I feel pretty well established in Munich now, my larder is growing, I’ve befriended the flatmates, laid my hands on a bike and broken a household appliance (then had it fixed). I also started my language classes on Monday and am starting to enjoy them. They’re a little slow, but then so is my brain when it comes to grasping the intricacies of German grammar. For example, the inflection of adjectives in three different cases (nominative, dativ or accusative), depending on which of the four genders the subject is (male, female, neuter, plural). Like I said, I’m having issues. The whole “just go with what sounds right” plan isn’t working so well and it seems this may actually be something I have to work at.

Meanwhile I’ve been “furthering my studies” by hanging out with friends who happen to speak German and reading a little, though I seem to keep falling asleep when I read which makes progress difficult. It still takes quite a bit of concentration to read German but (while I stay awake) at least I tend to know what’s going on even if I don’t understand every single word. With swimming a few times a week and continued good eating my progression to a routine is pretty much complete. In other slightly more exciting news Erica has booked her flight to Montana and Brett is in the process of doing the same for once he finishes work. That’s it for this week…