I don't really have one central theme of today's blog. There's a lot going on in Germany right now, so I thought I'd take time to share several of these things with you. A smorgasbord of German happenings in an easy-to-digest format. One might say this is my version of a Life of Brian regular fixture, Tuesday Tidbits:
We have a new teacher in my class. She will be with us for four weeks because our former teacher has gone on a vacation with her family and must also attend some conference. Martina, our first teacher, was great. She was fun, she was easy to understand, and she was interesting. I will describe our new teacher as very German. She seems to be very knowledgeable and has a very good command of what she is teaching. I think she might just be a little uncomfortable, and I look forward to see how well she teaches after she relaxes a bit. I hope she relaxes a bit.
Big day yesterday. I went out to a bar with a couple of my classmates and returned to my house at around 11pm. I went up to the door, put my key in, and I heard from behind me, "Hallo?" I turned around, and guess who it was. Nikolas! My host! For at least the past three weeks, Nikolas has been vacationing in Italy, and he returned last night. He seems like a very nice man. I have only spoken with him a couple of times, but I think he will be a good host. I think he is still trying to get settled in from his trip because he has only been doing laundry today. He has also been watering his front garden. I know this because he told me that while he was working outside, he could see that I had left my television on and went into my room to turn it off. Thank you, Nikolas.
I purchased my train tickets for the Hannover 96 -- Arsenal match today. I arrive in Hannover at 16:30, and I can pick up my tickets from the visitors' counter at 17:00. I can't wait. I also have Hertha Berlin tickets on the way. Two class mates and I will ring in the new Bundesliga season on August 8 at Olympiastadion.
I believe that I found a cafe today. It might be about 0.8km from my house, which is not a terrible walk at all. I had a nice cappuccino this afternoon and did a little more reading for my class next semester. I will definitely return. The drink was delicious, the baked goods looked great, and the staff was patient. The woman who initially waited on me told me to go sit down after I ordered. I hadn't paid yet, so I hung around a bit to see if that's what she really meant for me to do. After she told me again, and then waved me away, I got the hint.
For my class, we are strongly encouraged to give a presentation. It is a short 10 minute presentation about whatever we would like to talk about. We can sign up any time and go whenever we want to (if we want to), but it all must be in German. I am having a difficult time thinking of something to present. It really can be about anything. I thought about going back to the well and talking about some of my research regarding National Socialism, welfare, and poverty, but I'm not so sure if this is the right audience for something like that. So, I am officially open to suggestions. You can leave suggestions under comments, or you can email them to me directly. I will report back after I weigh my options. Get to thinking, blog nation.
Deutsches Wort des Tages:
durcheinander -- mixed up
2 comments:
As always your pix speak volumes.
What about the drums,and/or music and what it means to you, your generation, the whorled. Love you always.
I'll be expecting a royalties check for the usage of Tuesday Tidbits!
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