freezombie

I have spent months reading up on what I can do, and how I can get there. I have thought a great deal about what I want, and what I do not want, to see. I have reached a point where I feel reasonably informed about what comes next, and I know, for certain, that I want to do this, that I want to go, to Africa, and help.

That was step 0.

Step 1 is, of course, applying. Sending applications to charities, which I have started doing. One might say that that was step 1a… with 1b and probably 1c, 1d etc to come.

I hope that I’ll find the time and money, and one or two good friends that’ll come along, for a cross-Europe railway journey. InterRail.

Failure. I don’t know what the single guy I’m leaving behind is going to do, and I’m sure he won’t stop completely, at least not soon, As for creating a working group, I’ve failed.

This is of course a very difficult goal to assess as “done”. I’m back to the state where I can truthfully say that I am reading a book or three, while I’m connected to the internet. I could read more. I will probably read more than this. But it is good.

Leaving for three weeks of America on the 21st of August. :-DD

Even more important than articulating French fluently is understanding those that do exactly that—I try to improve my listening comprehension by watching films in French (dubs of films I know anyway, possibly with subtitles) and, sometimes, listening to French satellite or internet radio. I also listen to a fair share of French music, but I doubt that helps a lot. Going to France and speaking with locals is, of course, the non plus ultra of learning to understand, well, locals…

I’ve been to:
Bayern
Rheinland-Pfalz
Nordrhein-Westfalen
Sachsen
Brandenburg
Berlin

and travelled through:
Baden-Württemberg
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

and I’ll probably go to Hessen in May. That leaves 7 states.

Passed theory test yesterday 100% :-)