So on our second day we were driving around and H (who has no German at all*) suddenly asked me, "Why does every town have a street called Einbahnstraße? And why is the Einbahnstraße so important that there are all these signs with arrows pointing to it?"

When I was finally able to stop laughing, I explained that it means one-way streetNo, we ( Read more... )

• ZOMBIES: Read the zombie stormtrooper book yesterday in about an hour and a half. So, yeah, it could have been longer. Really should have been, at hardcover prices. Also, there was a tragic lack of lightsabers. I'm not sure I can get over that in a Star Wars book. The cover really is the best part anyway. My advice is to borrow Death Troopers ( Read more... )

So I'm back home now, utterly exhausted and with a lump of German in my brain that I'm still trying to assimilate properly. It was hell about half the time. (Severe sleep deprivation due to underage drunks! No English speaking! No air conditioning! Abominable coffee! Packing a year's worth of language lessons into ten days!) Naturally, I can't wait ( Read more... )