Author's Note: This is being posted 3 days late, there's no Wifi where I'm staying at the moment. More on that later.
Today I had a bright and early start on the U-Bahn at 7:45, to get to Freie Universität by 8:45 (which did not happen BTW). We ran up at 9:05, just on time for Intensive German Language A1. My professor is very kind so far, she speaks enough English that we can understand her, but she can't entirely understand us. There are 7 people, including myself, in my German class. Half of us are from California, which meant there was a lot of accidental Spanish speaking.
Being Itchy Makes Me Bitchy
We had an hour and a half lunch break between our 9-12 and 13:30-16 blocks, so I went down to the mensa and had some food. I wanted to take a nap, but it was incredibly hot and there's no indoor library to hide in, so unfortunately I didn't get to. This meant I was un-caffinated, sleepy, and (don't, forget!) itchy as hell. I have at least 80 bedbug bites now, which were for some reason extra nasty today. My next 6 hours on campus were set to be quite a time.
Art and Dictatorship & German Cinema
Honestly, I couldn't make these 6 hours seem interesting if I tried. We went over syllabi and and watched a 45 minute video on Bauhaus, which I already have 45-minutes-worth of knowledge about. It took everything in me not to fall asleep, but with a dozen people in a classroom you're bound to be caught (embarrassingly).
My cinema professor was an eccentric and snarky film geek who clearly loves what he does. He had us randomly introduce ourselves--most of the class said nothing--by our film experience, not our names. We watched a 60 minute silent film called The Oyster Princess, which was very funny and kept me mostly awake until 19:00 (PS: I'm practicing my international time all the time).
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