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| The Beer Fest |
It’s been a while since I wrote anything, but it’s been a
while since I’ve been in Germany so I took a little break. Why haven’t I been
in Germany you ask? Well they conveniently have a 2 month holiday between
February and April. I was dubious at first, it means the 2nd semester goes on
till July and it just seems odd but now I am a convert. The 2 months off were
pretty awesome, went skiing twice then spent 4 weeks in California….pretty good
student lifestyle. Plus being in Germany till July could be good. Unlike the
flood weather in England, the weather here is glorious, I even got sunburnt on
Saturday. You might think sunburn is bad, I think of it as ‘base burn’,
something to build my ‘tan’ on.
I don’t have much to say about my holidays, except it was
AWESOME. Spending 4 weeks in California was the best decision I’ve probs ever
made. It’s a pretty amazing place and I enjoyed the Americanness for a while. I
even watched a lot of basketball, big step for someone who really doesn’t care
about sports. Ask me about March Madness now and I could probably pretend to
know what I’m talking about/copy something that somebody told me. One of the best
things about being there was the food; England isn’t amazing at ethnic food and
Germany is even worse, so getting to have pretty legit Mexican (not Tex Mex)
food, Dim sum, Sushi and lots of other types of food was pretty cool. The
portion sized lived up to expectations though so I’ve had to take up running as
a way to work it all off.
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| Me and my actual Tex Mex |
As far as Germany is concerned I’m not really sure what to
write about, it’s pretty good right now and when I’m not complaining I’m not
sure I have much to say. The usually bureaucracy is going on, learning
agreements and such. And the usual lack of real work is going on as well.
Slightly better this time though, at least I don’t have any collages to make. I
still have an issue with the library, I actually need to work up the courage to
go in there this semester so I can write an essay, could be a pretty
entertaining/frustrating experience. Talking of German experiences I went to a
beerfest twice last week. The first time I drank 3 litres of beer, the 2nd
time I learnt my lesson. It was great though, lots of Dirndls and Lederhosen
and lots of German songs. This one is my favourite by far:
Everyone was dancing on the table to this one. The only
downside to the festival was the weight of the glasses. It might be pathetic
but I could barely move my hand the next few days after the first time I went.
Trying to dance while holding a litre of beer is actually pretty strenuous.
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| Too Heavy to open my Eyes apparently |
Some people I know here have come up with the idea of having
a ‘Mangel an Englisch’ Mai. Basically we’re not supposed to speak/write English
to anyone who could potentially converse in German. Potentially this could be a
good idea but there’s a good reason I speak to my English speaking friends in
English. And it’s something like this: http://iwastesomuchtime.com/on/?i=34625&fb_source=message
We speak in English so that our conversations aren’t total
crap. I’m supposed to not watch any English TV/films either but I’m not sure
how good Game of Thrones will be in German and I’m not sure if I’m willing to
give up watching Game of Thrones to be honest. Anyway we’ll see how it goes, I
can already guess that it’ll go pretty badly though.
The use of the word 'awesome' makes it so obvious you're dating an American.
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