Home Sweet America

I guess when there are people to see and things to do, you forget how to write.

I guessed right.

just kidding!

It's been nothing but tiring since coming home. Jet lag? Maybe. Ton O' Fun exposing the lack of stamina resulting from two months of boredom in Germany in a relative comparison? Ja.

I'll run a recap of Europe as a whole in a few (hours? days? weeks?)

please keep reading. Thanks =)

Venedig, ya dig?

Blazing heat, sore feet, tourist season.
Fake bag peddlers, restaurant hustlers, some smelly streets.
Overcrowded water buses, coperto, overpriced gondola rides.
I don't.


City on water, beautiful architecture, get lost in the alleyways.
Hotel Bologna, Piazza San Marco, Riva Schiavoni.
Relax & chat, gelato galore, outstanding pizza.
I do.

Cliff Notes: Venice, hot & beautiful (just not a girl)!

Superawesomeamazingwowyeah!

So while I've learned a lot from my internship at Qiagen, I have also taught a bit. Namely, how to speak AMURICAN! And that's really quite super (as are the cows next door)!

The office was nice (it used to be clean until Philippe jk), worked always started with a cup of green tea, music blared from the speakers and stuff got done (sometimes!) but the office team was awesome! They said lunch was subsidized and supposedly cheap, NOT! But pizza, doner, salad (wow anna!) got me by most of the time & the lunch crew?? Amazing (Thibault not pictured)!

So if you can't tell all these pictures come from the last day of work. Just to document a day in the life of. Quite cheesy. Wow.

That's a two person shaped Y for I'M DONE WITH INTERNSHIP TIME TO VACA AND CHILL AT HOME! YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

Wow, relax? I can't relax. I'm ready for summer.

Cliff Notes: Pictures of life at Qiagen

An Ode to Germany!

So this is the end and as hard to believe as it is, I am going to miss you, Germany.

Like a good teacher in a subject I despise, you've taught me so much.
And like a reluctant student, I only appreciate you at the end.

Like a brand new world (except its the 'old world'), I found myself lost, lost in translation. And like a man whose heart's been home, I found warmth in a home away from home.

Like an awkward situation (oh there were many), you've forced me out of my comfort zone. And like a football rookie facing the bright lights, in the crowd I find comfort of friends cheering on.

Like a moment of revelation, you've brought it home, touching the soul. And like a man born again (maybe not so extreme), I know there is wrong and I will make it right.

Like a giant serving of humble pie, you've stuffed me full. And like a man who hasn't had much lately, I think I won't need some for some time.

So this is the end and as hard as it is to believe, I am going to miss you, Deutschland.



Cliff Notes: Missing Germany, already!