Tips from Christo

He's currently in Heidelberg as part of German Immersion

• get used to drinking beer instead of water because it's generally cheaper
• don't smile, because to Germans it's a sign of aggression and it means you want to steal their spouse
• recycle
• they also don't say 'excuse me' as often as we do (if you accidentally bump into someone they don't necessarily apologize so don't take it as rudeness)

I started packing this morning. I still have to finish. And clean my room. And stop freaking out.
Yesterday I realized that the site on one hand says "all level of German" but on the other hand says "elementary German (minimum A2)" meaning year two, which is more than I know.
(http://www.sprachenzentrum.hu-berlin.de/international-language-school-en/sommer-2012/dib1/index?set_language=en&cl=en)


but I can't really do anything about it. I'm not particularity  good at learning languages (or...I haven't managed to learn Spanish despite all the years I took it at my high school)
Maybe it'll be better this time. Hopefully I'll pass the class and get the credits trasfered. Worse comes to worse I just don't get the credits.

That's what I'm telling myself because I'm freaking out.