Freitag, September 16, 2005
Happy Birthday Dad!
I don't know how to say 'Happy Birthday' in German yet. I know Birthday is 'geburtstag' but there is no direct translation for 'Happy Birthday.' It is some reaaallllly long phrase like 'I wish you health and wellness on your birthday' so whenever we go to a birthday party (which has been frequent!) I always just say, 'Happy Geburtstag' and people get the message :)
We went to a birthday party today for L&I's friend Wilko (Vill-ko). It was awesome. Ina thinks it is funny that I like all these parties so much, when she finds them tedious, but for me it's like a little vacation with free food! I get to eat alllll these delicious treats, and people only talk to me when it is something simple or some story they think is so good that they bother to translate it to English. Basically, I tell where I am from, how long I am staying, smile a lot, and drink coffee. I am actually looking forward to going to parties when I am learning to speak though, because that will be good practice.
In Germany, children don't roast marshmallows over fires they make stuckbröt (stick-bread). It was delicious, but baking bread on a fire takes waaaay longer than making marshmallows, so basically it ends up that the adults are sitting around the fire cooking bread and chatting and the kids are playing again.... However, it was really cool. Henrik told me that I should show my friends in America how to make stuckbröt when I come home (if I ever come home!). ;-)
When we got home from the party, I went up to Ina's office with her. She worked on her classes (she has to teach every other Saturday!) while I looked through my stack of papers for MY classes and began thinking about a syllabus.
Ina gave me this great map for how the US sees the word, which is hilarious...
You can check it out here: http://www.jigsawlounge.co.uk/kungfu/world/legend.html
Of course, that is a drawing from 1997/8, so the artist kindly updated: http://www.jigsawlounge.co.uk/kungfu/world/world-usa2003.html
Tomorrow we are having the 'last bbq of the year' (it is finally getting cool here... woohoo!!) and my friend Tara is coming over to celebrate! Happy Friday :)
We went to a birthday party today for L&I's friend Wilko (Vill-ko). It was awesome. Ina thinks it is funny that I like all these parties so much, when she finds them tedious, but for me it's like a little vacation with free food! I get to eat alllll these delicious treats, and people only talk to me when it is something simple or some story they think is so good that they bother to translate it to English. Basically, I tell where I am from, how long I am staying, smile a lot, and drink coffee. I am actually looking forward to going to parties when I am learning to speak though, because that will be good practice.
In Germany, children don't roast marshmallows over fires they make stuckbröt (stick-bread). It was delicious, but baking bread on a fire takes waaaay longer than making marshmallows, so basically it ends up that the adults are sitting around the fire cooking bread and chatting and the kids are playing again.... However, it was really cool. Henrik told me that I should show my friends in America how to make stuckbröt when I come home (if I ever come home!). ;-)
When we got home from the party, I went up to Ina's office with her. She worked on her classes (she has to teach every other Saturday!) while I looked through my stack of papers for MY classes and began thinking about a syllabus.
Ina gave me this great map for how the US sees the word, which is hilarious...
You can check it out here: http://www.jigsawlounge.co.uk/kungfu/world/legend.html
Of course, that is a drawing from 1997/8, so the artist kindly updated: http://www.jigsawlounge.co.uk/kungfu/world/world-usa2003.html
Tomorrow we are having the 'last bbq of the year' (it is finally getting cool here... woohoo!!) and my friend Tara is coming over to celebrate! Happy Friday :)
# posted by Heather @ 11:58 PM 
