my room
So I had my first German class today. Wow. It looks like its going to be rather intense. I think I very much like our professor. She is from Hungary and is very pleasant and amiable, yet forthright and exacting at the same time. She speaks to us only in German. The class consists of me, seven fellow IUSP students that I already know, and four other guys from New York, France, Palestine, and India; twelve altogether. I think this is a great way to learn the language. There's nothing like not wanting to look stupid to motivate you to pay attention when you are asked a question in a foreign language in front of the whole class. It was fun and I'm looking forward to the rest of the course. Its actually nice to be back studying after over two months of mental atrophy.After class today, we split up into three groups and were assigned to go to the supermarket and purchase food to cook a favorite homeland dish for an international dinner and social in the evening. There are a few other programs like IUSP, but from Europe and Asia, so the idea was to meet some of those folks. We made fried chicken and something Canadian (due to the Canadian contingent in our group), not quite sure on the name. The dinner was pretty neat, lots of good food from around the globe.
I know that the pictures on this post are not of Marburg, but its been quite foggy here the last two days and not so conducive to photography. So you'll just have to wallow in anticipation a little while longer. Sorry . . .
God Bless,
Jared
7 comments:
Jared,
I had a moment to check your blog today and I was happy to find you've posted twice! Glad you are settling into German life and that you aren't being deprived of one of America's finest foods....fried chicken :)Thanks for posting the pics - we look forward to seeing more!
Kim (and Matt too)
Mental atrophy, boy I'll say. Just kiddin
-mmmmm fried chicken... and other stuff too.
-sick dorm
-sounds like you are going to learn the language. Just don't let looking dumb be to much of a motivation (your going to look dumb any way). HaHa
Ok I will post later. Keep it real for Christ,
Brant Driedger
Looks to me your settling right in! I should have my cousin email you some directions of hiking trials where your at. I hear there are many just shooting off into random directions. Have a great week, and easy on the coffee!
hey dude.. you need some posters or something. maybe some framed paintings.. i dunno. anyways. hope it gets sunny soon!
I don't know . . . I think maybe the awesomeness of the window curtains compensates for the lack of posters and such.
Thanks for the comments guys, its great to hear from home!
After seeing that picture of the sink I feel like I can experience Germany right there with you! Just kidding... Thanks for posting and we're still praying for you!
Yep. Looks like a dorm. You need a plant to keep you company...maybe a cactus, they're pretty easy-going...
Learning a language by immersion is the best way to go, and it sounds like you're in a pretty good position to do it!
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