The Sommerfest last night was nice ... there were several of us from the class, and we wound up sitting at a table with an Italian Franciscan. At different times, the conversation bounced around German, Spanish, English and Polish. We are all beginner German students, the Pole understands no Spanish and little English, the Italian has some English and can basically understand Spanish, the Spaniard has good English with her Spanish, but unfortunately isn't doing so well with the German. So it was interesting ... but we communicated, and that's what mattered.
Spent this morning putzing around my room at StB ... This week we learned that "putzen" in German is to clean ... I wasn't German putzing, I was American putzing.
This afternoon I went out exploring a different section of the city... away from major tourist traffic. Found all kinds of interesting shops, and best of all an old cemetery. The cemetery had big overgrown trees, lots of shade, and gravel walking paths among the huge old monuments and markers. It was lovely.
OK ... computer lab is closing ... gotta go ... to be continued.
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How interesting to learn a root of "putzing". I'm glad you found a great cemetery in which to wander and relax. I would have loved to be a fly on the table at that fest with all the different languages. I wish I had the discipline to learn another language. Hats off to you.
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