Last weekend I got to go to Marburg (two hours north of Heidelberg) to visit two family friends that I hadn't seen since I was four. They were so hospitable and it was like coming home. The pictures is Renate and I and the Swedish apple cake she made for us. We laughed about when I was four and they taught me the phrase "Ich bin eine keine dumpfnoodle" which bascially means "I'm a little dumpling." I also got to see one of their sons, Phillip, and here about when I was 4 and he was 6 and I wouldn't let him play with a toy. He decided then that he hated me. Luckily, we were able to reconcile.
I decided to take German, even though I'm not enrolled in the class. By the end of this weekend I was able to understand some of the things Gerhard and Renate were saying, but I still can't produce my own sentences. I read aloud childrens' books to them to improve my pronunciation, and it was very fun. I'll hopefully visit them once more before I leave.
I had my first saxophone lesson last week, and I really like my teacher. He comes from a different school of thought than I have grown up with, so it will be interesting to see how I can meld the two over the next three months. I get to go 45 minutes outside Heidelberg to Mannheim for my lesson, and I enjoy my little adventure.
I know that I have more time than I usually do, but I feel rather busy. I don't have large chunks of time, but I'm hoping I can create them. I have been auditing the music history class, but I'm going to start skipping because attending 20 units of classes fills up my schedule. It is wonderful to have chunks of time to practice!
I am so thankful that I am here, though I am missing friends and family. It's a little different being so far away, for even if I wanted to, I couldn't hop on a plane and see people in a couple hours. I'm here, and that's good, but it makes me miss people too.
Well, I should go practice. When Facebook starts liking me again, and my computer stops giving me blue screens of death, I'll import some pictures and put a link here. Guten tag!
I decided to take German, even though I'm not enrolled in the class. By the end of this weekend I was able to understand some of the things Gerhard and Renate were saying, but I still can't produce my own sentences. I read aloud childrens' books to them to improve my pronunciation, and it was very fun. I'll hopefully visit them once more before I leave.
I had my first saxophone lesson last week, and I really like my teacher. He comes from a different school of thought than I have grown up with, so it will be interesting to see how I can meld the two over the next three months. I get to go 45 minutes outside Heidelberg to Mannheim for my lesson, and I enjoy my little adventure.
I know that I have more time than I usually do, but I feel rather busy. I don't have large chunks of time, but I'm hoping I can create them. I have been auditing the music history class, but I'm going to start skipping because attending 20 units of classes fills up my schedule. It is wonderful to have chunks of time to practice!
I am so thankful that I am here, though I am missing friends and family. It's a little different being so far away, for even if I wanted to, I couldn't hop on a plane and see people in a couple hours. I'm here, and that's good, but it makes me miss people too.
Well, I should go practice. When Facebook starts liking me again, and my computer stops giving me blue screens of death, I'll import some pictures and put a link here. Guten tag!
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