Descriptive Essay About Goodbye Germany

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After I got through the struggle of packing a bunch of randomness it was time for the tedious car ride. I slept half the way there and looked out the window at all the new roads and landmarks. We drove for seven hours, but then decided to stop and get some rest in buffalo minnesota.

We left our house on an early morning probably around 4 A.M so we could have an early start to the day. The night before this trip I didn’t sleep at all so I could try and make the trip as short as I possibly could, sleeping was basically my only thing to do. Once our SUV was loaded and ready to go we hit the road and started our journey.

The toughest time I went through was saying goodbye to my friends and moving to Minnesota when I was in 2nd grade. When we pack up our house and left for Minnesota I thought I wouldn’t ever see them again. It turns out a few months later we went back to Illinois and we got to visit my school and friends again. It was After getting to spend time bitter sweet. I felt excited and very sad at

It was me and my brother living in Nebraska at age 24. It was fun living in Nebraska actually because we got to see many things together like the plant my brother grew in our backyard. Only one thing came popping up in my mind though. Ever sense that weird neighbor moved in across from us our both of our parents past away. My brother got sick and needed medical help right away but then there is me Blaine Elliott. I'm the only

Germany, a country rich in culture and heritage, yet plagued by the fallout of World War I and World War II, has progressed to become the centerpiece of the European Union and the world’s third richest economy. The first German Empire dates back to the Roman Empire starting in the 8th century AD. During the Middle Ages the German Empire fended off many attacks against their soil from the Hungarians and the Slavs. Fighting and power struggles continued until the 1400’s, when the modern world gradually came into existence with intellectual, economic and political changes.

The lives of Germans were heavily affected during the 1930’s because of the Nazi state. For most German citizens life was good. That majority overlooked the minority whose lives were changed for the worse. For people that were members of the Nazi party, life was good, however for their opposition life was restricted and harsh. Women weren’t affected and lived a good life if they accepted the fact that they would have to return to the traditional roles served by women in Germany.

On July 1st I headed out to Newark airport, with only a duffel bag in hand, and began the month long trip that changed my life. Not many people can say that in one month they traveled up the northwestern half of the United States and into Canada, then set sail on a cruise to Alaska, and then flew to Hawaii afterwards. Over the duration of the trip I endured over thirty hours in plane delays, three-hundred dollars in overuse charges from out-of-country phone usage, and getting lost in the middle of nowhere: Skagway, Alaska. On the first day of the trip I can remember being a nervous wreck. Leaving behind my secure, fun, and comforting life in Tenafly to fly all the way across the country with strangers seemed foreign to me. Over the course of

It was March 27, 2016; my family and I were all leaving to go to Las Vegas for Spring break. We finally left at 9:30 am and are plane was leaving around 11:45. We were in the car for about 2 hours to go to Des Moines. My sister and I sat together while Jeff and my mom were sitting behind us on the plane. All I did on the plane was sleep and listen to music.

Arriving at the airport at four o’clock in the morning to meet up with my flight group should have made me tired, but the excitement kept me awake. We checked all of our bags in and waited for the sign to go past security. Finally, we were all set and ready to go. I said goodbye to my family and began the adventure. By the time we reached our terminal and settled in it was about five o’clock. Our plane would not arrive at the airport until six AM, so the majority of our group decided to go and get delicious, caffeine filled coffee from Starbucks. Our plane was finally ready to board and take us to Houston for the connecting flight. We arrived in Houston at around seven-thirty and split up into many different breakfast groups. My group went to the best option possible, Whataburger. We had a long seven hour layover, which caused us all to be very bored. Naps, walking the escalator, eating, and playing games filled our time. My group bonded and became closer friends before

The hardest time in my life would have to be when my mother quit her job without any notice. I believe her job was affiliated with telecommunications. She had many difficult customers, and coworkers that didn't know how to do their job. This job of hers continued to get worse and she ended up quitting her very stressful job. My father picked me up from school that day, and I could see the same model car as my mother's, drive down the road behind us. The driver looked as though to be my mother. I told my father, who the driver behind us looked like, and he didn't believe me. We stopped by a gas station to acquire drinks, and then we went home to find my mom on the couch. She was filled with anger and sadness, and told us what happened.

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This paper will describe Christmas in Germany as a cultural metaphor for Germany. In this research paper I will include all of the characteristics of a German Christmas and explain all of the traditions that we try to mimick here in the United States. I will breakdown the culture of Germany and all of the holiday traditions that they celebrate during the Christmas season. The paper will highlight how we as Americans view Christmas in Germany.

Germany is known to be one of the largest and most powerful economies in the world. It is located in Central and Western Europe, and stretches along the Baltic and North Seas. The country covers a total of 357,022 sq km, 348,672 sq km with land and 8,350 sq km with water. Germany shares borders with nine other countries, France, Switzerland, Belgium, Denmark, Poland, Czech Republic, Austria, Belgium, and The Netherlands. Germany is the seventh largest country in Europe, and the 62nd largest in the world (CIA World Factbook, 2016). The capital of Germany is Berlin, but it also surrounded by many other major cities (Leipzig, Munich, Stuttgart, Aachen, Nuremberg, Bonn, Heidelberg, and Cologne) to name a few.

Though the FRG (West Germany) and the GDR (East Germany) shared centuries of cultural history, the GDR was heavily influenced by Soviet values and social systems. Since reunification the educational system in eastern Germany has abandoned the Soviet polytechnic model of comprehensive education for all high school students, and returned to the specialized system of the western part of the country.