Finished full time work for the boat builder at Rader Insel. Bit of a pity cause it was quite enjoyable but I expect to find work here in Kiel. Besides, my full time german language course starts on the 26th this month. Thats 5days a week, 4 hours a day. Intensive stuff. On the upside I did quite well on the entrance exam and can skip the first 3 courses. That means I have only level 4, 5 and 6 to get my certificate. That's a two fold ticket..basic competency for living and working in Deutschland and it extends my visa while I do it. Then I just have to find full time work.
I will eventually make it back to Australia. The course probably finishes in Feb 2010 so I may make the trip then. No concrete plans beyond that so far.
Sarah is doing her orientation week at uni this week and starts lectures next week I think. :) Of course I've been paying close attention to what she's says... :) and I have a new adventure to discover this city. I just got comfortable finding my way around Rendsburg and now it's a new city!
Well, in anticipation of having to get about .. I decided not to buy a car just yet .. I bought a bike. We found a second hand bike shop (gebraucht farader - ein farad is a bike, gebraucht means used) and despite my limited german skills managed to buy the bike for 20 euro and they let me use their workshop for around 4 hours while I got it working! Replaced the crank bearings, addd some new rear brakes, lubricated and serviced the front gear guide, fitted a bell - pedestrians are so pesky .. and bike traffic is such a big deal that through most of the city there are tracks beside the road for bike users - the lights work and the front wheel has the dynamo in the centre hub. Pretty cool actually.. just like the weather.
Two nights ago there were reports of snow around 200k's from here and the overnight temperature is getting down to 1 degree. during the day it's a balmy 13-15 degrees so warm clothing is essential.
In the flat (really 2 bedrooms plus a study) we painted a feature wall a rather bold burgundy / purple colour. Looks great and the indoor plants really soften things nicely. I'm about to head out in search of a blank canvas. Think i'll try my hand at painting a suitable picture for the wall.. a stylised picture of flowers or something. If it turns out I'll post a picture!
Well, all's well and I have loads to do. Upload photos, write more in the blog, write more for my books - I have three writing projects on the go at the moment; a creative novel, an instructional application of photoreading and my ecoliving website which is currently offline... must attend to that. Anyway, gotta dash.. sarah's just come back.
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