MicahPaul

I have been fielding many questions regarding how exactly I’m managing to go to Germany, how long I will be there, whom I will be staying with, and so on. I attempt to answer most of these presently.
Some people will be rather sick of these trivialities. To these, I can only say that I sympathize dearly.

I am going to Berlin for 11 months on a scholarship, called the International Reciprocal Scholarship Exchange Program, or IRSEP. As its name implies, it is a reciprocal exchange program at the U of M, currently with programs to 6 countries. (If anyone reading this is eligible to apply, I highly, highly recommend it.) After an extensive application process, I was selected was one of two recipients to go to Germany. This is an amazing blessing.
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In precisely 5 days, I will be en route to Berlin, by way of Chicago and Frankfurt, with the final leg by train.
I have not even begun packing. My room looks like the same eruption of dirty laundry and various debris as usual. All in due time.
The main point of this post is to make sure this site and all of its various tendrils and functions are working swimmingly so as to avoid any excessive mucking in the deep caverns of technology once I arrive.
The impetus for this site was to keep people informed of my travels (this upcoming year in Germany in particular), and to that effect, I have provided myriad ways to stay informed at your convenience.
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With that, I will end this insufferably banal post. I plan on writing up another one soon comprising an overview of why and how I am going to Germany.

Liebe Grüße,
Micah