The first day of the rest of my Einführungskurs (orientation course). I confess I had a wonderful time today. I felt comfortable in the city, didn't come close to getting lost and interacted plenty - sans anxiety - with Germans. I really felt drawn to everything around me. All I wanted to do when I had free time was walk and explore, and I see now I will have to start doing most of that on my own. My Anglophone companions aren't really into strolling through Bonn-- they've already announced that they're 'bored' and want to book it to Amsterdam this weekend. Bored. I can't imagine how anybody could be bored. I am just getting to understand how to navigate this place and I want to look down every street and poke my head into every corner. Can't imagine wanting to leave the country when you barely know your hometown.
One of the highpoints was an Arbeitsgemeinschaft with Frau Osterhus. I can't properly describe the way Frau Osterhus appears. Physically, she's in the middle of any scale which might have "Dominatrix" and "Crack Addict" for poles. I'll include a photograph -- only seeing is believing (will try for a better one later in the week.) We're doing a survey of German political - pre and post war - cartoons. I'll scan some later -- they're worth it (unfortunately, I wasn't able to snag a copy of 'German man piss-painting Swastika into snow bank.'*)

Osterhus


Couple more images:

Bavarian-looking foosball figure


Poppelsdorfer Bike Path



*My own titling.