Farewell

If these three weeks had a soundtrack it would definitely be Despacito! I would have imagined that the USA actually have a more diverse selection of songs in the radio’s media library, but it seems like every other song playing on the radio in each station (even the Latino stations) is this song. So I…

The most American weekend

What would be more American than a football game and dinner at a countryside diner? – Rodeo! This last weekend has been incredible. It started with an overcrowded and cinematic football game at Smithson Valley High School. Although we were too late because of a heavily American meal to actually hear the national anthem, we…

Who cares?

It is a truth universally acknowledged that Americans in possession of no matter what fortune must be in want of stupid stuff. The US American economy is one of the most consuming ones in the world and firms like Walmart show example of this. Half of the items sold there are of no essential meaning…

Church in the USA

I was really curious about how religious life would look like in the USA and especially at Trinity. So on the first Sunday we went to the Baptist Church next to campus with a small group. The building was gorgeous from the outside and the inside. It looked more like an auditorium than a church…

FOOD

I thought I knew what I was getting myself into food wise – I didn’t. The food in Texas is literally incredible: Who fries pickles, avocados and ice cream? Here are my top food experiences from the last 2 weeks in SA:   Tex-Mex Tex-Mex seems to be all about beans and melted cheese. I…

A day in a week…

Now that I have my last school week here at Trinity ahead, I believe that I have maintained a daily routine I can share. I will get up at around 8:21am and go to Mabee to eat breakfast. On Monday, Wednesday and Friday my classes begin at 9:30am, on Tuesday and Thursday at 11:20am. So…

City Council

  Today we visited the city council’s meeting on the budget for 2018 on the invite of the mayor himself whom we had met at the Hurricane Harvey Relief event. So, early in the morning we drove to City Hall and were greeted by a council member and the mayor. What was remarkable was that…

Something to crack

Did you know that the US intervened in World War I because of a telegram from Germany they deciphered that offered Mexico the American states Texas, New Mexico and Arizona in exchange for Mexico to attack the USA? This and many other exciting facts around Texas and its history have I learned in the Museum…

First Week – A Retrospect

It is Monday evening and I have been here at Trinity for one week now. In this post I will reflect on the last week that has flown by so quickly. On Tuesday, our first full day in San Antonio, we were introduced to the (beautiful red-brick architecture) campus and the US health system (which…

To Be Honest – Summary and Review

The crowded room goes dark, on the back of the stage a video starts playing. It is Donald Trump calling for a complete shutdown of Muslims entering the US in the early stages of his presidential campaign. Applause in his audience (he can’t even finish his sentence properly) – hurtful memory in the audience of…