I'm alive

I've almost made it through my second day in Germany. I'm getting the winter we missed in NC. It snowed alot today and the lake is still frozen, although maybe not good to walk on. Also, the z and the y are switched on keyboards here.

Laura, the current Au Pair has been very nice about breaking me in. Luckily her German is very good, because all you people that told me most Germans speak English are wrong. Because Potsdam isn't as much of a tourist city, so outside of the tourist attractions, the people in the shops and things don't all speak English. Yesterday was Women's Day here, so when I was getting a tour of town and man said some things I didn't understand and then handed me a rose. I managed to say 'Danke', the only German word I have gotten much use out of so far. Mostly when people ask me things in German I just shake my head no.

Tonight Laura is taking me out to meet some of her friends, but they mostly speak german to each other. On the 21st I'll be starting an intensive language class for four hours every morning for about a month. So I suppose that will use most of my free time for awhile.

Tschus!