Monday in Munich

And it's raining. In fact, we had big thunderstorms last night. Now a steady drizzle continues, so no pictures today.

Have been through registration (such as it is) at the Goethe Institut this morning. My interviewer was intrigued with me being a Benedictine Monk ... she said she didn't know there were monasteries in the US. She just kept saying "How interesting." Whatever... But they had nice snacks out! Had to wait until 10am for the computer lab to open, but it's worth it. This will be nice.

As expected, I'm placed in the most elementary of the elementary courses ... morning classes for four hours each day, five days a week.

There is a monk from Praglia (Italy) who is also doing a German course this summer who is in the room next to me at St. Bonifaz. He's already had some German so is in a different course. But he also speaks some English (pretty good, too) so at least we can communicate with each other. Last night the Guest Master showed us where we can do our laundry ... I had to go back and copy down the directions etc. so I could look words up in my dictionary, lest I boil my black socks.

One of the trips sponsored by the GI is a weekend trip to Prague ... That's not someplace I had planned to see, but it looks interesting (and a good price) so I'm gonna get more info.

About time to head back to the Monastery for Midday ... need to stop at the Woolworths (yes, there really is a Woolworths here) and pick up a few things.