Characters
An Australian with decent German
An Italian, with a little English and good German
An American with decent German
A Norwegian with 4 days of German, perfect English
A Swede with decent German, perfect English
Setting
A quaint cafe. Everyone is a bit wet from just having come in out of the rain on their tour to Meersburg. A variety of warm drinks sit on the table: hot chocolate, a few cups of tea, and a cappuccino. They are enjoying conversation about the weather in German. In the midst of conversation the Swede cannot think of the necessary word, in either German or English and turns to the Norwegian, who is unsure about what the conversation is about, since only having had 4 days of German. After a few moments of discussion in Norwegian/Swedish the Norwegian shares the word in English and the Australian comes up with the word in German. Laughter is had and conversation resumes.
And I thought the fact that I could be on a Cleveland based cell phone number, in Chicago, talking to my brother in Denver, getting point by point directions back to the highway off of mapquest was amazing.
On Saturday I spent the day at the Bodensee, in both Meersburg and Konstanz. Unfortunately the morning was rainy, but the sun finally made an appearance by the afternoon. Each town has its own charm, and I was struck mostly by the picturesqueness of it.
An Australian with decent German
An Italian, with a little English and good German
An American with decent German
A Norwegian with 4 days of German, perfect English
A Swede with decent German, perfect English
Setting
A quaint cafe. Everyone is a bit wet from just having come in out of the rain on their tour to Meersburg. A variety of warm drinks sit on the table: hot chocolate, a few cups of tea, and a cappuccino. They are enjoying conversation about the weather in German. In the midst of conversation the Swede cannot think of the necessary word, in either German or English and turns to the Norwegian, who is unsure about what the conversation is about, since only having had 4 days of German. After a few moments of discussion in Norwegian/Swedish the Norwegian shares the word in English and the Australian comes up with the word in German. Laughter is had and conversation resumes.
And I thought the fact that I could be on a Cleveland based cell phone number, in Chicago, talking to my brother in Denver, getting point by point directions back to the highway off of mapquest was amazing.
On Saturday I spent the day at the Bodensee, in both Meersburg and Konstanz. Unfortunately the morning was rainy, but the sun finally made an appearance by the afternoon. Each town has its own charm, and I was struck mostly by the picturesqueness of it.
A pretty looking watermill on the hillside of Meersburg 
An old Schloss on the hillside of Meersburg
A quaint Cafe
The Bodensee is out there!
Inside the Muenster in Konstanz
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