So much fine academic work is done in German, but as of yet I have no access to it! Well I am trying to fix that.
From August 1-26, I will be in the city of Lüneburg, Germany. There I will be taking an intensive course in German at the University of Lüneburg. Both the city and the program look quite nice.
Here is the information on the summer program. The cost of tuition and rent is 630 euro, total, which is reasonable. I may arrive a couple weeks early in order to do some travel. I want to let people who might be in Germany know that I'm there. I will be visiting more places than just Lüneburg.
Question is, has anyone else here lived in Germany? I'd like to hear your experiences.
Does anyone have recommendations on places to see in Germany?
Suggestions on how to meet young German people?
Has anyone attended University in Germany? What do you know about it?
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I'm hoping it will be an exciting trip, and I may blog a couple entries about it.
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"Suggestions on how to meet young German people?"
Techno ;)
Hamburg (closest theological department) is about 50km and in easy reach by train. See the excellent http://reiseauskunft.bahn.de/ for good deals (Engl. interface, too). Check out the theological department (Fakultät) at Hamburg on their website; they should have a list of lectures (perhaps even the Kommentiertes Vorlesungsverzeichnis). Usually lectures are public, so just walk in. Seminare, übungen, etc. may be a different story. University lecture times are usually cum tempore (plus 15 mins), ie. 8am starts at 8.15am. N.B.: I haven't been there in 20 years!
Question is, has anyone else here lived in Germany? I'd like to hear your experiences.
Yes, I lived in Germany for six months - but a very long time ago, in 1956! Not much I can say that is likely to be of relevance to today, except perhaps that I found the German people very friendly and helpful. I hope that has not changed.
I was there with the International Red Cross International Tracing Service in a little village called Arolsen, which is near Kassel. We were microfilming the records of the concentration camps on behalf of the Israeli Government; an eye opening occupation, to say the least!
I didn't find German as difficult to learn as French was at school. By the end of the six months there wasn't much that was said that I didn't have at least some idea of the meaning of.
Good luck.
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