It feels strange that I’m more than halfway through my course now! It has been a lot of hard work but I am confident that I am progressing. Hopefully in another couple of months I will be roughly at a point where I am able to get things done without too much trouble! Things like getting the plumbing in my apartment fixed for instance :) It also becomes frustrating when you know what you want to say but arent able to say it!

I have found that I am able to have small conversations. When I am getting food from a take away place they often ask me about myself and where I come from – basic questions like that are easy! Also, when I am out walking Lukas people are often interested in him and ask me questions. I think this is because he is very handsome :) A lot of the dogs in Berlin tend to be very small – I suppose this makes sense as people’s apartments are often small! There are also a lot of Daschunds of course, or sausage dogs as they are popularly known in the UK! These dogs are the exact opposite to Lukas: small and plump with short legs! They are very sweet though.

In terms of the course and what exercises have been the most helpful – I think its the games! We play a particular game where we have cards with a word written on it and we have to describe the word in German and try to get the people on our team to guess what it is. We’re all getting pretty good at this…and we get quite competetive! This is helpful for learnin :)

Here is a photo from the canal near my apartment – you may have noticed that a lot of my photos have contained swans in some way! This is because they are one of my favourite sights in Berlin :) I also really love the canal.