Kate J Hollingsworth
art + travel + photography
Category: Travel
-
Staufen
Last weekend, our program did the first traveling of the semester! We divided into three groups: the first went to Titisee, the second to Sasbachwalden (I think), and my group went to Staufen! We hiked up to the ruins – they’ve been around since the High Middle Ages! Around 1100 ad. The hills all around…
-
Life on Charlottenburgerstraße!
Today is day 5 in Freiburg, and I’m starting to get settled in! I’ve got a German phone, a German cell phone number, and a mailbox in Germany with my name on it! : ) Here’s a picture of my dorm building on Charlottenburgerstraße: And a couple from inside the main living/kitchen area… I…
-
Exploring Freiburg
Our first assignment in Freiburg: get to know the city! We broke into four groups 14-ish people to explore the different areas in town. Here’s some of the highlights from today and my group’s walk! Freiburg is so pretty! I lose my sense of direction a lot – the streets paths and intersections are…
-
Going, Going…. Not Going!
I made my packing list, checked it twice: everything was ready to go this morning! The weather outside was frightful. Roads covered in ice, interstates closed, and a lot of very un-Atlanta-ish snowfall. But we had a plan! Everything was lookin’ good and my family was all ready to head out the door and into…
-
Study Abroad 2009 in Retrospect
As for myself, I got off that plane with expectations. Or… presumptions. “Greece” in my mind was a world of white – white marble, white houses, white togas. But this real Greece, this true Greece of today? It is gritty. The people, with genealogies old as the land itself, have that intrepid attitude, spirited and…
-
Opa!
One of the great things about being at a college downtown is the ease with which you can get places. I mean… once you get the hang of jaywalking, the sky’s the limit. Anyway. A friend and I headed to the Atlanta Greek Festival Saturday. Pretty awesome. Some dancers came out, from little kids to…
