German, Clean Up, and Shopping

 HERE FIO IS AGAIN, MAKING UP FOR HER MISSING BLOG!

Where does your girl get all the German words she is stuffing into your mouth, you wonder (or maybe you don't), but the answer is (1) from her late mother, whose mother spoke at least some German, 2) a German friend who years ago lived next door to her and her late husband, and (3) half a semester of the language when she was in college at the University of Texas. And to tell the truth, she'd still be doing the same thing today except that (sigh) life intervened.

Did Fiorella tell you she's been cleaning up and rearranging her bedroom like crazy? The next thing will be her salon, which contains not just her art supplies, but also all of her, her husband's, and his family's books way back to who knows when.

Actually, Fio would like to go on a shopping trip for some new shoes and...well, just to see a little of the city and how it has changed. Any takers?

Oh! Another German word for you today: the word "yes" in English is "yah" in German, with the "ah" being pronounced like the "a" in the English words "Ma" or "Pa".