(Translation: How's it going?)
Thanks to our German language tutoring sessions that began this week, we now know some basic verbs and phrases. We meet with our German tutor, Helena, every day for about 90 (neunzig) minutes. So far, we're just learning some basic words and verbs, conjugating in the present tense, and putting small questions and responses together. It's frustrating at times because many of the sounds are difficult to make, but I think we're getting the hang of it. We're really excited about being able to communicate better when we're out and about in Munich. Although, like I mentioned before, it's pretty easy to get around as the majority of people know at least basic English. Matt also is learning outside of class, as our German friends enjoy teaching him German curse words and phrases haha. Our friends are eager for us to improve our German language skills. Four of our friends went on a weekend trip and sent us a postcard written completely in German as "motivation" for us to improve our skills. We can't read much, but we're going to work on it!
We've also made "some" progress with our apartment. Our washer and dryer arrived this week. Unfortunately, we have to return the dryer and get a different one and we also have to wait to hook up the washer (Both long stories not worth explaining haha). But at least we made some progress! We also received our internet router in the mail, so now we are ready to go on September 4th when they activate our internet service here at our apartment. Our IKEA furniture is arriving tomorrow as well, so hopefully we will be able to build it over the next week or so. We're excited to get our furniture in the apartment so it feels a little more like "ours." Hopefully, we can put together the furniture with little frustration haha. We'll upload some photos once everything is finished. Sometimes it feels like our "to do" list is never ending, but we'll get there eventually. We just have to be patient, which is not easy for either of us ha!
The weather here has been beautiful, though a little warm without air conditioning. On Wednesday night, we went with friends to a rooftop bar. Although there are no extremely tall buildings in the city, we still had a great view with great drinks and great company. We got to watch the sunset, which was really beautiful.
On Friday, we went out with a group of friends. One of our friends was able to get us into P1, arguably the trendiest bar in the city. It was originally an officer's club for American soldiers following WWII. It was a pretty interesting club. We had lots of fun dancing with our friends until 3:30 AM. They play a lot of American music, but sometimes, it's songs that you wouldn't expect. Still, it's nice to be able to dance and sing to songs we know. Our only complaint with Munich nightlife -- Other than McDonald's and Burger King and the occasional (Read: Very few and far between) currywurst joing, it is IMPOSSIBLE to get food late at night. Great for our waistlines, not so great when you're drunk and desperately craving pizza.
On Saturday, we ran some errands around the city. We love being able to walk or ride our bikes everywhere. It really is a lot of fun living in a city. Every day, we explore and find neat little shops, cafes, and restaurants. We had an amazing dinner at a Vietnamese Place near the city center. We're looking forward to getting to know the city even better.
On Thursday, we'll be leaving for the Netherlands for a week. We'll be visiting Luxembourg, Brussels, Bruge, Antwerp, and Amsterdam. Belgium and Amsterdam are two places that we've been interested in visiting for awhile now, so we're very excited. Matt's excited to see the architecture and beer; Kristin is excited for waffles, chocolate, and pommes frites (French fries--Oddly enough, it's the Dutch who make the best). No pictures for this post, but we'll promise to share lots when we get back from vacation.
Cheers,
Matt and Kristin
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