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Christmas Countdown
Howdy folks,
With the Christmas countdown on, it seems like there is something new happening just about every day. For example there has been a positive spike in the number of Christmas Cards I've received including: Dave Ashforth from UK, Martin and Louise Pinno from Australia, Thomas Vafiadis from Australia, Damian and Birgit Andrews from Adelaide and a wonderful package from father dearest Rainer, Carol, Hannah and ...
Extreme Randomness
... people from our class who weren't continuing along to the next course. Only Lin, Kiran and Nikolaus re-enrolled so we merged classes with the other group and added a few new faces as well. I'm still learning my Der, Die and Das with a handful of Den, Dem, Am, Um Zum and Zur thrown in for good measure. It sure is the right way to learn a language. I can't imagine coming so far learning in Australia. Mein Kopf tut weh, aber mein Deutsch ist ...
European Girls
... since we are so young!). So what did we do? On Saturday morning we awoke rather earlier and traveled to the famous university town Heidelberg, which may be now one of my favorite cities in Germany. The architecture is very romantic and beautiful and there is a very impressive castle that towers over the city and the Old Bridge that crosses the Neckar River. We wandered through Old Town and ...
Philosophizing over Glühwein
... We stopped in for a coffee at the Sprach Cafe and later met Christian and Tania at Käthe Wohlfahrt. We took a look in this famous shop known for its Bavarian Christmas Decorations which cost a pretty penny.
There were many more stalls than I had envisioned and in the middle was a carousel. We stopped to drink a glühwein which is a warm spiced red wine and tastes great on a cold day. The night was around ...
Castles and Palaces
... frisbee when the weather is good. I've recruited a few of my fellow students and on Friday we even had some random guy join in who was walking past. Such is the power of frisbee as a cohesive bond!
On Friday, I was keen to go to Heidelberg for a Couch Surfing Sprach Cafe where you can go and practice your German and meet new people. Before Steffie and I left, they told me about St Martin's Day. In essence, the day is to teach children the values of ...