Posted by: Lydia on: July 30, 2008
Because God will not quench the faintly burning wick.
Posted by: Lydia on: December 21, 2007
Here come those long-promised pictures! The wonderfulness of winter break is having a nice block of time to blog. A recap: near the end of November I packed up my bags and climbed into a bus with thirty other AFS exchange students to drive down to the south of Germany. Since the trip was long, [...]
Posted by: Lydia on: October 20, 2007
A couple of weekends ago I was with my host family in the city of Mainz, visiting some relatives. (A great-uncle and great-aunt, to be exact!) I think Mainz is definitely my favorite German city so far. We had weather that was beyond gorgeous all weekend — china blue skies and that crisp autumn air [...]
Posted by: Lydia on: October 2, 2007
Two weekends ago I enjoyed a Sunday lunch with some of my host family’s relatives in Köln. Cologne, as the city is known in English, contains the largest cathedral in all of Europe. And after lunch, I went with my family to visit the cathedral and walk up it’s 500-something steps to glimpse a view [...]