Kultur 11

Es interresiert für mich, dass ein Viertel von Menschen aus Westdeutschland das Mauer Austauschsein wollen. "Besser Wessies" ist ein suß Name, aber es ist nicht so nett. Es gibt viele Stereotypen von beiden Seiten. Der Osten beschäftigt sehr sich mit Gleichheit. Auch ist die Jungend jetzt optimisticher.

Ostalgie ist ein Wort, das Nostalgie bedeutet. Es ist in Bezug auf Ostdeutschland. Es bedeutet, dass Ostdeutsche die socialistischen Wege der Verganginheit vermissen.

Es ist interesstant, dass der Nordern und Süden nicht miteinander auskommen. Es ist wie America (ein wenig). Deutschland ist immer noch geteilt, obwahl es keine Mauer gibt.

Final rant

Breaking Down the Wall in the Head/Ostalgie

25% of Westies willt die Mauer back up and 12% of Easties want it as well. Well, those particular westies are selfish Lümmel and those particular Easties are well… dumb, none more so than Herr Lutz. Jedermann is thinking it, I’m simply saying it.

Herr Lutz is foolish to think he was freer under the DDR. It’s just… ugh, I don’t even know where to begin. The wall protected him from Fascists? I think there must be a translation issue. It’s almost as if this article is trying to inspire contempt.  Beruhigen…. Beruhigen….

Just erinnern yourself that the grass is always greener on the other side and the cherries in the neighbor’s garden always taste a little sweeter. Why not move to the Soviet Union? Oh well, North Korea will have to do. You’ll be safe from the fascists there.

Backward Southerners, Frigid Northerners: Germany's Real Divide

I’m sure it’s already been noted the parallels between the German and American north/south divides. Someone once erzahlt mir, that es gibt some amount of truth in all stereotypes and that they must be acknowledged bevor they can be overcome. Perhaps that’s why we spend so much time exploring them.

Freistaat Sachsen: Leipzig und Dresden

Leipzig and Dresden are two cities in the free state of Saxony. I’m not sure what makes it a free state; It’s still a state of Germany. Are there any enslaved states? The most important thing realized in this article is the number of civilians killed by the allied forces in WWII, 35,000 in one state?! We are brought up believing that that our moral compass is straighter than everyone else’s, that everything we do is justified. Is the killing of civilians ever justified? Auge um Auge macht die ganze Welt blind.

JeSt

Kulture 11 - DaBo

This is definitely the most surprising kulture reading that I have has the pleasure of reading. The only thing that I've ever heard about the Berlin Wall falling was the joy of all Germans as their country was finally reunited. This is obviously not true, but probably propaganda. Every country has groups who think differently from each other, but all I've heard about East Germany was how it was a nightmare for Germans. But now that I've read what some of them have to say about the pros of their time under the Soviet Union, I can respect their views. Ich glaube nicht, dass Kommunismus ist gut. Ich dachte, dass die Spiegel Artikel war sehr lustig. It definitely reminded me of the differences between the American north and south, including a lot of parallels regarding political views.

The article that stated theres still some bad blood between east Germans and West germans make sense. The reunion of the two states was less than 30 years ago, so I'm sure the two sides still don't each other, just like how the North and South didn't like each other after the Civil War for some years. Hopefully with time, the Germans will unify with their generations much like the Americans mostly did after the Civil War.

Still, I feel the East Germans got a good deal by being able to complain for the first time, just like the man stated.

I liked these articles, weil they actually about German history that was relatable were. So far, it was mostly just some weird articles that don't make sense to make the German culture sound strange.

Kultur 11 Janelle Jajou

Hallo! Ich habe dieses Kultur interessant gefunden.

Die "Mauer im Kopf" ist wichtig sich zerstören, but I feel that the attitudes surrounding it are very petulant and ignorant. Even the nicknames they've given to each other sound so childish. Young people are so easily swayed - if more people were less ignorant about misconceptions of Westerners and Easterners, half of the problems would disappear. It seems like the Easterners really need to become much more progressive to catch up with the Westerners.

