So as I have started to settle in Munich, life seems to be getting busier and busier. Last week, I not only started the second part of A1, I also re-started my bookkeeping course to get some extra qualifications. This has proven a little overwhelming hence the bit gap in blogs but today I seem to have a gap in the relentless treadmill of life and thought I’d let you all in for a peek;-)

Over the last week, we have been learning how to give directions, talking about city features (see previous blog) and in particular Berlin’s different tourist attractions. We’ve also learned how to say you’re going on holiday, the weather, where and when etc. It has been clear to see that we been building on all we learnt before especially with Akkusativ & Dativ grammar cases really making all the difference.

Having just about slotted that into my mind, we have been adding what they call MODAL VERBS where you put the main verb at the end of the sentence (again why my husband must wait til the end of sentences to translate). In light of this, sentence structures are now regularly flying all over the place, we’ve added prepositions i.e. where things are situated / placed – both in time and space and today we started on making verbs Past tense. I feel like my brain is leaking words and I’m hurriedly trying to stop up the gaps because I need to use everything more and more each day. Learning how to ask where someone has been or is going on holiday, seems to have come at a great time, as I’m definitely feeling the need for one soon.

On the upside, yesterday I hosted an evening for my friends from church and was able to describe my flat, both comfortably and confidently completely in Deutsch to a German friend who is blind. Now I really know the benefits of why our teacher had us running around our classroom practising our descriptive sentences and asking each other questions.

I may have mentioned before that I love travelling all over the world and visiting old buildings. I also love walking and hiking but having only just got married this year, we’re not planning anything quite so exotic. So I’m thinking a local haunt will have to do. I have regularly heard and thought about visiting Schloss Neuschwanstein (aka Sleeping Beauty’s Castle) in Allgau and Schwanberger See as few local attractions I haven’t visited yet and aren’t so far. Maybe these would be a good weekend trip.

In August, we are planning to go to East Germany to visit my husband’s family. Being a “country bumpkin,” there are lots of lovely lakes and woods where my husband comes from so I think a bit of a wander around will be called for at some point during our time there. RESULT!!

This does all seem very hopeful as Munich has getting used to quite regular and spectacular thunderstorms over the last week or so but I’m hoping for the traditional blue & white sky that is represented in the Bayern flag and not that last pic!!