Well the Hausaufgabe yesterday was extremely hard! Sometimes I can finish it in an hour, but yesterday’s took me four hours and I couldnt even finish it! It was about what I was talking about yesterday, the Pronominaladjektivs. I think it will take me a while before I understand these. I am lucky because my mum speaks a bit of German, so often if I am having trouble with my hausaufgabe I phone her and she can help me. But now that I am progressing and the lessons are becoming more advanced, sometimes she doesnt understand either! It would be good if I had a very patient German friend who could help me, but somehow I feel shy to ask.

I am also very shy about speaking German, which is a bad habit! I am finding that I am understanding conversation more and more, which I’m really glad about, but I still feel very shy about speaking back! I may try one of the konversation kurses offered at Deutsch Akademie, or will advertise for a tandem (where you meet someone to practise conversation by way of exchange, so in my case I would practise German and the person I was paired with would practise English).

I have been told by people that the only way to improve your spoken German is to really practise it, which makes sense. It is my goal for this week to begin practising more.

In terms of sights in Berlin – well it really depends what interests you! I love film, so my favourite museum is the film museum – I would definitely recommend that! I also love animals so I enjoy going to the zoo and the aquarium/reptile/amphibean house. I love the kanals and the parks very much as well. There are always a lot of swans in the kanal,  especially around Kottbusser tor. A lot of people feed them so whenever they see a person they begin swimming towards you!