Please translate. I do not speak metric.

I am 6'0". They are all about 5'3" to 5'6" with some shorter. They put the electric cable at 5'9"-5'10".

We have big hills here, too. Foothills of Harz mountains, in fact. Which was why I was very embarrassed on one Ego-deflating question

I noticed, but was too kind to comment

Well, not really. At least they think in some Germanic tongue. They even have a few of the same sayings (modified for German, of course). Besides, I am trying to learn German. You are not trying to learn Mandarin Chinese.

They wouldn't let me learn German at school. made me leqarn Latin instead

As far as getting around in Jena, I must say, I don't really care what people think anymore. In fact, I've been tempted to do things like stand in the town sqare with a poster saying "Bush is my Hero" just to get a reaction

indeed!

This semester is really so much better, though. I think because I don't have the inhibitions of last semester. I'm not worried about what people think. I also have classes with real germans, so I'm getting to know the natives as well as other Europeans.

You have lost the self-consciousness in making mistakes?

I even went home with a French girl one last Wed night after, uhh...losing my ability to speak German and/or find my way home

You are not visiting that Irish-German pub, are you?

I blame David


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"I blame Alric"

That's my little puppy!