Ich habe nicht gewiss, dass die GDR hat the Holocaust nicht erkannt. Das ist so schlect!!

Ich finde "Backward Southerners..." lustig. Es ist so dumm, dass ich nicht schwer finden kann. It sounds like America's stereotypes about hillbillies down yonder and cosmopolitan people up north. Es ist nicht so wirklich wie die Ost-West Konflikt.

In the article "In Berlin, You Never...," Berlin sounds like New York in the '70s. Everyone riding a high of euphoria, but not actually doing anything productive. I don't necessarily sympathize with the author because self-control is possible, and it's clear that he or none of his peers exercised anything but their right to party. Which is fun for a while, but it gets old eventually.

Das ist alles für Kultur! Auf Wiedersehen!!

Kultur 11 - Carsten Sprunger

The article about the lasting cultural divide between the east and west is pretty interesting. The perceptions of people on each side of the people on the other side are quite skewed. I also didn't really realize that there were so many people who wished the wall were still there. I guess it makes sense for one to feel that way, if he/she lived during the time before the wall was torn down and thought that he/she was more free or had a better life during that time. But it is weird that the attitude of people for this particular issue varies between the different generations who lived through the wall being torn down. The article cites a younger girl saying she feels way more free and strong since the wall was torn down and a slightly older man who wishes the wall were still up because he feels less free.
Coming from Louisiana, the article about the divide between the north and south of Germany sounds exactly  like the divide between the northern and southern states in the U.S. I mean, just read these quotes:

• People in the cool, practical, intellectual, industrialized, liberal north of Germany think the lazy hick farmers in the south are backward and racist, and they talk funny too. 
• People in the warm, hospitable, easygoing, earthy, rural south, for their part, figure the calculating northerners are just boring snobs.

That's pretty interesting.

Kultur 11 Graham Techler

The article about contemporary attitudes in Germany around the fall of the Berlin Wall was very eye opening for me. I guess I had never considered that, considering the rejoicing that followed the fall of the wall, there would be people who were not quite so happy. Or that stereotypes had developed while the wall had been up. The article in spot on when it says that the new wall is in the head of Germany's young people, and the future of a unified germany relies on their distant, indistinct memory of the Cold War.

The Wiki article on East German Nostalgia was a great lesson in how little things about a culture can mean so much to those who lived in that culture. The fact that there was a vocal minority asking to preserve the East German walking symbol (with a fedora) is very indicative of how specific and important the culture of east Germany was. Any one thing they could hang on to, they will hang on to.

The article on the north/south divide in Germany was, of course, incredibly reminiscent of the cultural divide between Northeastern and Southeastern Americans. It was so similar, actually, that it seemed like a joke at some times. And it seems like a stroke of luck that Germany was divided East/West, not North/South. I can't imagine the wall would have come down if that was the case, as the article says. 

-GrTe

Kultur

I read the optional article "In Berlin, You Never Have to Stop" and it was a great story. A man was writing about his experience moving from Australia to Berlin with his band to produce an album. He said everything in Berlin was cheap: beer, rent and entertainment.For artists and musicians, Berlin is a place filled with inspiration, but because of how easily it is reached, people can become lazy. In this authors portrayal, Berlin is good and bad.

First off, Ostalgie is a very creative name. Good job to whomever thought it up. The Ampelmännchen is adorable. I would fight to keep him too. It doesn't surprise me that there are still people who believe in the East West division. There are many people who grow used to the ways were when they grew up. They expect it to always be like this, and if there is change, that it should be for the better. By tearing down the wall, it isn't like everyone in Germany got a 10% increase in their salaries with benefits. Life continues on, and people will think back of "the good ole days" even if it wasn't any better.

It is interesting that Germany is split into four categories. North, south, east or west. It is also completeyly normal to have stereotypes about each other. America stereotypes many of states, as well as the large sections of the north and south, or the midwest and coasts. It is funny how the general stereotype is similar in both America and Germany.

