Classes and a Tour

Classes started yesterday, and so far they're going pretty well. My German class has more than one student(I originally thought it was just going to be me and the teacher), and I already feel like my German is improving--I actually have to use it here.

The CF class started with a brief overview of German history prior to the rise of Germany as a nation, and today we started to talk about Goethe's "The Sorrows of Young Werther". I'm enjoying the book so far, but haven't gotten to read much because I had a lot of German homework.

Yesterday we took a walking tour of the city with a man named Dieter as our guide. He was German, but spoke fluent english with a heavy British accent. He was really into the tour and asking about Dallas. My favorite part of the tour was the big park situated around the Ilm river. I'll be spending a lot more time there during the rest of the trip, and pictures will come soon. I'd describe it to you all myself, but despite my interest in language, I wouldn't say that I am a great writer. And reading Goethe make's me feel like I shouldn't really try. It's kind of hard to beat. So I'll just let the old saying speak for me and write volumes by posting pictures on the internet.

I am a little overwhelmed by the sheer amount of history that is all packed into this small city. Hitler's youth was started here, and I walk by his favorite hotel daily. But also here are the homes of great writers Goethe and Schiller, and legends of the music world like Bach and Wagner. Both the best and the worst of human nature existed here in Weimar.

In the interest of not overstaying my welcome in my favorite cafe(It's called Frischback), I'll end the post.

Tschüss,

Beau