It looks like the German Winter is slowly catching up with Düsseldorf. The last few days have seen rather dreary weather here. Temperatures in the single digits (centigrade, so in the low 40’s in Farenheit) and a frustratingly persistent spray-like rain emanating from a gloomily grey sky.
I have a whopping {huge saracasm} 40 television channels to watch here. However, only 2 are English, leaving me with 38 channels of Ach, So, Bitte and Gesundheit. Doh! Well, I did want to brush up on my German, so I’ve been rather painstakingly sitting through Hollywood flicks that have been dubbed into German. In the past week, I have seen Bridget Jones, Neo in the Matrix and Knight Rider (with David Hasselhof) all in German. JaWohl! Don’t know how much more of this I can take though…
A friend of mine from work (British-American) who’s worked here for a year empathized with me and has kindly lent me some DVDs: set of the Simpsons, Dr. Strangelove and The Big Lebowski. These are keeping me entertained for the time being. I am hoping that once I move to my new apartment, which has a much better wireless internet signal, I may be able to watch some streaming video on sites such as Joost. We’ll see. If not, I may succumb to a rash of DVD buying.
Before I sign off, I’ll leave you with the trailer for The Big Lebowski. Truly one of those cult classics. Fantastic!!