Molly Range (MoRa)

Kultur 11

    For my Kultur 11 I first read "Breaking Down the Wall in the Head". The article explains that even though the wall was brought down in the past, a wall in the mind still exists. The germans call it the "Mauer im Kopf"- wall in the head. The article listed statistics from a survey stating that a quarter of West Germans wanted the Berlin wall to be rebuilt, and about twelve percent of East Germans didn't want to leave in a united Germany. I can see why the West Germans want the wall to be rebuilt, but I can't see why East Germans wouldn't want to leave in a united Germany. The country Germany in its current state is one of Europe's most economically powerful. The country has great influence in European interests and foreign policies. The article also states that the young people are key to breaking down this wall in the head. The youth are taking initiative, and they are not holding onto grudges in the past like the older Germans. Money was a great factor in the reunification of Germany. Everyone believed that if you were to throw money at people, then the problems would be solved. However, everyone should know that nothing will get better, if people don't know how to use it. I believe that this so called wall in the head will always persist. There will always be conflict in the world, because without it everyone would be the same.

James Le

Kapitel 11 Kultur evge

The artikel uber "die Mauer im Kopf" was interessant in that there is still odd blood between the some East and West Germans. It was especiialy interessant reading about the man who felt he had more freedom when he could complain at work. However, I think the artikel is wirklich unreflective of the real world, especially in 2014, a decade after the artikel was written. I say this primarily because as a 1993 baby, the Cold War feels as far away as WW2 and WW1.

Ostagia


Die Artikel uber Norte und South Deutschland reminds me of the playful fun we have mocking those hil'billy, overly hospitable, Confederate Sourtherns with their accents and their Waffle Houses. Really, I'm sure no one is much prejudice, especially the youth.

Kultur 11

Having a lasting resentment 14 years after reunification makes sense. Germany was not a country for very long before it was broken up again, and there were assumptions already there between the states, so why is it surprising when they have resentment from when the country was under two very different rules? Also, resentment lasts a long time when there's a split in the country. Look at the United States. The south broke away over 150 years ago, and there's still resentment between the north and the south.

Again, having nostalgia is not surprising. Look to the south again. Confederate flags are still for sale and are sold in a lot more places than just the south. I think anytime a country is absorbed, or reabsorbed, there will always been some sort of nostalgia left.

The north and south split also goes back to the fact that for a long time, they were not the same country. This is seen with the Bavarians calling the Berliners Saupreussen. 

Kultur 11

I found the articles about the wall and how Germans view it very interesting. The first article “Breaking Down the Wall in the Head” presented interesting perspectives that I hadn’t realized were so prevalent. I’m not entirely surprised that Germans have differing opinions about how life in Germany has improved or gotten worse since unification, but I found the “Mauer im Kopf” notion to be surprisingly fascinating. It’s a universal idea really, one that I can probably apply to other situations, but how it relates to Germany is especially cool, and seeing how the phrase probably originated because of Germany’s experience with the wall and the Cold War, this makes sense. It’ll be interesting to see how the perspective develops into the 21^st century though, since, as the article noted, young people may be key in ending these polarizing conceptions about life on the other side of the wall. It’ll probably take a long time for these notions to be done away with completely, and by that point they’ll probably be replaced with some other prejudices, but for right now, I’m interested to read more into these ideas and the different perspectives Germans have on the topic.

The Wikipedia article about Ostalgie is also pretty interesting. I had already watched the film “Goodbye Lenin!”, so I was relatively familiar with the idea, and it is an interesting one. Many people, especially those in Western countries, look down on the Soviet system as inferior and criticize the inefficiency involved with it. One would think those who lived in the East would think so as well, if not more so since they experienced it firsthand. This is also reasonable since they were the ones who pushed for reunification in order to get the right to travel much more easily. This turns out not to be the case, however, and for a moment it was tough to understand, but I can wrap my mind around why now. Life in the East, although it was limiting in many ways, also provided a sort of culture that was readily removed with reunification. It’s understandable to miss the culture and way of life that was the norm for so many years.

Finally, the article about Northern Germany versus Southern Germany was very interesting to read and touched upon a subject I didn’t know much about beforehand. One always thinks of the divide between the East and the West, and it’s easy to forget that there could be other divisions as well. To see that the division between the North and South is just as prevalent if not more so than between East and West was cool to learn. I found the stereotypes associated with each group to be especially interesting, because they are remarkably similar to the ones associated between the North and Southern states in the United States. It’s perhaps a little more nuanced here, as I’m sure it is there as well, but in general, how similar things are is pretty uncanny and interesting.

