All entries for Tuesday 11 September 2007

A delightful day filled with love and German bureaucracy :)

Today was my second day at school and, oh, what a day it was!  My first class was a group of about 30 ten year olds and we started off the class with an 'interview'.  Again I was asked lots of questions about my hobbies and life in England, including my favourite TV shows -  the fact that I like to watch The Simpsons was greeted by a round of applause!  One boy in the class asked me whether I had a boyfriend and when I said no he shouted "YES!" and then said, "I love you!"... after the class the same boy came up to me, shook my hand and said, "You are my best friend"... this was all very funny and I'm glad to see I'm already making a good impression!  Then the second lesson I was meant to be in was cancelled due to a school trip so I ended up in with a group of 7 year olds in a German class.  That was a little bit terrifying as I had to help them fill in their worksheets which were about food and were full of vocab that you never need to learn at uni like "peel the potatoes" but all in all it was a sweet class and the children were far too busy showing me their Yu-Gi-Oh! cards to realise that I didn't really know what was going on.  It was also really cute because after the lesson three little girls came and spoke to me and were very curious to know what I was doing in their school.  I saw them later on in the corridor and they all said, "Hallo Katy!" which made me feel really happy.  My third and final lesson was with the same group from yesterday who now all have my MSN address and that was fun too as I got to take a small group into a separate room and have a chat with them and show them my photos from home (what can you see in this picture children?) :) 

So that was school.  This afternoon was not quite as fun as I had to go to register with the local authorities and open up a bank account... yawn!  However, both of these things are now done and I feel quite proud of myself for getting through that alone.

Now I am off to have my dinner with my delightful flatmates (I really do love them, one asked me yesterday whether I have ever bumped into David Beckham in Bristol).  Tonight I shall be preparing a culinary delight known as Salami, Salat und Brot... make of that what you will!

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