Problems No One Tells You About

Take the Red line to the blue line, then hop off at the "shlumlumlumburg" stop, and then walk the "hausrawr-rawr" bus stop, catch the T238K7S3, ride that four stops, spin in circles three times, buy a beer and your there...

Public transit in Germany, Very effect. Learning to use public transit abroad is one thing someone would be happy to accomplish. Learning to use public transit for the first time in a language I hardly understand is down right cruel. Twenty minutes of waiting at a plat form, to then figure out platforms go in different directions. Simple things like this are the problems of a girl who is using a S/U bahn for the first time. Please, remember everyone (using transit for the first time), know the major station stops along the way and not just the next one. The reader boards don't tell you those. When in doubt just go back to Hauptbahnhof! Next thing no one tells you..NOTHING is free. You pay to use the bathroom everywhere, If you don't have grocery bags you pay, and NO free water. Its truly heart breaking that last one. I drink water like no ones business. It's the simple day to day tasks that turn into the big adventure while you're abroad.
  (Next Day...)
I met a few other au pairs and I can't wait to start exploring Germany and the rest of Europe!! Being my first time in Europe I want to meet as many people as possible and see as many things as possible!!

"I haven't been everywhere, but it's on my list."

So far though I have been in Germany for 6 days. I think I am starting to get the hang of things with my host family. Next on my list is to start sight seeing, and planning other European trips.

 

German language of the week:

Ja= Yes             1. Wie geht es dir? = How are you?
Nein=No            2. Wie kann ich sagen..= How do I say..

Wo= Where       3. Wo ist die Toilette?= Where is the bathroom?

Was= What        4. Ich wurde gerne ein X bitte.
Danke= Thanks      = I would like a(Food)please
Bitte= Please      5.Ich verstehe ein bisschen Deutsch.

Sehr= Very             =I understand a bit of German

Gut= Good

Wie= How

Welt= World

Deutsch= German

Wer= Who

Wenn= When

Warum= Why

Toilette=Bathroom