Back in the Burg: Sigh

Home Sweet Home
Touching down in Basel airport I had no feelings of regret for leaving behind a great trip (which it was), rather a feeling of relief and even excitement that I was coming back to Freiburg. This was for a couple of reasons; firstly, in Freiburg I had the sense of security that comes from having a place to stay somewhat permanently and being familiar with where things are, where you can buy various items etc., secondly, and more importantly, I'd developed some pretty strong friendships during the language course and then seen none of the people (except Astrid of course) for the whole time that I was traveling. I was looking forward to seeing these people again and had actually already missed them after such a short time of knowing them!

Back to Normality
It was very pleasant to come back to Freiburg on Thursday (April 20) and join all the others in the city gardens, play some frisbee and lie around in the sun. Friday saw things returning to typical for the language course with a communal dinner & party at Travis'. Also from that point onwards I began spending significantly more time with a particular American...

Uni
Uni began on Monday the 24th with a couple of language placement tests, which were relatively easy. Tuesday my German literature class was cancelled (and for the first three weeks!) because the lecturer broke his foot! I attended my one politics class on Wednesday, but that consisted of basically just administrative stuff. On Thursday my lecturer was sick so that lecture didn't run either! All in all by the end of the week I felt like uni hadn't actually begun yet!

On the note of uni - I've had a few questions about how it is to study in German: it's not actually too bad. Sure, I don't understand everything but I probably get about 70-80% - pretty good when you consider that in Australia I also don't get 100% because I sometimes drift off thinking about something else! I've also read a number of stories in German which is fantastic!! It gives me a confidence in my German when I can read a story in German and really enjoy it!!