially in Europe. The departure date had always seemed so far off in the distant future, but in these last weeks it...

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