Kultur 11-Ian Baker

This chapter's cultural texts are all about identity and nationalism--what it means to "be" German. And of course, that brings up conceptions of east versus west. It's no surprise that Germany still struggles with its national identity even a quarter century after the Cold War. What it means to be a German remains an open question, and how to integrate not just two economies but two entirely different societies is still to be determined. Perhaps most telling is the symbolism of Berlin's airports. Currently, Berlin operates two airports: Tegel, located in the former west Berlin, is the larger airport and operates most of the full-service airlines, while Schoenfeld, to the southeast of the city in what was once the Soviet zone, is smaller but still significant for its discount airline presence. Both airports are set to be replaced by a new, Berlin Brandenburg airport. But that project has been plagued by delays, a symbol of the delayed reintegration of a country struggling to come to grips with its tormented past.

The north-south divide surprised me a little bit more than the east-west one. I know that the north is known for its industrial cities, Protestant religious practices, and "hard work" urban attitudes while the south values relaxed traditions, a good beer, and a sunny field. But the tension--bordering on animosity--between the two areas of the country did surprise me a bit. I wouldn't have thought that Bavarians hate Hamburg and that Berlin scoffs at Munich. A very interesting cultural note.

Kultur 11

The articles I read where "Breaking Down the Wall" which I found to be a very surprising article. I found it surprising because the article said that: "But if every fifth person in Germany had their way, the barrier that split the country during the Cold War would be resurrected." I found this line interesting because I thought that when the wall was destroyed and Germany was united as one everyone was happy. But the article states that Germans want the wall to be rebuilt and east and west to be divided again. I do not understand why that would be? I also found it fascinating that Germans still have really strong stereotypes about east and western Berliners. I thought that the stereotypes would fade away with time. But this articles claims that they are "stubborn" and are still very strong in Germany. 
The other article I read was "Backward Southerns..." which I found as kinda harsh. The statement that the Bavarians call everyone else "pig Prussians" a harsh name for everyone who is not Bavarian. I wonder if these stereotypes are fading with the new generations or the older generations are teaching the young ones? 

EmGu

Kultur 11 SoLe

I would not have guessed that there was still the imaginary "Mauer im Kopf" existing in Deutschland. The physical wall itself has shifted to an invisible divide between Ost und West. It's saddening to see how the wall , especially among the younger generations, is still there despite it being torn down. Vielleicht this line will last for the many coming years, but it cannot stay forever. Ich mag the wordplay on "ostalgie" and "nostalgie". Though many claim that the Ost Berlin was bad to live in compared to West at the time, for others, it may have been just alright. It would be interesting to talk with people who lived in West and Ost Berlin while the wall was still standing. I would not be surprised if Berliners spoke of life different from the one that we all learned. West Berliners and Ost Berliners, Süden and Norden Deutschen, oh mein! I wonder when so many assumptions being said about the different regions of Germany began and why it still goes on today even after the reunification. Die Spielwut klingt sehr spaß! Du kannst Monopoly, Scrabble, und so weiter spielen! Es gibt so vielen Brettspiele! Ich kann stundenlang spielen. I have always wanted to visit Madame Tussauds mit Wachskopien. Aber es wäre gruselig denn sie sind nicht real.

Kultur 11

            I was really surprised at the articles about the East-West divide. The fact that some would rather they were still separate is strange to since they were so happy when the wall finally opened. However, it has been only 14 years since reunification. This isn’t ancient history, but something that happened after I was born. Like other dramatic historical events, this mental separation may continue until all who lived with the wall are dead and gone. A distrust for each other cannot be overcome after such a long time.

            Ostalgie reminds me of the way a lot of people feel a strong desire to live in the 20s, even though it was just a problematic as any other era. However, many were well off when separated and the reunification hasn’t helped them personally economically. I really like the little Ampelmännchen, he’s much cuter than our walk/don’t walk symbols here. It really can be the little things that count, such as him or certain products.

