Tradition, Honour and Beer

Patrick T Walsh | Contributing Writer Upon arrival in Trier Germany for the beginning of my Erasmus year I remained conscious of the forewarning of my lecturers and tutors not to fall into the most auspiciously named “Erasmus Ghetto”. As a language student, this aforementioned ghetto is a term used to describe that wide circle of English speaking students one tends to encounter in European university towns and cities, which has the unfortunate habit of hindering one’s efforts at immersion in foreign language and culture. After a while, I soon began to settle into a routine within my rather pleasant new surroundings of the city … Continue reading Tradition, Honour and Beer