Hi everybody!

My name is Luisa, I’m from Romania and I came to Berlin three weeks ago. Even after three weeks everything is still new to me. I have no idea where this city starts and where it ends.  I met new people, went to parties, saw movies, cooked with friends.  Probably you already know the three golden questions that connect foreigners in here – “what’s your name?”, “where do you come from?”…”do you speak German?”.

I don’t speak German, but I will. This was my most common answer. So common and so simple that I’ve never imagined I would have to explain myself. I wasn’t expecting to be asked why. Why do I want to learn it.

And this is how I met Tom – a funny Irish that has been living in Berlin for almost 4 years.  He teaches English and doesn’t really care that “Guten Tag”, “Danke sehr”, “Speisekarte” , “U-Bahn” and “Geld” are not the only German words in the dictionary. “Why should I? Everybody speaks English!”.

And this is how I met Lisa, from Italy. She doesn’t feel like learning German either. “As long as they understand “pasta” and “pizza”, I’m fine” says Lisa with a smile.

And this is how I met Francois, a web designer. And more.  And eventually, after three weeks, I realized I only heard German for one evening.  In Germany!

I personally think it’s wonderful to speak the language of the country you live in. To make jokes or even have a fight in that language!

To all of you who dare to add “der, die, das” as a friend, congrats and viel Glück!