This is a big ass artichoke. With a guy's hand, not mine, for comparison.
The food here is great. 2 of the girls in my host family are vegetarians.
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Sunday, August 24, 2008
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Monday, August 11, 2008
questions, borrowed.
This is totally stolen from Caroline
Q: Alright, you'll be abroad. Where?
A: Germany. Berlin. I'll have lots of weekend excursions; Brussels/NATO headquarters, Weimar, Erfurt, Buchenwald, Dresden, and Prague are on the itinerary, and there will surely be additional outings.
Q: How will you keep folks updated?
A: This is it! There's also FaceBook.
this one I had to leave as it was because the wording was so fantastic:
Q: What if I can't be bothered to type in a URL to follow what's happening?
A: Fortunately, there are several options. You can follow the RSS feed in your preferred reader (I strongly recommend Google Reader) which is the way I like to keep up with blogs. The easiest and most painless option for most people is to subscribe via email, which you can do in the sidebar. You will have to click through the confimration email, so be sure to keep an eye out for that in your spam folder.
Q: How else will you keep in touch?
A: E-mail! I also have Skype and AIM on my laptop.
Q: What are you studying?
A: German language, literature, and linguistics, ideally. Realistically, history, literature, and social life. Once I know my classes for sure, I'll keep y'all posted.
Fall: POLSCI 100A: Environmental Policy in Europe; ARTHIST 190: Berlin: Architecture, Art, and the City 1871 to the Present; (hopefully I'll place into) GERMAN 119S: Advanced German Language and Culture.
Q: Mmmmm... sausageland! Will you still be a vegetarian while abroad?
A: That I don't know yet. I was preparing myself to eat fish and chicken, but now it seems completely unnecessary. Two members of my host family are vegetarians, so it should be easier than I was planning. Most of my meals will be meatless, but who knows what will happen.
Q: Alright, you'll be abroad. Where?
A: Germany. Berlin. I'll have lots of weekend excursions; Brussels/NATO headquarters, Weimar, Erfurt, Buchenwald, Dresden, and Prague are on the itinerary, and there will surely be additional outings.
Q: How will you keep folks updated?
A: This is it! There's also FaceBook.
this one I had to leave as it was because the wording was so fantastic:
Q: What if I can't be bothered to type in a URL to follow what's happening?
A: Fortunately, there are several options. You can follow the RSS feed in your preferred reader (I strongly recommend Google Reader) which is the way I like to keep up with blogs. The easiest and most painless option for most people is to subscribe via email, which you can do in the sidebar. You will have to click through the confimration email, so be sure to keep an eye out for that in your spam folder.
Q: How else will you keep in touch?
A: E-mail! I also have Skype and AIM on my laptop.
Q: What are you studying?
A: German language, literature, and linguistics, ideally. Realistically, history, literature, and social life. Once I know my classes for sure, I'll keep y'all posted.
Fall: POLSCI 100A: Environmental Policy in Europe; ARTHIST 190: Berlin: Architecture, Art, and the City 1871 to the Present; (hopefully I'll place into) GERMAN 119S: Advanced German Language and Culture.
Q: Mmmmm... sausageland! Will you still be a vegetarian while abroad?
A: That I don't know yet. I was preparing myself to eat fish and chicken, but now it seems completely unnecessary. Two members of my host family are vegetarians, so it should be easier than I was planning. Most of my meals will be meatless, but who knows what will happen.
Thursday, July 24, 2008
Inaugural Post
Monday I got an e-mail that told me where and with whom I'm living. Today I got this from my host mother:
Dear Moriah,
It's great you'll be with us soon. My name is Katrin and my daughters are Lia (19), Lynn (16), and Ylva (14). We live in the middle of Berlin in a five room apartment. You'll be staying in Lynn's room, because she will be on a yearlong exchange in Ecuador. You won't get to know her because she leaves on the 22nd of August. Lia is currently looking for her own apartment, so she'll be moving out around the time you're here. You'll fit well in our family! Lia and Ylva are also vegetarians. Lynn, Ylva and I have allergies to many things and I've been taking swing dance lessons for the past 10 months. We'll surely have lots of fun together and speak lots of German with you. Tomorrow we're going on vacation to France for two weeks. I'll be back in Berlin on August 12 and will then be able to write e-mails again, because we'll be at a campground and there won't be internet there.
See you soon and many warm greetings from Germany,
Katrin.
hooray!
Liebe Moriah,Not-so-roughly translated, it says:
schön, dass du bald bei uns sein wirst.
Ich heiße Katrin und meine Töchter sind Lia(19) , Lynn(16) und Ylva(14).
Wir wohnen mitten in Berlin in einer 5-Zimmer -Wohmung
Du wirst in dem Zimmer von Lynn wohnen, denn sie geht für ein Austauschjahr(exchange) nach Ecuador.
Du wirst sie nicht kennenlernen, weil sie schon am 22.August wegfliegt.
Lia sucht sich gerade eine eigene Wohnung, also wird sie auch irgendwann ausziehen,wenn du da bist.
Du passt (fit) gut in unsere Familie. Lia und Ylva sind auch Vegetarier. Lynn, Ylva und ich
sind auch auf vieles allergisch und ich tanze seit 10 Monaten Swing und besuche einen Tanzkurs.
Wir werden sicher Spass zusammen haben und ganz viel deutsch mit dir reden.
Morgen am 25.7.08 fahren wir für zwei Wochen nach Frankreich
in die Ferien.
Ab dem 12.8.08 bin ich wieder in Berlin, dann kann ich wieder e-mails schreiben.
Denn wir fahren auf einen Campingplatz und dort gibt es kein Internet.
Also bis bald und liebe Grüße aus Deutschland,
Katrin
Dear Moriah,
It's great you'll be with us soon. My name is Katrin and my daughters are Lia (19), Lynn (16), and Ylva (14). We live in the middle of Berlin in a five room apartment. You'll be staying in Lynn's room, because she will be on a yearlong exchange in Ecuador. You won't get to know her because she leaves on the 22nd of August. Lia is currently looking for her own apartment, so she'll be moving out around the time you're here. You'll fit well in our family! Lia and Ylva are also vegetarians. Lynn, Ylva and I have allergies to many things and I've been taking swing dance lessons for the past 10 months. We'll surely have lots of fun together and speak lots of German with you. Tomorrow we're going on vacation to France for two weeks. I'll be back in Berlin on August 12 and will then be able to write e-mails again, because we'll be at a campground and there won't be internet there.
See you soon and many warm greetings from Germany,
Katrin.
hooray!
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