Settling in (but sadly no Settlers)

Sorry its been a while since my last post. I guess I'm just a procrastinator. Big surprise.

So I've been here for about 2 weeks now and things are really getting going.

No Settlers of Catan yet, but I'm working on it. I met some German guys who own the game and we almost actually got a game going, but it turned out that Werde Bremen was playing that same night in the SuperCup. LAME! Oh well...hopefully soon it'll happen.

I'm all registered for German language classes and as of Monday I've officially begun. I'm taking classes at a place called Sprachpunkt PSP. I'm not sure if there's any relation to the Playstation handheld thing, but so far I've found no evidence of any connection. Somehow I managed to make it to level A.2 despite not really ever taking a proper german class.

I'm surprised by how easy its coming to me. Not that its an easy language, but I'm really feeling comfortable with German and moving on to new and harder challenges with the language. Lately, and before as well, my main issue is around Dativ, Akkusativ and whatnot. Can't wait until we get to more tenses. Good grief.

I've been playing soccer, or fußball Sundays in Treptower Park and meeting some really nice people. There's a basketball court right next door with really funny hoops that are sort of disorienting when you're first shooting on them. I bought a basketball at Boxhagen Platz Flohkmarkt my first weekend here. I went to play next door last week just as school was getting out and all these young kids kept walking up and asking to take a shot. Let me tell you they're not all as good as Dirk Novitski. This guy from Martinique, Tidjan, also joined for a while, but it seems my dreams of being a relatively elite basketball player here in Berlin will come true. Yes!

Its nice to have homework again and also feel occupied while here. I even ordered business cards with my German cell number. All very exciting. I'm even on the verge of joining an amateur softball team. There's a pretty chill game here on saturday. I'll probably go check it out. Its pretty far from our place on Urbanstraße, but with the bike I found today it shouldnt be so hard. Sorry for no pictures, we've been reogranizing and I lost the cable (for the time being) that connects my camera to the computer. Pictures coming!