Today is the 9th of December. Three months ago, on September 9th, I had packed my few belongings and set off for little Weimar. Three months later…
1. You actually know where Weimar is: in the state of Thuringia in the heart of Germany, 15 minutes by train from Erfurt and Jena, 1.5 hours from Leipzig.
2. When people say “let’s go to the park” you never ask “what park”.
3. You know that the river in the park is called Ilm.
4. You’ve heard horse’s hooves on the pavement, lying in your bed.
5. You know that you need about an hour to go from one side of the city to the other
6. You know that Bauhaus University is not only in Dessau.
7. You know that you need 20 minutes to go up the HILL where the IfEU building is and that’s considered the city’s suburbia.
8. You know what IfEU is and what the acronym stands for (Institut für Europaische Urbanistik aka Institute for European Urban Studies). Well… you study there.
9. You actually start to believe that this is really the city’s suburbia.
10. You know what a WG (Wohngemeinschaft) is and you live in one (well sort of…).
11. You‘ve already spent the autumn here and you thought it was f… cold.
12. You changed your mind when winter came (early) and it IS f… cold.
13. You have heard yourself saying “today the weather is good!! We have only -4 C”.
14. You’ve been drinking outside Glühwein with a temperature of -10 C wondering if you got crazy or German.
15. You’ve seen the nature change colors, from green to orange, yellow, brown, red to pure… white.
16. You are sure that you should buy a bike but you consider waiting for the snow to melt, which actually means at least three more months.
17. You’ve never seen so much snow in your life and you know it’s only the beginning.
17. You’ve never seen so much snow in your life and you know it’s only the beginning.
18. You’ve never seen so many babies in your life (there are really A LOT of them around).
19. You know that Schützengasse is the name of a street, of a student residence hall and a student club (all in the same place).
20. You know when and where salsa nights are (well it’s Schützengasse again).
21. You know that when a party is going on then everybody feeling like partying will be there.
22. You know what the “Falken” is and that you shouldn’t go there on chess night.
23. You know what place is open after 1.30 a.m. … it’s the Falken!
24. You know that smoking is prohibited (but not in Falken!!).
25. You actually have done bar-hopping (yes you can!!) but you ended up… in Falken.
26. You know that you won’t need more than 6 euro for… 3 beers!!
27. You missed going to cinema because EVERYTHING is dubbed in german.
28. You’ve heard George Clooney speaking in german (and it is kind of sexy).
29. You know that you need 1 or 2 euro to use the lockers in the library and you own a transparent bag for your laptop and books because otherwise you can’t enter the library.
30. You know that the term “international programme” does not imply the use of english language for international students… still german there.
31. You tried to improve your german language skills in Sprachzentrum where you realized how many people speak… spanish!
32. You already feel ashamed that you don’t speak german although you live with a german girl (her English is sooooo good :P).
33. You use the sport facilities for 5, 10 or max. 15 euro… (per month??) nope, per semester!!
34. You know what people mean when they set appointments at the chair-spot.
35. You know who Goethe is and who Schiller (right or left side of the statue).
idea stolen from http://thaniinpieces.blogspot.com/ :P
idea stolen from http://thaniinpieces.blogspot.com/ :P
