Monday, September 15, 2008

Roughing it in Berlin

So the painters came today to paint the windows. And what does that mean...I'm missing a window, in 50 degree weather. wunderbar!

In other news I'm wearing my long underwear and I think tomorrow I'm going to wear my pea coat. Yes I realize yesterday I swore I wouldn't but I was cold all day. And not that fingers and toes cold. I was cold to my core. It's pea coat time.

I had Intensivkurs again today and we are nearing the end. Finally! Although I do have to admit that my German has gotten much better. I'm understanding so much more and my spoken grammar is improving like crazy!! I'm currently reading "Die Dreigroschenoper" by Bertolt Brecht which is funny and fun to read but is giving me the biggest headache ever!!

We also visited the Deustch Geschicht Museum (German History Museum) today which was really interesting. Out tour guide spoke really really fast in German so I used the tour more to better my listening comprehension and less to learn information. But as a result, my brain legitimately switched into German today for almost the whole day which was wonderful and I even had a hard time reading some of the information in English at the museum!

And after a long day my host mom surprised me with homemade pizza which was wonderful...and now my head hurts worse...and I can't figure out how to talk in either language...I'm going to bed...Gute Night!

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