gäggle

Another tradition!

It's the Deutsch version of Halloween.

and insteak of "TRICK OR TREAT" it's: "gägglely geck eier und speck..."

 We dressed up as vampires and walked around Sand to collect:

eggs, money, alcohol, candy...

 frighteneing, we know.

Sinah

Anne

 We got lots of stuff!

She's fits in really well.

Had to make a stop to fix Claudi's jeans.

 We would knock on doors and say "gäggley geck, eier und speck... (that's all I can remember/spell)" people would give us money/alcohol/eggs... and some of them would invite us into their house to eat or drink or both.

Scary vampires eating soup at the last house we visited.

Simi und Fabi

waldspeck essen

 This is a winter-y tradition in the region

 ...eating bacon and drinking beer in the forest.

 (beer UND gluhwein)

LECKER!

ich verstehe viel Deutsch!

aber ich spreche nicht so gut

I started an Intensivkurs on 13.02.12 in Offenburg.

  Um 8.04 kommt der Zug an.
Ich komme um 8.22 in Offenburg an.
Deutsch ist sehr schwierig (difficult!)  

Raum 17

The school is only a 5 min walk from the bahnhof (train station).

It's on the HauptStraße (Main St.)

 

Der Bahnhof mit Schnee

Gleis 4 (track 4)

I take the 12.34 train back to Kehl and then study!

Offenburg is a cool city!

(not just because of this metal structure...)

die Zimmer

"the rooms"

It's hard to believe I arrived in Deutschland over a month ago!

 This was the first room I moved into in the Möwe; Marlyse's old room.

It felt a little like a cave, which was fun at first...
Until my head discovered the slanted ceiling.

 I asked Ralph and Petra if I switch rooms due to the excessive head hitting.

They gave me the key to Emily's old room.

Ich bin sehr glücklich

(I am very happy)

Now that my ceilings are taller!

i'm over it.

winter, that is.

Don't even get me started...

 

"Snow, severe by tonight in Plains, Rockies"
no thanks:

but maybe snow day(s) for my siblings?

I NEED to be here:

For reals. I hate being cold.

Luckily for me it snowed during our first training session on Sonntag.

People keep telling me it's only going to get colder.

"juhu"