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Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009

Heute ich fahre in die Schule mit dem Fahrrad fahren. Die Reisen machen mir sehr gut und frisch fuhlen. Wir kommen in die Schule nach eins uhr und funf minuten fahren. Besser als unsere erste Zeit.

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Erste Tag von Deutsch lernen

Monday, July 20th, 2009

Today was a big mish-mash made worse by the fact the S bahn isn’t working, which means major delays on public transport or big detours, and people didn’t get out of bed till late.

We were supposed to all meet downstairs at 8am, and the last annoying people didn’t get down until 8.45, when our lessons began at 9am. So we were all late, but Elizabeth and I rode to school. We are in the outer east, and school seems to be in the lower south, so it took just over an hour. But it was really fun and the majority of Berlin is quite flat. We saw heaps of funky street art on the way,rode next to the river for a while.

For some reason they thought my German test was good enough to put me in the higher group – there are three beginner classes and one higher class, although ours seems to have different standards within it. I felt totally overwhelmed getting into the whole study thing again, but my teacher Saeeda said it might take a few days to get back into it, so not to worry (yet)!

After class a bunch of us met up in the Kreuzberg area to find somewhere for lunch and somehow made our way back down close-by for dinner. We had our orientation meeting which only began at 6pm and went till just after 7pm but didn’t seem to answer many of our questions. Dinner we didn’t have till quite late, plus a few wines – easy to order – ein weiss vino bitte.

We did get homework however so that’ll be done in the am.

Berlin all summer…

Sunday, July 19th, 2009
That's right, I'm here in the gorgeous city of Berlin, enjoying a Melbourne mix of sun, rain, heat and wind all in the same day. My arrival wasn't too bad, following a half an hour delay by easyJet for having ... [Continue reading this entry]

Pamplona – Running of the Bulls

Sunday, July 19th, 2009

Loverly Liverpool

Thursday, July 2nd, 2009
The last few weeks have been a lot of hard work, including weekends while Lija has been in Australia (three times in the last three months!!!) so I was more than ready to have last weekend off and get out ... [Continue reading this entry]

Copenhagen: a Danish tryst

Thursday, May 28th, 2009
Spring has sprung and May is soon to be over. We are heading into the summer months at lightning speed, and I can't wait! Lija and I went to Copenhagen for this long weekend, not for the whole time because Lija ... [Continue reading this entry]

Chingford: A Family Affair

Thursday, May 14th, 2009
Mid-May we went up to Chingford, half an hour from the city on the national rail north-east of London. Being travellers we have opened up a can of worms, but a lovely one at that. For me it began when I ... [Continue reading this entry]

The Bard’s Birthday

Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009
I’ve had a very busy week of work this week, so busy it’s 6.20am and I’m sitting here waiting for the train to take me to Hammersmith. I seem to be spending a lot of time with clients who live ... [Continue reading this entry]

Wales baa-baa

Tuesday, April 14th, 2009
Wales is to England what New Zealand is to Australia. It is a community that mostly thrives and survives on farming and tourism. The Welsh are a very lovely people, if not a little quiet at times. Saturday Spring has sprung and ... [Continue reading this entry]

Cornish Tales

Sunday, April 5th, 2009
It’s another three hours on the train until I get to London. I’ve finished my week in Prussia Cove with a grand finale at the Maestri concert. I’ve only ever seen the students play, but this time around I was fortunate ... [Continue reading this entry]