I am pretty much ready to go. Boarding passes printed, clean clothes ready, DSLR packed and my German hopefully capable.
I've been learning German for almost a year now but Monday will be my first proper test of the language in a real life environment. I feel like I could understand simple and basic conversations but that's only when it's spoken in a slow and clear manner. Native speakers will, naturally, talk at a faster pace than the audio on my language learning guides - but that's part of the fun of it and is certainly a challenge that could take my German to the next level.
Or, it could be a disaster, and I go back to furiously pointing and foolishly acting out what I want to say. We'll see.
I expect to touch down in Munich at about 9:30am German time. From there I will hop on a train to Munich Hauptbahnhof and from there take another train to Mertingen - which, I believe, is only about a mile or so from the town of Oberndorf where the farm is located. That much I'm pretty sure will happen. After that, I really don't know. I have no idea what to expect from the trip but it should be a great experience and hopefully a lot of fun.
My intention is to regularly blog what I've been up to while I'm out there - whether that actually happens remains to be seen. At the least I'll chuck some photos and words in here when I get back.
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