The first few days :)

Okay so to start off with I'm going to write in English until my Deutsch improves a bit more. It is the second day of classes today and we have had our first Deutsch class and subject course. So what am i expecting from my time in Germany? for starters i guess that i am expecting to learn a bit about Germany culture, and learn to have the confidence to try speaking German in class as well as in every aspect of my day, for me personally i feel i would like to be able to go into a shop or up to a stranger or for someone to come up to me and for me to be able to understand what they are saying and be able to reply in some form of acceptable German. I understand that this may be too much to ask but this is what i hope to achieve from studying in this beautiful country. I hope to learn about the culture, not the stereotypical idea that i have at the moment but to get a feel for the true Deutsch way of life. I would like to have a firmer understanding of the concepts i learnt last year at UWA, and be able to speak sufficient German, at least enough to have a conversation with others, i suppose that learning new things is not so important at the moment but i expect that i will although if i were to just understand completely what i have already learnt and be able to use it in my everyday life i would be more than ecstatic.  Till next week.