Not happened last week, we had a lot of free time. I picked my classes last Monday (Language class, Munich and National-Socialism, Germany Today, Intro to the Study of German Literature, and Goethe's Italian Journey.)
Here is a picture of my schedule, the ones that are circled are the ones I'm taking
Tuesday we had a session talking about intercultural communication and communicating with Germans as Americas. It was basically a bunch of stereotypes and we listened to music.
Wednesday we had a short little history tour of the University, talking about art and people and stuff like that. Here are some pictures
This is the entrance of the building from the inside, as in the light between the two stairs is the street where you come in, so I guess I am looking out? I think this is where the White Rose got caught distributing their final pamphlet
This is one of the lecture halls. It's huge, sits hundreds, and isn't even the largest in the building. The white balconies actually have seats in them too. This is looking towards the stage where the professor speaks at a podium, which you can kind of see between the heads
This is the back of that same room, looking towards where you enter
Nothing important happened on Thursday that I can remember
On Friday we went on a trip of Andechs Monestary. You take a suburban train to the end of the line, about 45 minutes, and arrive at the Ammersee, which reminds me of Naples, mostly because of this boat.
Can't see to well but it is one of those with the big water wheel as a propeller, like the one on long lake
Here are some pictures
A Dock
Lakeside dining
The sign greeting arrivals
A really nice building that I'm not sure what it was
This sign should help solve the mystery
We then hiked a couple miles up this incline, which was neither a mountain nor a hill. Somehwere in the middle. When we were walking up there was a Junkers Ju-52 circling overhead, so that was cool. Sounded incredible.
At the top there is the monastery, overlooking the city, and since this is Germany, there are some bier gardens up there too. Here is the monastery
And the view from up there.
There is also this cross
There were a ton of people because it was family day, so they had a train for the kids. I can't decide if the conductor has the best or worst job in the world
When we got to the top, all we had on our mind was food, so we went to the beer garden. I got a delicious pork roast and potato salad and a giant pretzel for 8 euros. It was awesome and cheap so I was very happy. We sat around and talked for a bit, and then decided to head back down the mountain. When we got to the bottom I realized I never actually went into the Monastery, which is supposed to beautiful, so I guess I have to go back to check it out. At the bottom I got a couple scoops of mint chocolate chip ice cream for 2 euros, and it was also delicious. We called it a day and boarded the train back to Munich.
Saturday and Sunday I chilled/did laundry.
Yesterday was our first day of classes. As you can tell by my schedule, I only had my language class. the professor was really nice and I was able to understand most of what she was saying, so that is good. It does not seem like we will have much work to do outside of class, which is also a plus. For this class we had to buy one book, which came with 2 cd's and it only cost me 25 Euros. In America it would cost hundreds. America should catch on.
Today I had Intro to the Study of German literature and Goethe's Italian Journey. The Literature class was kind of overwhelming, because its very difficult to analyze a poem when you don't know what the poem is talking about because you don't know the words. Funny how that works. Ill figure it out though.
Goethe's Italian Journey seems cool. We study Goethe's travels around Europe and we will also be doing some traveling as a class to Weimar and Italy, so I am looking forward to that. We will also be writing about our own travels while here. Professor Soder, who is also the director here in Munich, is wicked funny and just a great guy, so he will make the class a lot of fun. He is always cracking jokes.
Overall, it seems like some good classes! Excited for tomorrow and Thursday so I can check out the classes I am really looking forward to (Germany Today and Munich and National Socialism)
Thats all for now! Until next time
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