Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Me, I want to commucate.


MUNICH JESUS AND SAMARITAN WOMAN 1830'S

What I hope to do is communicate the story, but I am lazy. Not with everything I read alot, learning about my enviroment history and such, meeting people etc. but I am not putting the time in learniNg german. I read up on my Rick Steves book with phrases, but my Rosetta stone time is lacking, my excuse is finding a spot for my mac, you need to sit watch, listen and talk. Please pray I get the want to.
The people hear are friendly, one guy calls me "Texas", Memmegem is different, not much but little things like the access to drinking water, no water fountians anywhere, restraunts have water but they charge you for it (no free refills). FYI order bottled water, and order it without gas, water is served carbonated like club soda.
It is clean, people clean up after themselves even after washing hands we are supposed to clean the sink area. They recycle everything, we are to separate paper, plastic, Bio, and other stuff. Bicycle lanes are wide, people have the right away then, bikes, then cars. I liked the fact you get a yellow light before it goes green, this i think it is a good idea. Most everyone is prepared to move.

Most everyone drinks beer with meals and it is not a big deal, beer for breakfast was a little shocker. I have liked the local stuff still can't do it before noon. I have hade Baltic food it was beef with stuff veggies good but don't know what it was. Had great Italian food, listened to an aurguement in Italian on wine, in my limited Italian I heard one guy say he he would rather drink his dogs piss than drink a certian regions wine.

I want take in more this is good "Thanks god"

More later

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Germany


My new digs in Germany has been quite a challenge, I don't mean losing a limb, starving or anything really tragic just different. Stuff like not being able to communicate effectly I know greetings and where is the bathroom stuff, but when you start these little things, the others responde very quickly. what... hey... you want my shoe in the pudding? to fast I get about 40% of the words i cant get meat of the sentence. I having trouble with learning how to wash my clothes, yeah I'm spoiled with my Large capacity washer and dryer back home. anyway i have to 4 flights of stairs i must travel to a dungeon, I can't under stand the words on the wascher so i go back up and my laptop to use my translator go back down 4 flights to no avail. still most the words don't work or are to literal. I try to find a manual on the model in English online not available, it was built in germany no video on youtube.
Had to turn on the water going in the wascher, that is a first, still wouldn't work saw a nieghbor asked him, he responds "no german, Hungary", darn it! what is the luck I found the only Hungarian in Germany. I met the maid Manuela, no not spanish but german she assumed I understood her jesters, but I think I got lost i didn't get the jist. 5 hours later my new bedsheet was in the wascher, but it kept washing for 2 hours??????? I stopped it (off is AUS) then turned the knob to spulen/rinse that went on for an hour, then aus again, then spin dry for an hour so 7 hours to wash my new bed sheet and 3 hours to dry it, AAHHHHHHH!! I wanted to find a river with rocks so I can beat my clothes clean, There has to be a better way, yeah, i know learn german, I am working on it. well my attempt is to wash regular clothes I started wed nite 2 hours for the wash, clothes already in the dryer RATS!!! I then put them in the dryer 9 this morning it i 3pm still not dry, I don't get it. I know this is boring sorry it is my life.
I did get to draw today!!! I went to a cafe' today to draw, nice stress release. My wait person is Karen she speaks english so she has been helpful with words and customs, for my drawing see my other blog for drawings.
I thank God this time.