Well, as promised, here is the last of my little fit of entries. I am writing you from Frankfurt airport, where I am waiting for Allison, who will be here visiting and staying for this upcoming week. I only have 30 free minutes on the airport's wifi, so procrastination is now not an option. "21m 13s" and counting. Allison's flight is supposed to arrive at 22:00, I hope there are no complications. Speaking of complications, I got on the wrong train attempting to get here. Not a huge problem, it wasn't like I got on the wrong train at the beginning of the trip and ended up in München or something, I made it to Frankfurt before getting lost. I arrived in Hanau from Würzburg. Ok, off to a good start. I arrived in Frankfurt Hauptbahnhof Süd from Hanau. Awesome, almost there! I arrived at Frankfurt Hauptbahnhof instead of Frankfurt Flughafen (Airport). Fail. Now, it is important to notice that I did NOT somehow go from Frankfurt Hauptbahnhof (Train Station) to Frankfurt Hauptbahnhof, it wasn't THAT bad...one was Süd (south) and one was wrong.
"14m 08s". Anyway, I am here early and waiting. So I have plenty of time to think of the classes that I started this past week. I only started 3 of the 8, the language courses don't start until this coming week. This past week I had a class that is in English about German National Historic Sites, I think it will be easy but also interesting. There are also some cool extra stuff that go along with it. Like wine tasting, tour of the Würzburg Residenz, and an informative session about beer culture at the Würzburg Hofbräu brewery. I had a German-English translation class. That is going to be immensely difficult, considering that it is geared towards Germans that are fluent in their mother language and basically fluent in English. However, it was extremely interesting and I look forward to the rest of the sessions. I also had a second class in English about German Scientists and Inventors, again it will be easy.
You might be thinking "Wow, he seems to have a lot of easy classes." Not quite. I am also taking a Spanish class, French class, German class, German hearing comprehension class, and German reading comprehension class. I will make sure to give you the update on those, as well as Allison's visit next weekend!
It's kinda crazy because I'm so used to posting pictures now that this post looks like it's missing something! It's good to practice my English though :) I have noticed myself sounding a little less intelligent when speaking in English at times. My grammar sometimes is a little backwards, and depending on what I am trying to say I might come up with very interesting syntax. Syntax, solid word, I guess I haven't lost it all yet.
I have been watching a lot about the candidates to prepare for the upcoming election, which I can proudly say I will be voting in! It'll be my first. I received my absentee ballot just yesterday, printed it out, and will fill it out and send it in sometime this coming week. By fax, you're right, it wouldn't make it in time by mail. "3 min 09 sec" Well, I better go for the sake of being able to send this! Just on a quick political/comedic note, it can be easy to get sucked into rivalries during election times. Check out this video. It is very entertaining and definitely refreshing! Both candidates speak also in it:
http://www.c-span.org/Campaign2012/Events/67th-Annual-Alfred-E-Smith-Memorial-Foundation-Dinner/10737435020-2/
Until next time! You're all in my thoughts and prayers!
