Blogging in the rain

Our new coffee maker. YAY!

Hey all! It's your favorite Iowan-living-in-Germany blogger (I'm counting on limited competition) coming at you once again with the news of the week. We are, at this point, still without a long-term apartment. The good news is, however, we have an appointment to meet with the owner of the apartment in Sachsenhausen on Friday. If that doesn't work out then we'll get back to scouring apartment websites.

We went to our first opera of the season on Saturday night. Florian, our good friend and avid blog reader, performed the title role in the Marriage of Figaro at Oper Frankfurt. The production was a revival from a past season which, by the way, Brenda and I had both seen on previous occasions. It was, nonetheless, an exceptional evening of opera with superb performances by everyone in the cast.

I am currently searching for an affordable language school in order to improve my German language skills. It seems that I'm at a somewhat awkward stage in terms of my proficiency. In general, I know enough to figure out what people are saying and can respond in relatively coherent sentences. I'm far from perfect, however, and I'd like to continue to improve. From what I've discovered so far, German classes are quite expensive. I may have found one option that is affordable but we'll have to see if it pans out. I'll keep you posted.

Brenda is at rehearsal right now for the Tales of Hoffman. She's still a few weeks out from the premiere but it sounds like rehearsals are going smashingly. Many of our good friends are in the show so I think Brenda is having a great time at work. By the way, there is a chance that we'll be going to Dresden this weekend and, if we do, I'll tell you all about it in the next post. Until then, have a great week!