I am Queen of German class. Hear me röär!

I just finished my first German class! Yay!

I am taking my German class at the Heidelberg Padagogium which is a very cute little school on the other side of the bridge. The padagogium is a tall narrow old buidling with lots of stairs and a neat little courtyard in the middle where you can park your bike, drink coffee, or smoke a cigarettes. Unless of couse, you are the secretary of the school and then you can smoke cigarettes in your office. I kid you not - the receptionist whom I purchased my work books from was puffing away on a cigarette! Inside! Inside the office! Oh well I guess I will have to get used to the fact that people can smoke just about anywhere. Ooooooooh culture clash! 

Anyways, it turns out that German class is quite fun! There are only 8 people in the class - sadly no other Canadians, but still very lovely people! There are only three people in the class whose first language is English (myself and two British boys), the rest of the class is a mix of Italians, French, Spanish, and a couple of accents that I couldn't tell you where they came from to be honest! Even the teacher doesn't really speak English much at all, the whole class is taught in German. Surprisingly, I found myself following along rather well. Today we learnt basic greetings and introduction questions, which I already knew (thanks Rosetta Stone!). We also learnt the alphabet and numbers which was quite helpful! I think so far I am one of the better students in the class, as I have yet to be corrected or asked to repeat anything and when I was saying my numbers the teacher said 'super!'. Yes I know, 'super' can you believe it? Look at me go!

One of the new German words I learned today is hausaufgabe, the German word for homework, and lots of it - Wah! I am actually a bit excited to do my homework today but I assume that by next Monday I will feel quite differently.

Ok time for a little snooze - my first early morning since arriving in Deutschland has left me feeling a little wiped out and I need to rest up before hitting the books. Auf wiedersehen!

PS: I can't seem to convert the spell check from German to English so I am being risque and publishing this post sans spell check! Please excuse any grammatical or spelling errors - I did my best! Thanks.