It would have taken about 2 weeks to finish up my Buch 3 German class but we found out this past Tuesday that it was not to be. It was pretty cozy: just Pascal from Switzerland, Paul from Scottland, Fomiko from Japan, little me, and a rare appearance from semi-pro soccer player Vally from Greece were in the classroom. Suddenly Fomiko had her baby (only 3kg, named Natalie) and that meant our class was too small. Deloris was emotional; she now has to teach Buch 1 (z.B. “Der Mann ist gr??.” …Not so fun). And Pascal dropped out in fear of the Mittelstufe and will return next year.
So me, Paul, and new guy Zdenek from Czech Republic (Tschechien) entered the Mittelstufe on Wednesday, which has been running for the past 1.5 months and they are almost complete with Chapter 3 of 7. Our teacher, Ina, speaks and writes so much faster and uses different phrases for things I thought I already learned. I can’t finish a complete thought without being corrected, but then I am not thinking slow enough for me to understand all the mistakes I am carelessly making. I feel I still have a long way to go…
The weather was good the beginning of the week. I studied directly after class in the sun along the Isar River to absorb some Vitamin D (eh?). The cold and absence of sun can be pretty depressive…sitting outside also cheaper than visiting the many tanning booths offered at just about every corner. But this artifical option will probably be more appealing later in the season. The average temperatures lately have been around 50-55 F during the day and just above freezing (37 F) during the night. Studying outside has helped me get used to the colder temperatures.
It’s official, Alex’s project in Regensburg will end late January. That means we will be moving into a larger apartment in Munich;D. Very exciting. We are looking forward to cooking/baking a lot more together and having people over for gettogethers. Tonight we will visit a Stammtisch, where people get together for a drink and converse. First its German…then English. Hopefully, the people are fun.
Anyway. Have a good weekend everyone…
OLD COMMENT:
they have tanning booths in germany? a lot of them? i would have never guessed.
good luck in the Mittelstufe class. (I didnt even try to write that word; just copied and pasted
Im sure youre doing a lot better than you give yourself credit. Besides, you’re using a part of your brain that most Americans with only 1 language use.
I’m finding I am learaning things much faster and am able to retain longer. (still not a good typer
it hink its because im ‘excercising’ my brain. which they say is very important for you grow older.
so my point, i believe your learning curve is exponential, or at least logrithmic. it’ll come by easier, ey?
you rock!
ps – i cant belive i totally forgot molly’s bday!
Posted 11/12/2005 at 4:03 PM by pingtogo