Peur du jour: 14 Mai 2012- Not speaking the language
So, I'm no longer in Montpellier, but I figured that you guys still might be interested in my travels! I'm currently spending a week in Bavaria with a friend from UNC and her wonderful family! Did you know that they don't, in fact, speak French here, but rather, German?
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| The small town of Lupburg, where my friend lives. |
One of my friends who is a
Deutschmeister back at UNC gave me some helpful phrases to use during my stay in the land of beer and sausage: hello, thank you, you're welcome, I'd like, etc. Unfortunately, I kind of forgot to write all of these phrases down and learn them before I went out to interact with natives. So we ended up at a
bäckerei (bakery) pointing at donuts saying "
ein". Oh, goodness.
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| Luckily, we walked out with these. Not too shabby. |
Later I committed myself to learning the phrases my friend had taught me, refreshing my German numbers, and learning the days of the week (I don't know why I would need to know that, but it could come in handy). It's pretty humbling to be in a country where you don't speak the language. It's not that they don't speak English, but it's a big jump from France, where I felt like I could really grasp the culture and get around.
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| Bavarian farm fields |
But I'm quite taken with Germany, so add
Deutsch to the growing list of languages I'd like to learn.
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