What do you call a person who speaks 3 languages?
What do you call a person who speaks 3 languages?
Trilingual
What do you call a person who speaks 2 languages?
Bilingual
What do you call a person who speaks 1 language?
American (If you're creative enough, you'll put 'monolingual' on your resume)

So, was ist los?

I was in Mainz and Saarbrucken this past weekend. I found out that I will live another Minnesotan in Mainz in a totally posh house. I'm pretty excited to move. We will share the third story of the house which has two bedrooms, a bathroom and a small kitchen. Can't complain...except for the three flights of stairs. But, I'm just thinking of that as my excercise plan.

Mainz is cool, it's really close to Frankfurt (Which has an international airport!)and is a big-small city. It kind of reminds me of Minneapolis-St. Paul. So, I feel totally at home.

Um, I am almost done reading the Di Vinci Code. Have you all read it? You should. It's just a good, easy read. I read almost all of it while I was on the train...trains this past weekend. The book just moves. I'll probably finish it tonight.

These past two days I've been feeling a cabin fever of sorts. It just all comes from living in such a small town and having to travel 30 minutes by train just to feel a little more free by seeing people and a larger city. And, seeing Switzerland from across Lake Constance isn't bad either!

My German language skills still suck...but, I can carry on a light conversation. And, I watch Sex in the City on Tuesday nights because it's all dubbed in German and I've already seen a lot of the regular episodes while I was in the US...so, I know what's going on. So, I consider it studying, not watching tv. Because I shouldn't have to concentrate so hard while watching tv...

Um, the Grocery store. So, I was at the grocery store last week with my roommate and this song comes on over the speakers and I think to myself..'I know these notes...why does this sound so familiar?' And, the song goes on and just as the singer starts up, I start singing along... What is it, you ask? It was the truly inspired musical group New Kids on the Block. (Thanks Alana-Larry for the remix cd! I attribute my immpeckable knowledge of the words to your contribution to my cd collection.) My roommate told me that if we were not in Germany and if the words were not in English, it would not be a cool situation and she would have walked away pretending not to know me. But, nonetheless, I went on singing. It's the little things in life, remember that!

I might venture to Zurich this weekend. If I do, you'll hear about it next week.

Til later!

MfG