First Day of Class

Came up to the computer lab after class, but there was a waiting line so I went out for a bite to eat first. After the morning session there's a flood of people wanting to get on line ... and I see at least three machines that are out of service. Much better now that I've had a feeding, too.

We're quite a mix in the class ... I'm the only American ... and also the oldest...I'm even older than the Instructor. We have one from Poland, two from Hungary, one from Canada, one from Mainland China, one from Taiwan, one from Moldavia (just where IS Moldavia?!), one from Scotland, one from Thailand, two from Spain, one from Argentina and one from Mexico. Most speak at least a little English, and a couple of them are quite accomplished multilinguals. It's interesting to hear German terms being explained in fluent Spanish, and the optional activites talked about in Russian (a common language for the Pole and the Moldavian). At the break, I got into a bit of conversation with one of the Spaniards ... in Spanish. More for our money, I guess.

As for the beer, I'm very much liking the weissebier and the dunkelweisse.

I really should log onto CNN, Whispers and the BLADE to see what's happening beyond sabbatical-land... that is, before I head back to StB for a nap.