I was catching the bus home from the station yesterday, staring out of the window into oblivion as usual, when something unusual happened. Normally, I stare off into space and daydream about something odd like: why is there still a dative tense in German?
But then I did hear someone talking. Two people, in a peculiar language. Leave a comment. Filed under British Culture. Well, the baptism was two weeks ago and was a great success.
My parents and my brother Jack were here to see the proceedings, and Jack also read in church, as did I. The baptism itself Taufe in German was in the same lovely church which Andrea was baptised in. Aurelia slept soundly through it all, with a brief squawk when the water went over her head. Following the Taufe we had dinner at a lovely restaurant. The white asparagus a German specialty with pork medallions in bacon was especially notable, as was the strawberry tiramisu.
The biggest growth has been her personality. I got Andrea some pearl earrings for her birthday and Aurelia made her a card I may have helped slightly.
There are about twelve participants and eight of them are Polish, which was rather amusing in the introductory session. Filed under Birthdays , Learning German , Parenthood. Predictably, I spent a very productive afternoon zooming about with high motivation. Then a shaky evening with the jitters. Then a long and tedious night without sleep. Then a tired and flaky morning, which was much improved with a far more frugal dose of Scho-ka-kola. Lectures are going well at the university, work is going well with accelingua Educom and freelance work is going well with my private students.
