This past week has been pretty low-key, but that was a good thing.
Wednesday night, I went with my Intro to German Literature class to the Theater Lüneburg production of Buddenbrooks, a play adapted from the novel by Thomas Mann. Buddenbrooks is the story of a declining middle-class family in Lübeck (only an hour north of Lüneburg) in the late 19th century. Mann's novel, around 800 pages long, was shortened into a 2-hour, 45-minute play in two acts. I followed some of it, but mainly because I researched the plot content before attending the performance.
After a Track II exam Thursday morning, I played two hours of basketball in the evening. I'm definitely rusty, but it felt really good to play again in a competitive, but not extremely intense environment. It was fun to listen to the German on-court communication, too.
I stayed in Lüneburg over the three-day weekend, and spent it catching up on sleep, homework, and with friends and family back home. Most of my research for my presentation on Martin Luther has been done in German, which has been really cool! I'm learning a lot, and in the original language, too.
The next few weeks are looking like they will be busier, so I'm glad I took this weekend to take it easy and get ahead. It was also really great to talk with people back home and hear about all the cool stuff they've been doing, too. Time is flying by! My flight home leaves two months from tomorrow! That seems like it's really soon, but at the same time I know those two months are going to be filled with many more new adventures.
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