Daily Archives: 23. Februar 2014

We learn German on the fly. I like the expression as it is linked with one of Churchill’s sentences: “We are making our own Universe on the fly”. And that is true. We are masters of our own lives as our universe!

So, on the fly, on Saturday evening I ended up in the Badehaus Szimpla club with live music . Two bands performed some mixture of music and they advertised it as the Balkan music mixed with some other styles.

Although the music was totally different from what I’ve expected (as I come from the Balkans), it was actually great! Quality performance and positive people around me made an excellent Saturday/Sunday night. We’ve been even dancing and singing some German words in the refrains of – to us unknown – songs. I am truly thankful to my colleagues from the university who invited me to “break the daily agenda full of work

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Weekend in Berlin – 1

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The spring’s coming. It’s felt in the air :).

The beautiful weather allowed people to sit on the ground in the parks, enjoy walking by sun, having coffees at open and enjoy the sun and fresh air.

My friend from Pretoria and me decided to visit the famous Maurer Park, having a slow and relaxed day. So, we’ve been walking a lot, eating and drinking outside, Since he is a philosopher, there was a lot of interesting talks and a kind of contemplative discussions. Also, one of his mother tongs is German, so we’ve been speaking it (actually I am not self confident in my German yet, so I’ve just said couple of sentences and listened to his perfect German with no Afrikaans pronunciation, with pleasure:).

The day was fully well packed: sunny & warm day, good friend, sightseeing and – I’ve been practicing German on the fly. Wenn wir zusammen Deutsch lernen, werden wir auch auf Deutsch sprechen!

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