6. Es gibt kein schlechtes Wetter …

… nur falsche Kleidung !

Aber in München brauchst du mehr Kleidung als in Spanien !!

So in Germany I heard there is no such thing as bad weather, only wrong or unadapted clothes ! But if you ask me, if you are coming to Muninch these days, be sure to pack some extra pullovers, scarfs, gloves and boots ! (Not that in San Francisco you would only need flowers in your hair not to get a cold, but at least they don’t get so much snow as we do here … )

Hopefully, I just learned many expressions to talk about the weather. Very handy for me these days, especially wenn das Wetter verrückt spielt ! And it is true that the weather is kind of crazy these days. Today it was sunny, then cloudy, then snowing and cloudy, then sunny and snowing …

Hier ist es sonnig, aber früher hat es geschneit.

Nachmittag, mehr Wolken … schade!

Am See ist es nebelig.

Und die Sonne ist da !

5. Redensarten mit Essen

Hallo !

I already said that I like lots of dishes in German and Bavarian food, but the beauty of going to Intensivkurse increases when you learn some expressions with FOOD ! Suddenly, you are not on A1 level anymore, you master German idioms !

Our teacher showed it to us in an exercise, so I’ll show you a little game, ok ?  SPIELZEIT!

You have to connect numbers and letters to find the meaning of the idioms, ok ? Here it goes :

1.

A – Bist du noch sauer auf mich ?

B – Nein, das ist doch schon                               a) entscheidend sein

kalter Kaffee !

 

2.

Schaust du heute fern ? Borussia spielt                 b) unfreundlich sein

gegen Bayern München. Da geht’s um die Wurst !

 

3.

A – Na Chef, wie hat Ihnen mein artikel gefallen ?

B – Ehrlich gesagt, ist das alles Käse,                  c) vergessen /

was Sie geschrieben haben !                                   nicht mehr aktuell

 

4.                                                                                  

A – Was ist mit deinem Nachbarn los ?                   d) Unsinn

Er schaut böse und sagt nicht “Guten Tag”.

B – Mit ihm ist einfach nicht gut Kirschen essen.

 

I like myself more to taste some Kaisersmarrn …

But there are many other expressions withh food. Such as :

Das ist mir Wurst ! Meaning, “it’s the same, I don’t care”

 

Ok, enough waiting : I’ll give you the solutions !

 

1 – C : kalter Kaffee = vergessen, nicht mehr aktuell

2 – A : entscheidend sein. Important, decisive, wichtig

3 – D : das alles Käse = Unsinn, nonsense

4 – B : nicht gut Kirschen essen = unfreundlich sein

 

What other expressions food do you find funny ? Bis später, Caye

 

 

 

4. Anpassung an Bayern.

Herbst-The Fall came slowly, but Januar brought some serious Schnee!

With all the snow falling over Munich and Bayern, one has to give up the bike

or the scooter, as my neighbor has wisely decided …

I wish I could go sledding to Stachus, or that I could get a pair of nordic skis to go to my Abendkurs,but although Munich has a lot of green areas and fields, skis are not very practical in pedestrian crossings, I’m afraid…

These last weekends I’ve been enjoying some nice sledding and (der,die, das) THE Schlitten has become a new but important objet in my life in Bayern !

Living by the sea in Northern Spain a Schlitten is not an ordinary life objet ! It’s great here in Munich you can go to a park and find some easy and relaxing fun ! And you can take it to the next level and go hike for a while in the mountains … you’ll be looking forward to go downhill!

The area near the lake of Tegernsee has really nice trails to climb up with your sled, have a Knodelsuppe or a Heisseschokolade in a cosy Hütte and sled downhill. A treat ! It really helps to keep up with the cold winter …

How are you all dealing with the cold weather around ? Do you get so much snow in you city ?

Bis später, Cayetana