            This north vs. south mentality mirrors a lot of the differences between the north and south in America. The north in both is quick and industrial while the south is slow and agricultural. We have the exact same prejudices about each other. I wonder if other countries have a similar north-south split to this.

            Dresden sounds really beautiful and I wouldn’t mind visiting there someday. The picture of der Zwinger is enough to make me want to go! I love gorgeous architecture.

Kultur 6

For the Kapital 11 blog readings there was one noticeable trend that I was able to pick up on: Not everybody is going to be happy. Obviously it still seems like there are some residual people who are sour about the Berlin Wall being knocked down, but also I noticed that some people who you would expect to be in favor of the reunification of Germany to started ranting off the benefits of the Berlin Wall and the pre-unification era. It makes me realize that perhaps there is no perfect system that pleases everyone. One could even argue we've seen this in America during the post-Civil War and Civil rights movement era. The last article that I read discussing North and South Germany even backed my assumptions up even more. Obviously I feel like no matter where someone lives there's going to be regional differences in comparison to another; even if it's in the same country. It seems there's no pleasing everybody, but everyone is certainly entitled to their opinion.


ZaBo

AMD 6

Für meine AMD ich habe "South Park" Episode gesehen!

I watched season 8, episode 4.

TANZT KONTEST!

Stan muss tanzen gegen die "Orange County Dance Crew"

Stan tanzt zu "Don't Break My Heart, My Achie Breakie Heart" und macht "Orange County" verrückt!

Stan geht zu "Raisins" (Hooters) für Tänzer finden! Hahaha!

I paused the episode many times to try and pick up on sentences I didn't understand the first time around. I felt that trying to translate and type up a bunch of things would be redundant so I sat back and just tried to understand what was going on. I can definitely see the immense progress I've made since the last time I did this for an AMD back in the Fall semester. Maybe I am getting better at Deutsch! 

http://www.southparkstudios.com/full-episodes/s08e05-you-got-fd-in-the-a


ZaBo
1 hour

AMD 6 - DaBo

Für diese AMD habe ich Assassin's Creed: Liberation gespielen. Es ist ein videospliele. Diese Zeichen sprechen Deutsch. The Assassin's Creed franchise ist ein sehr Multikulti fruendlich series. Each game has an option to change the spoken language and there are a lot to choose from. I changed the spoken language to German and kept English subtitles. Most of the dialogue came from cut scenes, but there were spoken lines here and there during the game-play. Sie Spielen als Aveline, und sie ist "badass." Sie ist auch sehr Schöner, and she uses that to her advantage. One of my favorite lines that I heard, which wasn't subtitled because it was game-play, was "Es muss mein Geburtstag sein." This was after hitting on him in order to get to a certain area. Auch habe ich mehr gehört, aber es war sehr schnell. Ich erinnere mich nicht. I though it was interesting how the phrase "doesn't matter" translates in "nicht wichtig." There were a bunch of little things like that that I was able to catch, and it definitely helped me in hearing and comprehending German.

AMD 6- Hannah Loveless

Hallo!

Für mein AMD, habe ich über Praktika in Deutschland gelesen. I was inspired to check out potential internship opportunities after learning career vocabulary in recent chapters. 

Erste, habe ich über Deutscher Akademischer Ausstausch Dienst German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) gelesen. This organization has a study and internship program (SIP). Students accepted to this program can spend up to a year at a leading German university studying or interning in the realm of science and research.

Ich habe auch gelesen about the AmCham BridgehouseLaw Internship Program. This program is for students who want to pursue careers in diplomacy. There is a strong focus on immersing students in German culture for this particular program. 

The German Department at UC Berkeley has a great list of companies and organizations that offer internships in Germany. Opportunities that sounded particularly interesting were with Deutsche Bank, and the Memorial Internship Program in with German State Parliaments. Here's a link to the list:

http://german.berkeley.edu/undergraduate/careers-internships/

Auf Wiedersehen!
Hannah L.

