On the 17th I went to see the premier of Harry Potter! Two whole days before America did!! The thing is, it wasn't even a midnight showing.. I don't think they have those here. But that's actually a good thing because of early classes. I found it very good. I think the two parts system is brilliant! I wish they'd done it to the movie before as well.. When I get back, I am so rereading the book. If I have this German book "Verblendung" finished by then. It's "Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" german version. Quite complex, it'll take me a year to read in German. All 670 pages of it.. mmm.
Class is going fine. Honestly, our teachers go too easy on us sometimes, and since I actually get everything thoroughly on time, people see me as the diligent one.. even though I'm just doing average amount of work. One thing I cannot handle, is giving out loud presentations. I've always had issues with that, especially in German! AHHH STAGE FRIGHT!
Our teacher made us do a fieldtrip to Wansee to see the Conference house where they discussed the "End solution of the Jews". Another teacher made us take a Sunday train to Hannover (about 90 mins away) to see a museum and a Weinachts Markt. I had my first Gluhwein! Yum. The museum itself was quite awesome. Very huge, I got lost in there for a wee bit.
Me and a friend always attend these random international events and speak to random people from all over in German. It's quite interesting - one of the events we went to was a club/party type deal. Everyone in our group met some German.. which was entertaining.
I also went to an interview with a friend of mine. She enjoys journalism and I enjoy photography, so we tag teamed this one. I have yet to listen to this band.. I shall now *changes music*.
The weather here is quite cold. The first day of bigbig snow was chaotic here in Berlin. The trains/rails/subways were late, the street trams/light rails were CLOSED, only two people were on time for the first class and my teacher had to walk 3 miles in order to get to class.
On Friday, I had a flight to Switzerland to visit a friend of the family who rescued us while we lived in Berlin. I wanted to get up at 3:30 and get to the airport early to figure things out - my alarm never went of and I got up at 5. I BOLTED it to the bus station and made it in time, 10 minutes before the gate was to be closed. I really liked Switzerland, though we didn't do much. I went "Laternelaufen" for the first time in 15 years and it was pretty cool. The dialect that's spoken here is reallly hard/impossible for me to understand. It's like... Bavarian/French. Or something. Whatever it is, it confused me. The people there are very into greeting everyone who walks past them. And their toilets are in separate rooms from the sink and bathtub. There are hills everywhere! The whole place is a hill. Next time, I'm going to the alps!
Now that I'm home, it's time to buckle down and do my homework. Nachty
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