Just a quick update to my post from last week… I found an apartment in a very cute Altbremerhaus (i.e., a row house) on the edge of a lovely part of town. Okay, well, it’s not entirely my apartment – I’ll be sharing it with a German graduate student – but it’s sweet and cozy, …
Tag: Learning German
Total überfordert
In less than two weeks, I’m taking an official Goethe Institute exam to prove my German skills. (Feel free to question my sanity in the comments’ section). Last month I posted about getting myself ready, but now I’m all signed up and there’s no more room for procrastination. The exam consists of reading and listening …
Noch einmal
If you’ve been hanging out here for awhile, you might remember that way back when I arrived in Germany, I spent a couple months in intensive German courses provided by my fellowship. My ability to communicate practically quadrupled by the time it was over, and I felt like I had a good foundation for my …
Best of 2009: Challenge
December 9 Challenge. Something that really made you grow this year. That made you go to your edge and then some. What made it the best challenge of the year for you? Lately I’ve backed off of blogging about my adventures with the German language, mostly because I was starting to sound like a broken …