AMD 6 Janelle Jajou

Hallo! 
Für dieses AMD habe ich South Park ferngesehen. Die Folge ist in Staffel ein. Er heiß "Mr. Hankey, der Weihnachtskot."In dieses Folge hat Kyle es nicht leicht, weil kurz vor Weihnachten er sich einsam fühlt. This is because Kyle ist Jüdisch, and the school only conducts a Christmas play during the holiday season. Kyle kann nicht contribute to the play by playing Joseph der Sohn des David, so Kyle singen ein Leid über Mr. Hankey. Kyle believes in Mr. Hankey, ein Stück Kot, welches besonders zur Weihnachtszeit auftaucht und eine gute Stimmung verbreitet.
Hier ist was habe ich gelernt:
Wir wünschen euch Frohe Weihnacht, wir wünschen euch Frohe Weihnacht, wir wünschen euch Frohe Weihnacht und ein gutes neues Jahr!   We wish you a Merry Christmas, we wish you a Merry Christmas, we wish you a Merry Christmas and a happy New Year! 
Spot on! Lights on!
Feld bedeutet "field."
Große Fröhe bedeutet "great joy." 
Die gebört von Christi! The birth of Christ!
Maria! Pressen! Ich kann sein Kopf sehen! Es ist ein Junge! Mary! Push! I can see its head! It's a boy!
Halt, halt, halt! Du sollst das Baby seinen Bein halten, no nicht sein Kopf! Wait, wait, wait!! You're supposed to hold the baby by its legs, not its head!

Kyle halt das Baby bei seinen Kopf.

Mr. Garrison! Was zum Toifel machen Sie den da?! Mr. Garrison! What the hell do you think you're doing?!
Aber ihr Sohn hat den kleinen Baby Jesus Fetus sein Kopf gepackt! But your son held the small Baby Jesus fetus by the head!
Weil Weihnachten ist... But it's Christmas...
Unsere Familie feiert kein Weihnachten. Our family doesn't celebrate Christmas. 
Ich bin nicht felt, ich bin fest gemestert. I'm not fat, I'm festively plump.
Wie bist so Weihnachten Jude Kyle? Why are you so Jewish on Christmas, Kyle?
Ich kann der Mr. Hankey Leid singen. I can sing the Mr. Hankey song. 
Der Mr. Hankey Leid? Wie geht den der? The Mr. Hankey song? How does that go?
Mr. Hankey der Weihnachten Kot lieb mich sehr. Hast du nicht ihn gehört? Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo, loves me a lot. Haven't you heard of him?

Mr. Hankey

Freunde sieht mal! Er schneit! You guys look - it's snowing!

Wow, Weihnacht schnee! Wow, Christmas snow!

Das macht fest! It's fun!

Hey was in Toifel machst du? Hey, what the hell are you doing?

Du wirst nicht mit verschlitten fahren, weil ein Jude bist Kyle. You won't ride on Santa's sleigh because you're a Jew, Kyle.

Ein Jude hat des schwer zur Weihnacht. Die freunde wollen nicht mal spiel mit mir. Ich sing keine Weihnacht leider, decorere auch keinen Baum, schreib auch keinen Brief als Kriskinf kann icht nicht die Krippe shaun. Für meine Leute gibt es Christos nicht ein mal in Traum. Ich bin Jude, einsame Jude, zur Weihnacht. Channukah ist schön, doch warum nur? Fliegt er Weihnachtsmann an mir vorbei. Und anstatt dem Weihnacht schenken gibt es Kosheres für mich. Anstatt dur Stille nacht, singe ich [Hebrew]. It's hard to be a Jew on Christmas. Friends won't let me join in any games. I can't sing Christmas songs, decorate a tree, write a letter to Santa. My people don't believe in Christ. I'm a Jew, a lonely Jew, on Christmas. Chanukah is nice, but why is it? Santa Claus flies by my house, and instead of getting Christmas ham, there's Kosher for me. Instead of singing "Silent Night", I sing [Hebrew]. 

Die Kirche und die Stadt sind getremt! The church and state are separate! 

Immer Sie haben Kenny getötet.

