So, it is that awkward, inbetweeny part of the year.... it's not quite Christmas, it's not quite winter, but heck, it's cold!
This week, however, has felt like a turn around! Since coming back from Prague, I have really noticed a marked improvement in my German...I think my biggest problem is, or was, worrying what people think of me....there are some people who, when I speak German with them, I get so nervous, and think too much about what I want to say before I say it...and I shouldn't. I should just go for it, because having no confidence in myself was getting me nowhere. And since sacking off my constant worry, I have been coming on leaps and bounds.
I've also been 100x happier because I've been busy! Not that I wasn't happy before, but there were days that dragged, you know? Being a Language assistant, a free day can be a killer, especially when you see those jammy people in cities who have millions of student friends, or the people who are in schools with lots of clubs...mine is lacking, somewhat, in any form of social activity, mainly because it's under renovation! I'm not moaning, love my school, teachers, flat and I have a BAHNHOF. I am so so so grateful I have a train station. So grateful!
However, having things to do has been bliss. I am writing this as a form of procrastination today, as opposed to giving me something to do with my time! Which is wonderful!
Last Sunday I met up with Rachel, Annwyn and Laura, three other assistants in Lower Saxony. We had such a lovely day out in Bremen, but due to terrible weather conditions, spent the most of it inside! Becks Bistro (Becks is brewed near to Bremen) was the lunchtime destination, I had a lovely chicken salad, which sounds boring, but it was so yummy! Then we went onto Cafe Toelke in the Schnoor (Debs/Sam/any other visitors, we are going), which is so small, so Vienesse, so cool! It was a perfect Sunday with lots of quatschen and bonding. Looking forward to our Weihnachtsmarkt visits!
I went to see Harry Potter on Wednesday! It was brilliant, so cool, and I could actually understand the most...I was somewhat perplexed by the magical vocabulary, and I am so looking forward to seeing it in English too! Teil 2 comes out in June, or July, whenever it is, it is when I am in Spain....I think that's quite cool, that I get to see a part in each language! Nerddd.
I went to see Katrina and Jenny, two of my course friends who are nearby me in Germany, on Friday. It was so lovely to see smiley friendly faces and catch up on our respective year abroad times! It's also nice knowing I have two lovely Edinburgh people nearby, because we all seem very spread out through this country!
Yesterday I went to see Andrea, in Hamburg! For those people who don't know me that well/didn't know my 18 year old self, Andrea is my very very good friend from the German Exchange in Year 10/13, we were so lucky to get along so well and have kept in touch since being at school. She's currently studying in Kiel, which is about four hours North of me (so VERY North!), so we decided to meet halfway in Hamburg and have a catch up. I had such a nice time, catching up like old times, only this time I could actually speak German, as opposed to my GCSE/A Level set phrases that I would blurt out. We had a very funny day, spoke lots of mixtures of German and English, and I now am Hamburg's No1 fan! So excited to go back in a few weeks when Deborah and Sam (and maybe Ailsa! Come on Ailsa! :P) come to visit!
And today, well I'm having a big sort, clean, organisation of my life, and it's actually working. I woke up horrendously early, slightly hungover....I went out with my friend Christian last night, I had TWO drinks, no more, no less, and I was honestly absolutely wasted. So drunk. And today I'm hungover! No fair!
And then Annwyn is coming to visit this afternoon! It'll be nice for her to see where I live in things, and it's a lovely spontaneous surprise, especially as all I'd planned was to do planning all day. Instead, I got up super early and am sorting my life out! Then next week new things are happening to. I am so happy, I love year abroad, and I can't believe I only have three months to go in Germany.....
But exciting plans are lined up! I am going to Warsaw in January, and hopefully Frankfurt in the New Year too! I want to slide in a trip to Amsterdam before I leave too, so that's on the cards somewhere. It's just finding the time and money!
Now back to sorting my life out. Ciao! xxx
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