Das Ende ist hier... NEIN!!! The end of the six week course has come, und jetzt fliege ich nach mein Hause in Perth. Ich hätte Angst vor mein Gepäckung packen, aber after much rearranging and charity-giving, it all fit in the end. Deutschland has been good to me in many forms, one namely being einkaufen. The deutsche Leute have been surprisingly helpful and friendly, despite their stereotype. I am going to miss Stuttgart and the people who shared the experience mit mir. Ich freue mich auf hanging out with those students from Perth who I have formed a good relationship with. The ENTIRE experience gefällt mir, and am pleased to say I feel I have achieved most, if not all, of my goals which I set for myself in the first week.
Ich weiβ, dass mein Deutsch besser ist, and I will be using all that I have learnt in my future studies. I plan to continue my Deutsch lernen, and I hope that when I return to Deutschland oder Wien, oder any other Deutsch speaking country, I will have learned and can comprehend much more. Ich glaube, dass living in a country is still the best way to grasp the language, because you learn not only the general rules of that language, but you learn which certain words or sayings native speakers use. Jeden Tag habe ich gelernt. Each time I went shopping or sightseeing I came across something new which helped with either my Deutsch lernen oder my Geschichte lernen. This experience certainly has reinforced my love for Geschichte and I cannot wait to study further detail of the few places and sights which I have seen in the past six weeks.
I am certain that I have grown as a person. My independence has increased and I am able and willing to do more for myself. This independence has also been a confidence boost, where now ich habe kein Angst vor being myself. I have made many close friends from all parts of Australia and America from the course who I know I will see again and surely travel with again. Those I met in Deutschland, I know I will visit and keep in contact with for a long time, if not forever.
It was terribly sad to say ‘Auf Wiedersehen’, but I know all good things must come to an end... and now I can start planning for my next European adventure!
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