An interesting experience tonight supplied. I went to a pizzeria with my Spanish friend Eva this evening. She is a 27 year old Spanish girl. She came to Germany to study more German at the school I currently go to because apparently the job market is not as good as it could be in Spain and she has an engineering job set up out here after she finishes her German classes.
The interesting thing about tonight was the way in which we communicated. Early on in the night we decided to speak "nur deutsch" (only German). I believe that the two hours that we spoke in German were more valuable than the past week of class. Pushing one's self to speak conversationally in another language is extremely helpful to improve on the spot speaking skills and we both learned new words from each other. Another interesting thing was that when we didn't know a word in German we would use either a Spanish or English word to make the statement understood, more Spanish than English. I'm thankful for those painstaking days back in the states taking Spanish classes. Spanish has also proved to be useful in situations when I want to stealthlike with what I say.
On another note, I made a Hungarian friend, Andor, this week in class. Hopefully I can visit him out there at some point during the year. Tomorrow is Freiberg so I'll take pictures and report back. Over and out.
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