Brush up on my German

Faust to the library without reading a single page. It’s quite embarrassing to admit.
Anyway, I think I’ll put it in my Maybe/Someday file to try again next summer. It’s not something I want to give up altogether, but otoh I don’t have the time or energy to do it right now.

The Goethe Institut library is closing for the summer holidays.
I took back my (unread) Glasperlenspiel by H.Hesse, and couldn’t really decide whether to borrow a new book for the summer.
Then, as I was browsing through the shelves, I finally found Faust. So I grabbed it!

Since the library will be closed, I can have it for almost 2 months (more convenient that the usual 3 weeks).
AND I also took home with me a Greek translation, and a book on Faust.

I’m not really commiting myself to finishing it, but I’ll take it one day at a time!

I’m removing this, to make room

This was originally titled “obtain the kleines Sprachdiplom”, but somehow it feels outdated.
I finished a bilingual German/Greek high school, gave my Abitur exams, and at age 18 my knowledge of German was better than if I had obtained the kleines Sprachdiplom.
I was reading Kafka, Rilke, Goethe, Brecht and Hesse from the original, to name a few favorites. But that was many moons ago…
I guess I need to work on my grammar, find my Duden and my Wahrig (my two trusted dictionaries), and start reading again.
Maybe I can throw in some lessons later on.
For now I want to keep things simple and have some fun.

that if I don’t do something now

I’ll lose all the German I once had.

Not that I had much, but… I really liked the language. I want to learn it.

I met a girl from Switzerland the other day in Boston and she said that the best way to learn German would be to go live in Germany (not Switzerland) for a bit. Hm.

I was cleaning a few months ago and I found a $20 gift certificate to the bookstore at my alma mater….. so yesterday my cousin and I went out there and I got a German mini guide- full of useful phrases and helpful stuff. Let’s see if it will help.

It took so long to learn, don’t let it slip away…