Tales of a camp counselor

I am currently working at a German language camp as a counselor. I think I'm slowly starting to get the hang of this. However, I realized my German is not so good. My accent is fine, and my grammar is okay, but I am seriously lacking in practical vocabulary. I've forgotten all of the basic vocab from my lower level german courses, and the german lit course I took had lots of vocabulary having to do with sex and death (apparently the germans like writing about that), but not much having to do with, say, canoeing. But I am managing. Fortunately I know how to say "thing" and "thingymabobber" in german, so I can just point to things. Also, we get wifi in the counselor lounge. Sweet!

Despedida

In approximately 29 hours, I will be jetting off to Santiago, Chile for 6 months to study abroad, the idea being that I'll come back fluent in Spanish and generally more knowledgeable about South America and life in general. I have sadly come the conclusion that it is going to be too crazy to write for 2 blogs, especially without guaranteed internet access, so if you're interested in my adventures, check out my personal blog, http://nitiemponitintas.blogspot.com/ for rants and pictures.
Ciao and excellent luck to all of you as well!