Melancholy Madness

Avid reader, daytime dreamer. Lover of words, people, and the world. Brand spanking new college graduate hoping to not sink in to the melancholy of post grad but instead sink into all the colorful crevices of the world. We'll see how it goes.

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Ach so

Ach so… = Oh, I see…

Ach so. = Oh, ok.

Ach sooo! = Aha! I see! Exclamation of sudden understanding

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So begins

my next adventure! My Au Pair year is almost up and I'm rounding it out with a couple week backpacking SOLO trip through Eastern Europe.

Possible stops

(Really want to do Ireland or Italy but...money ..)

Vienna

Budapest

Prague

Krakow

And back to Berlin

Then I head back to the states. Whew.

As I have never done a solo trip before, any tips would be great.

As would any offers to meet up! Coffee or a drink and possibility to make a new friend. 

Can't wait to shake the dust and explore a bit.

Will start to update more, [promise]

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Hope you are settling in just right. Need any help from Germans? ;)

Ha wow so sorry, I just saw this! Where in Germany are you from?

[greatlittleplace]

Budapest, Hungary http://bit.ly/1pbcgKn

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To go

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Shakespeare & Company, Bookstore Paris, France May 2013

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Life goal, buy a book from here.

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I bought three

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Hey ya'll

Still traveling, still aupairing, still sucking at updating tumblr and my blog. check it out if you like, if not, whatever, i'm a tumblr post, not a cop

http://almostmaybeabeatnik.weebly.com/blog-type-stuff

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Jobs fill your pocket. Adventures fill your soul.

Jaime Lyn Beatty (via elige)

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Your 20’s are your ‘selfish’ years. It’s a decade to immerse yourself in every single thing possible. Be selfish with your time, and all the aspects of you. Tinker with shit, travel, explore, love a lot, love a little, and never touch the ground.

Kyoko Escamilla (via moonbrains)

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reading a foreign language: yeah writing in a foreign language: ok listening to a foreign language: wait speaking in a foreign language: fuck

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Oh hey

So the internet at my host families house isn't the greatest, hence the non-tumblr presence as of late. Alas, I did what any other English major/Internet loser/New Aupair does-Started a blog. I update it semi-frequently and hope it will turn into something somewhat ok.

So fellow Aupairs or Aupair wannabes, hop on over and send any ask or questions or hey-I'm-near-Duesseldorf-let's-hang-out's my way, ok?!

http://almostmaybeabeatnik.weebly.com/blog-type-stuff.html

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We are torn between nostalgia for the familiar and an urge for the foreign and strange. As often as not, we are homesick most for the places we have never known.

Carson Mccullers (via audrotas)

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The beautiful United States of America. 

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Now that I'm in Germany, I appreciate the US like never before.

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So I moved to Germany today...Help?

[misswallflower]

Sometimes, making the wrong choice is better than making no choice. You have the courage to go forward, that is rare. A person who stands at the fork, unable to pick, will never get anywhere.

Terry Goodkind (via natashakills)

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New Orleans is known for its street performers. This is the first time I’ve seen this guy. When you tip him he stops playing and lets out a wolf howl. cute gimmick. 

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He is also very talented and very nice. He is from Michigan, I believe. New Orleans is not the only city he plays in. 

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I actually saw this guy when I was there! Playing outside the cathedral. 

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Bitte helft mir!

Hello German Aupairs

I need some advice

I'm an American looking to aupair in Germany. First time aupairing but I have kid experience. Just graduated college and looking for something fresh. I'm looking to head over Jan or Feb but my question is

what's the deal with the visas?

I read somewhere you need a work visa and it can take up to 3 months to get but on Aupair World, I saw it say if you're from the US you "may travel to Germany without a visa. However, they need to apply for a residence title at the local Aliens Registration Office (Ausländerbehörde) within three months after their arrival and before the au pair placement starts."

Does this sound right?

How did you do it?

Any help would be appreciated and if I do come over, any friends or advice would be nice as well.

Thank you!

Bis bald

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A snippet of my vacation last year in New Orleans