Today was a big shopping day. I got a sheet for my bed, another towel, and a camping mat. You may be thinking to yourself, "Self, now why would Caroline need a camping mattress?" Fiona is coming on Friday and my bed is nowhere near big enough for the both of us so I got that so that we can take turns sleeping on the floor. I also bought a cup today.
We registered with the Deutsche Kompakt people today, tomorrow morning we take our placement exam. Tonight we went out with a bunch of other Americans who are also here for the semester.
After having spent some time with them, I am feeling much more confident about my language abilities. Not many of them could speak German at all. When we were at dinner the Americans that were at the Goethe Institute with me were translating menus and ordering for people as well as helping in the paying process.
It was kind of nice to be able to feel confident about my language. I go through stages of feeling as though I know enough to get by and feeling totally inadequate. When I am with a bunch of people who don't speak English or I am conversing with long lost relatives who don't speak English, I feel relatively confident about my language skills. But when I am with the other people from my university and we are all interacting in a german setting I don't feel as confident. Hopefully this second month of preparation will be helpful before classes actually start.
Right now I don't have power in my room. The rest of the building does seem to have power though. Not really sure what to do about it, this really isn't ever a problem at WashU. If it is still off in the morning I will look up the word for electricity and go try and find someone to fix it I suppose.
I haven't taken any pictures in Tuebingen yet, but as soon as I do I will post them. Thanks for following.
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