Classes Started

Now that April is more than half over classes started for me. Which is great because now I can actually have something to do. The last two months in Germany I had spent in German classes, but those classes were not very time demanding. I spent a lot of time just sitting around doing little here, but now I have a few things on my plate.

I'm taking four classes here, three of which started last week. They are Luther's Ethic, Christianity and Islam, Genesis and Exile Literature (Exiles from Germany from 1936-1945). All but the last one started already. My Genesis class meets 4 hours a week where as the others meet only 2 hours a week. After first impressions I would say I am most excited about Genesis because the professor is very good. I will learn a bit about Hebrew in the class too, and since I am actually a language major, that is really exciting to me. They will end towards the end of July.

To go with all that, I am also in two choirs, one from my Church (a SELK congregation) and a catholic choir. They both seem good and I think they will be a lot of fun. It's so wonderful to be active again! I have also started to actually work out regularly, which is great. I have been meaning to make working out a habit and maybe, just maybe, I will make it a habit this semester. I guess time will tell.

A week ago I bought a bike. Living in this town, one needs a bike, it is a lot easier than waiting on busses, that are often not on time (which goes against the punctual Germans as a stereotype). It's been really great to have a bike... but I think I broke it somehow! Oops!! Today or tomorrow I hope to look at it and figure out what are the problems, what I can fix and what needs to be brought back to the shop to be fixed. So now I am out of a bike...