My life has changed quit a bit since I have been living here in germany. It is nothing like the Summer University Program I was apart of last summer. I am beginning to realize how much I cannot relay on my english. Last summer I was taking a german course like I am now, but I could always use english. I had many Canadian and American classmates. In fact, most of my classmates spoke fluent english. Now that I am going to enroll into a german university, I know I will have to be using, speaking, listening, and writing in german. I have met several other students that are taking german also. But the thing is, they may be from Egypt, Iran, France, Holland, Denmark, or India, and they only have a small understanding of the english language. There are not that many American exchange students here. I, and the other Americans, are beginning that learning to speak german is crucial to our survival here in Stuttgart.
So I am been learning as fast as I can. I ask all the germans I speak to, to talk to me in german. Even if I have to resort to english for some words, I want to keep hearing german. So far it is working great. My listening skills have almost doubled in the past four weeks, but there is so much more I have to learn.
As for experiances I have had resently, they are slim to none. I have mainly been sticky to myself and keeping my nose clean. I am trying to get a job at the Boddschamber (a small student run bar on campus) as a bartender. Many of the bartenders know me and would like me to join their ranks as a bartender of the Bodschi. For this, I am very excited.
Hopefully, I will be traveling soon, and stories will start to weave themselves out of shinanigans. But as of now, like I said, I have been keeping my nose clean. Cheers to all :)
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