Hi everyone, Sintia here. I’ll be taking over this month’s blog. Before I start telling you about my Munich adventure, let me introduce myself.

I am Romanian, but have lived most of my adult life in the UK where I spent my Uni years and began my career in PR & Communications. And as with all “aww!” worthy stories, love has brought me to Munich . In hindsight, it was a huge step considering I did not speak the language and I did not know anything about Munich’s job scene. Buy hey, you gotta do what you gotta do when the heart asks for it!

Eager to fit in as fast as possible, I wanted to start German classes as soon as possible. DeutschAkademie seemed by far the best option. Now, as you know, DeutschAkademie’s rule is to speak ONLY German during classes. I was quite taken aback and took me a couple of classes to put my brain wheels in motion and really grasp as much information as possible. But then… it happened. My inner nerd has been unleashed.

I was a proper grammar nerd growing up. I lived and breathed it all my teenage years, and working in communications as a young adult, proper grammar has also been of utmost importance.

I really think it hadn’t actually hit me before that I am REALLY going to learn a language from scratch. And boy, there has been just SO much grammar rules and vocabulary to learn!

During my classes, I’ve turned back into the old nerdie me who hoped for more homework and who was glad and eager to take tests.

But please don’t get me wrong – I am faaaar from being a pro. I’m just starting my A2.1 class. But man, am I excited and keen to learn this language!

Bis bald!

Sintia