So going to class was difficult today for 3 reasons.

Firstly, I was very tired having been away over the weekend at a YMCA in Magnetsreid, Seeshaupt (just south of Munich). I went with my church and husband and it was a very lovely and green area with great views of the Alps and lakes. It was reasonably priced too and the food was good. I got to do lots of walking which I love and discovered this great warning sign to encourage people to stay on the main path:-

 

We also decided to watch the Euro 2012 Germany football match against Denmark with some friends last night. This didn’t finish until late and as we don’t have a car it took a while to get home on the U-Bahn (Munich’s wonderful underground train system). I think many in my class also watched the match so were equally tired. However, it seems Mr Lybia seemed to enjoy last night a little too much as he didn’t quite make it in today. Maybe tomorrow.

Secondly, it was very warm weather today. Summer really seems to have arrived.  I tend to only want to sleep when the weather is like this in the afternoons so I guess my African roots are showing now.

Thirdly, we had a test today on everything we had learned so far. In Germany, they do a lot of Oral exams which is very different to England. As I am still uncertain about my pronunciation, I was a little nervous because I wasn’t sure if it would be a spoken or written exam. However, it was written exam and fairly straight forward. “YAY!!” I hope I did okay.

As we are only in the second week, I was a little worried today that my motivation was decreasing already. So, as a “solution-focused person” I called upon my tried and tested – newly named “Universal Motivation Pack”(UMP):

Yes, that’s right you all know it… Coffee, Water & Chocolate (muffin-form is my preference as you can see).

I think our teacher had the same idea as after the break, she pulled out her Teacher “Universal Motivation Pack” – a game.

This one was to help us learn our “Der, die and Das” items (Artikles) and it worked. The number of items I remember correctly is much more now and am confident this can only increase. Let’s hear it for “UMP”