Life Update! (mit Deutsch!)

Once again.. It has been way too long since my last update.  This time around, a lot has actually happened.  Let’s see if I can remember everything..

So a week after my last post, we had a big group get together to go to a nice ‘classy’ bar.  The bar was called 20&Up - except I’m not really sure why.  Maybe, because the bar was 20 stories up.  Anyways, we were told to dress ‘Sport Chic’, which meant that I finally was able to wear something a little nicer than my every weekend-collared shirt.  The bar was pretty cool - you could see most of Hamburg from the huge windows, but the place was just too crowded and the drinks weren’t the cheapest things in the world.  I enjoyed it, but probably don’t see myself going back there the rest of my time here. 

Here’s a picture of a few of us there.  Carmela enjoying my tie - city in the background.

The next Thursday was a friend’s last night here.  She had to fly back to Italy, so we went out and I was lucky enough to show all my friends how the wonderful game of Beer Pong works.  That.  Was.  Awesome.

Deborah!  (I promise you, we’re both much better looking in real life)

Hm, the weekend after that I was able to go down to Bayern to see my Dad!  Bayern is a ‘State’ about 6 hours south of Hamburg.  Here’s a little Google Maps to give you a visual.  Anyways, like the map shows, I went down to Augsburg, which is a city where a partner, of my Dad’s company, is.  It was cool seeing the area, and I had heard many times about the differences between North and South Germany (dialect, mannerisms, food..) and well it was totally spot on.  The dialect was much easier to understand than I had anticipated, the people were much more open, and the food/beer was just incredible.  Seriously, go to Bayern (Munich) and just enjoy the food as much as possible.  More than likely you’ll have to do about 2 months of fitness preparation, because the calorie count will go through the roof!

The plan the next day was originally to go up to Nürnburg (which is home to the biggest Weihnactsmarkt in the world).  But instead we ended up heading out of Augsburg a little late and going straight to Würzburg, where we would be staying that night.  Another visual - you can see Nürnburg almost on the way.  Anyways Würzburg was awesome!  Totally freezing, but I’m pretty used to that by now.  We walked around the Weihnactsmarkt for a while, had some more awesome food, and then headed back to watch some German Talent show on the TV (with me translating).  Me and my Dad then said our good-byes, and it was off to bed for our separate super early trains.  It was sad to see my Dad go again after such a short time, but it’s always the best time seeing someone from my family again!

Here’s a picture of an extra-long würst in Würzburg and a extra-tall beer in Augsburg.

Um, ya.  So last weekend was the last weekend here for two of my good friends, Gaetan and Carmela.  Gaetan left for Switzerland and Carmela for Brazil.  For their last nights we enjoyed ourselves out on the town.  I will miss Gaetan super-bazooka high quality camera,  Carmela’s super-intense party attitude.  

Gaetan, with 1L Beers!

Carmela (We’re also better looking in real-life)

Anyways.  Saturday it was also a Birthday Party for a girl in my class - and we were able to get most of the class together at her party for a picture.  So these are the cool kids from B1 Lektion 7.

On Friday I have an enormous test that I paid quite a bit of money for, and will officially ‘certify’ my B1 German ability.  I’m going to write out a little bit of 1 of my 3 speaking parts, hopefully to give me a little more practice, and to show off a little of my skills.  Also on Saturday, my brother comes and will be spending the next two weeks here!  I’ll try to post again sometime before Christmas, but we’ll see how it goes.  If not, enjoy my German, have a Merry Christmas, a happy New Year and may God Bless you!

Hallo, mein Name ist Lance.  Ich komme aus den USA her aber jetzt wohne ich bei einer Gäste-Familie in Altona.  Ich bin in Deutschland, nur um Deutsch zu lernen und nach Deutschland, gehen ich nach Italien, um Italienisch zu lernen.  Meine Familie wohnen noch in Texas.  Meine Eltern wohnen in einem Stadtteile außerhalb Dallas und mein Bruder wohnt bei seiner Universität.  Meine Mutter kommt aus Mexiko her, also ich besuche Mexiko ein oder zwei mal pro Jahr.  Ich habe auch Spanien, Italien, die Schweiz, Australien, und Kanada besuchen.  Außer Englisch kann ich auch Spanisch sprechen, weil meine Mutter mir es beigebracht hat. 

16 December 2010 · Comments

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