JaJa

Ultimativer Bienenstich! - AMD6

Dieses Wochenende hatte ich eine fantastische Nacht. Ich habe Bienenstich mit Brianna, Heather, und Molly gemacht. Die einzige Regel: KEINE WÖRTERBÜCHER. Wir haben im Lebensmittelgeschäftsgeschäft mit dem Rezept auf Deutsch begonnen. 10 Minuten haben wir versucht, die Bedeutung von "Hefe" und "Sahnesteif" zu verstehen. Schließlich begriffen wir es mit Hilfe des Rezepts. Danach haben wir zu backen begonnen. Ich habe das Rezept bei Chefkoch.de gefunden.

Link:  Ultimativer Bienenstich: http://www.chefkoch.de/rezepte/420331132679335/Ultimativer-Bienenstich.html

Ich denke, dass die Leute normalerweise geschnittene Mandeln benutzen, aber wir hatten nur gemahlene Mandeln. Der Kuchen war immer noch gut.

Als der Kuchen backte, haben wir die Füllung gemacht. Wir hatten ein Problem... wir haben keine Gelatine oder Sahnesteif im Geschäft gefunden. Sie war nicht dick genug, aber wir haben immer noch die Füllung verwendet. Zuerst haben wir den Kuchen in zwei Hälften geschnitten. Dann haben wir die Füllung in die Mitte fließen lassen, aber wir hatten noch mehr...viel mehr.... Also haben wir es auf die Oberseite fließen lassen.

Es war.... interessant...

(Kein Kommentar, bitte)

Das Bienenstich hat sehr gut trotz der Fehler geschmeckt. Der wichtigste Teil der Nacht war, dass wir Spaß hatten und wir haben meine Wohnung nicht niedergebrannt :)

Guten Appetit!!!!!!

CaMo

3 Std

AMD 6

Für meine AMD 6 ich sah "Eine Frau in Berlin" ist about eine Frau tries to survive in Berlin when the Soviets invade in the last stages in World War II. She falls in love with a soviet soldier. The movie is based off of the book, A Woman in Berlin. I have the book but i have not read the book, I know it is a very good book and it is a highly regarded book. The movie was in German, and I thought it was an absolutely excellent movie, i really enjoyed it and recommend people to see it. I watched the movie in German with English subtitles. However, I was able to pick up on some expressions in german and vocabulary. I also heard some conjunctive, like hätte and würde. The movie was very good and because it is about Germany it was excellent to watch the movie in the native language.

EmGu

Movie: 2 hrs

AMD 6

Ich habe den Film "Das Boot" gesehen. Es ist ein berühmten Kriegsfilm von 1981. Sie können es auf Youtube sehen. It depicts life on a WWII German U-boat, realistically capturing the frightening experience that it was. I liked how it portrayed the people on the boat. It could be easy to demonize Germany during World War II, but I thought the well rounded characterization made the movie more enjoyable. The tense sequences also made the movie a lot of fun to watch. It's very long, but it proved to be a worthwhile viewing experience.

There are a few German words I recognized and picked up on in particular. Here are a few I remember: heroes - Helden, afraid - ängstlich, Medic - Mediziner, Alcohol - Alkohol, Arschloch - Asshole, and Leutnant - Lieutenant.

Overall, I recommend the film, but it isn't for everyone. If you have an interest in well crafted movies or World War II though, it's highly recommended. 4 out of 5 stars.

JoRe

AMD Kapitel Elf evge

Ich habe ein guter deutscher Film gesehen. Der was "Der WeiBe Ribbon" genamt. Ich mag deutscher Filme, weil die Emotion subtil ist.

Der Film war vor WW1 set. It was in a small deutscher village mit ein Arzt, ein Baron, und ein Reverend as the main antgaonists. Der Arzt habe sein Collar Bone gebroken und niemand wieB wo did it.

The whole village is a little sadistic. People act nice, but are really sehr schlecht. People try and hide. People are out for their own necks. However this is real life, so I thought the movie contained a lot of raw human emotion: deceit, fear, curiosity, vanity, saddness, love. It was great.

The run time is just over 2.5 hours.

Here is a trailer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KJKvvvxY74