I thoroughly enjoyed my time at Kita Weitblick and will miss the kids and activities we did together! I’ll miss working with Markus, Ankha and Sarah as well and I thanked them for guiding me in this position and also with my language skills. Though of course the default is German, I was surprised at the widespread English language skills and references I encountered in this experience. Markus was proficient, and would translate for me if I did not understand instructions. Or, we would exchange terms, like telling each other what a type of bird was in our respective languages. The kids don’t speak much of either language being toddlers, yet some show up in little English/American T-Shirts or characters that say things like: “Let’s Get Going!”, “Snoopy Gang”, or “Harvard University.” When people hear I’m from the USA they assume I don’t speak German and switch to English until Kirstin corrects them and says I am learning. Nonetheless, I had a great time these past two weeks exploring Germany and work in the Kindergarten! Here is me and my buddy Marc:)