Has anyone else ever noticed how little of a language you actually need to know in order to accomplish your day-to-day life? I am talking groceries, post office, bank, dry cleaners, bakery, restaurants, etc. Even after four months of living here, every time I interact with anyone successfully in German, I always feel like I …
Tag: Learning German
Monday, Monday
It is Monday after a three-day weekend, and boy, was it hard to get out of bed this morning. Especially since I spent all of yesterday in my pajamas and never left the apartment (it was unbelievably rainy and miserable), instead opting to sleep late, shop for a wardrobe (meaning a closet, not a new …
I’m Here
So, after my first official week of living in Hamburg, here is what I have to say: * I still kind of feel like I am borrowing someone else’s life. Maybe that has a little to do with the fact that I did not take any time to settle in before I started work.Meaning that …
Weltanschauung
Currently, I am so wrapped up in my little world of language learning in the little town of Bonn that I probably could not hold a decent conversation about any of the latest current events (even in English). Presidential election, what? War in Georgia, huh? Olympic scandals, who? This could also have something to do …