Liebe Teilnehmer aus Berlin!

Am Freitag den 17.10.2014 veranstalten wir wieder unser Kulturprogramm!

Diesmal geht es in das interaktive DDR-Museum!! BItte beachtet, dass ihr euch nur noch bis zum 13.10. anmelden könnt!

Another month has come and gone and I have completed B 1.1! I’ve had such a great time learning German at DeutschAkademie. I’ve met many wonderful people from all over the world and I can have a conversation in German (I was put to the test yesterday speaking to my sister’s flatmate who is German, over Skype from London)! In five months, my understanding of the language has improved greatly.

To celebrate the last day of class, we all brought food to share after we completed our test. I’m looking forward to having the next month off since I’ll be travelling, but I’ll be back at DeutschAkademie in November. I hope you enjoyed reading about my impressions of Berlin and DeutschAkademie, as I certainly enjoyed writing about it!

Some food and drink to finish off a great month of classes.

Alles gute!

Tschüss!

Sara

Today we wrote our last test and we finished off the week by learning about how to construct a relative clause with relative pronouns in the Dative case. It was a much harder concept to learn for me. Since it was also our last day of B 1.1, we finished by playing a popular game in our class where we all write down the name of a famous person or character and then trade ideas with each other. Without looking at the name we are given, we have to guess who we are in German of course. It makes for a fun way to wind down the week!

Our final test of the month!

Cheers,

Sara

My husband and I live in an apartment in the Tempelhof area and close by is a great park. I remember the first day that I saw it after moving to Berlin and I was taken aback not just because of its size (386 hectares), but because it is very open. There are few trees, it’s very flat…and there are two runways in the middle of it. Tempelhof Park is the site of the former Tempelhof Airport that closed in 2008. Basically, there is a lot of room for people to participate in many outdoor activities such as running, cycling, rollerblading, kite surfing, having a picnic or barbeque, and festivals. The history of the park extends back to the beginnings of the city of Berlin, but its history around the time of the Second World War and the Cold War is particularly robust. While going for runs in the park, I had no idea that National Socialist and then later, Western allied activites all took place here.

If you are interested in learning more about the history of the city, I highly recommend that you read about Tempelhof Park. I also highly recommend that you visit, because it is such an interesting landmark of Berlin.

The lookout in the park was closed so the view from this vantage point does not do the park justice. To get an idea of its size, I’m standing at the Tempelhof entrance in the neighbourhood of Tempelhof. The buildings at the far end of this photo are in Neukölln and everywhere in between is the park!

Cheers,

Sara