Most likely, that's part of the experience: hurricane Sandy hits New York! Luckily it is not so bad where I'm staying - so I just went out to take a look at the storm myself. Almost everything is closed today - except the 24/7 store accross the road....

As I have been accepted to the YPP exam I'm now more than ever motivated to learn about UN and everything which relates to it. Therefore I looked forward to this weekend event, organized by one-to-world (same organizations taking as to NYTimes Press e.g.)....

Even though I travel far, I keep in mind what moves my country - and so I got to celebrate the Austrian National Day on the 26th of October at the Austrian Consulate in New York. It was a very nice reception where I met tons of Austrians of all kinds...

reminding me of the first step.. however, today I was once again at a very fancy debate, organized by NYU... as many of my colleagues already experienced and enjoied, sometimes I take a little nap if I'm not so amazed by the speeches.. just as today!...

and a quote concerning the presidential debates -where the candidates can't agree upon basic facts: "Everyone is entitled to have his own opinion, but not his own facts." - Patrick Moynihan, democratic Senator

Well... what's there to say? Here you can even but your baby in a football costume for halloween - amazing isn't it? ;) Today I enjoied a quite comfortable Sunday, but i have to say - it was very emotional. Watching two NFL games, being on skype with...

On a rainy friday morning, the 19th of october 2012, I drove far east in New York to the New York Times Press. The organization one-to-world aims to enrich the experience of international students in the US and therefore organizeses various events, including...

Monday evening, i finally biked home again. 3 weeks after my injury, my knee was mobil enough to push the wheel... and I went for it ;). That remined me that I had made a biking movie when going down to Times Square (which is awesome - see yourself)....

yesterday I didn't knew that the library closes at 7pm so I had to leave early.. today I didn't knew that the gym closesat 9pm so I couldn't go to swim... and who told me that the US is always 24/7 ?!?!?? Now I'm sitting back in the commons and studying,...

That weekend, the famous comic con took place in New York at Javits Center. The nice thing... just next to my place. So I took the possibility to go there... without very deep feelings about Comics, I strolled around more or less without orientation....