I chose to be in the early session which is from 9:00-12:00 so that I could be a morning person and discover Berlin later on after the class. Considering that I am 27 and just graduated from university, I was expecting to be among the oldest in the class. Well, that was not the case. In fact I turned out to be among the youngest. I found that is very interesting to have a lawyer from Chile, a film director from London, a tool designer from Brazil, car mechanic from Poland and few others from Korea, Turkey and Denmark among my classmates. While the class is a good platform to learn German, it is definitely a good place for networking too.

My German teacher is a 28 year old lady. Energetic with a jocular personality who tirelessly walking back and forth around the table answering questions and to the white board to write down our discussions. While the class can be a bit difficult to follow sometimes due to the instruction in German, I found out it will be easier to grasp with time and a little bit of focus. Well, a diamond can only develop through pressure ;-) same goes with mastering a language.