i'm catching up! hi syd!
i'm catching up on your entries because i'm working the night shift at the shelter until i leave for india and i finally have some free time to be on the internet!
great pics. that sucks about your teacher and all that heteronormativity nonsense. : )
hope you're doing well and that your german is coming along.
sam
Great Pics and Posts Hi Syd,
I just read all of your posts since I last visited. Unfortunately my alert is not working - I set-up an alert to let me know when you posted something. Of course then I forgot. Duh...
What great writing! I can really picture the Jewish memorials. I remember going to the DC Holocaust Musuem. We got a tour from a Polish women who was 16 and escaped from a camp. She cried when she talked about some of the events. I was exhausted after the tour.
It was great to finally see a picture of you!! Of course I love the other pictures but not as much as I loved seeing you!
Hang in there with the heat - both from the weather and from well-meaning but ignorant teachers. I imagine you will find the words which will enrich your classmates.
Much love, hugs, and safe travels my dearest!
BJ
A Nap and some Cake... Hey Syd, Just got your link to the blog and read all the entires. It really takes be back to when I was in Germany. You describe the jetlag perfectly. I have always found it to be disorienting to be somewhere new especially if I am alone. It is a wierd mix of excitement to see new things and a wish for something familiar. Nothing that cake and a nap can't help. I look forward to reading more. Enjoy my dear!! Can't wait to see pictures.
Much Love and Hugs,
BJ
Fur die Fraulein mit die Blumen Syd,
I just got to log on to your Blog here. and saw you were a bit down from all the last two weeks had to offer...sorry to hear that and note that you've again discovered the power of Kuchen and Kaffee! Its tough to do what you're doing. I think I used to remind myself that I had a great opportunity being in College or in Germany to and so reminded myself and so pushed myself a little bit, but I expected some down times when I was in Germany or College.
I think the Germans called it Auslandermuedikeit, when refereing to foreign culture and foreigners would seem to overwhelm their country. Perhaps you have a reverse bit of the same? Just as you did, by staying home in your "room with a view" and rested you exploring mind...
Pace your self! You can do everything and even fly, but even birds have to sleep!
A funny German mistake I made was to complement by very nice neighbor in Munich. I said that Sie war sehr Selten...I meant to say she was Very "rare" and nice to me. I think I accidentally used the word Seltsam, which meant "peculiar". Her look said that I had said something wrong, so I had to run up to her later with my book and show how similar the words are and to reexplain what I meant...
Selten, seltsam I can't recall for sure which is which, although I think I had it right above.
I hope to poke around your blog as I get the chance.
Best to you and much love,
Glad to hear that you are settling in Hi Syd,
Just read through all of your posts. It's good to hear that your apartment and classes are working out and that you are getting to walk around Berlin. The first week is so difficult - cutting through the jet lag fog is hard.
Please enjoy a beer and pretzel for us. Miss you - but happy to hear that you are well and getting to know the city.
Have the classes become more difficult? You have me pitying your skinny prof.
Tschuss!
Carol
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August 23 - that's so soon! I'm excited to see you! Hi to Tom.