Hey everyone, Dana here. And today I am off to Graz, Austria, and I thought I
would take you with me and teach a little English as I go.
So as I think you can see, I'm at a train station. I will be taking a train to Graz, and it will be
about a seven-hour journey. I will be going from here in Munich to....
Oh, sorry what was I saying? I lost my train of thought there. And there is the first idiom for
this video. In German you might say like, "den Faden verlieren" or "aus dem Konzept kommen",
but don't say either of those in English. We don't say that in English.
In English the idiom is to lose your train of thought. So I just lost my train of thought then.
I'm going to Gratz to talk at a conference on.... Oh sorry I lost my train of thought there.
But don't worry, I remember what I was saying now. So I will
be traveling from here in Munich to Bischofshofen. And then I will switch trains
there. And then continue on from there to Graz. And this will actually be my
very first time in Graz. So yeah, I'm really excited but first I have to get there.
Okay, so I'm almost at Bischofshofen. So I'm almost done with the first part of my journey.
Look at that. Wow.
Back there in Munich I lost my train of thought twice, including when saying what
I'm up to in Graz. So what am I up to in Graz?
I'll tell you in a moment, but first there was another one. So in German I
think you could say like, "was ich in Graz vorhabe," but we don't say that in English.
In English we could say what I'm up to in Graz or what I have planned in Graz.
So what am I up to in Graz / what do I have planned in Gratz?
I'm really excited because I have been invited to talk at FEMCON in Graz.
Female Business Convention, FEMCON. I'm taking the train on Tuesday and the
event is tomorrow on Wednesday, and I will be talking on a Podiumsdiskussion
in German. But watch out! What is this in English? This is not a "podiums discussion"
No, no, no. "Podiumsdiskussion" in German is a panel discussion in English.
So yeah, I will be talking on a panel discussion with two other women. And I'm really,
really, really excited. But I have to say also a little bit nervous because it's
going to be in German, you know. And I'm kind of nervous to speak German in front
of all those people. And it's going to be in Austria.
And I made a video in December about, um, I went to Hallstatt, Österreich, and I noticed some
differences with the German there. And yeah, so I just, I'm not sure how
different the German is going to be in Graz. I really, really hope that I can
understand everything. And yeah. But mostly I'm just really excited.
Good morning from Graz. It's now the next day. It's Wednesday and the convention will
be a little bit later today in the afternoon-evening, but right now I have
some time to do a little sightseeing in Graz.
OK, ich habe...ich spreche wieder Deutsch. Was gut ist, weil wie gesagt,
die Konvention heute ist auf Deutsch. Also ich muss üben. Aber dieses Video ist auf Englisch.
Also, Englisch *click*. Okay, um, so, I just bought a water, and now
I'm going up.
I just heard some people talking, and they said that there are 260 stairs.
I haven't gone very far. I haven't been counting how far yet, but the view
is already getting so nice.
But speaking of sightseeing, watch out! Don't mix up the English words "sight" and
"site." These two words sound the same, but they are spelled differently and have
different meanings. So the "sight" in sightseeing is spelled S-I-G-H-T, and could
mean like, "Anblick" or "Sehenswürdigkeit" in German. While "site" spelled S-I-T-E
is a place. So an "Ort" in German.
I wonder what happened on this very site 25 years ago.
Or using both sights/sites in one sentence, oooh, challenge accepted!
On this very site last week there was a parade, and it was a sight to see.
Both sights/sites in one sentence. Can you use both sights/sites in one sentence?
Let me know down in the comments.
Okay, so up until now here in Austria, I have not had any problem understanding
people speaking German. I've understood just the same as I would in Munich.
Until now. So I just asked for directions, and he was very nice he gave me directions.
I didn't understand. I just didn't. Like, I got a few words, but yeah.
There was a stronger accent. I hope I'll be okay this evening at the convention
And now it's time for me to head back to the hotel and get ready for the
convention. But first, um, quick question. Is it allowed to smoke in some places
here in maybe Austria in general or perhaps Graz in particular? I'm asking
because yesterday I went into a bookstore and it really smelled like
someone had just been smoking cigarettes in there. And then I also walked past,
like, a kind of cafe type place, and there were people inside smoking. So yeah, is
smoking allowed in places in Austria and/or Graz? Let me know down in the comments, thanks!
Okay, okay, okay alright, rearranging, okay. I'm here.
And now I am switching my brain into German. If only it was that easy, you know? Like click, German.
Ich freue mich so sehr. Ich kann das. Ich kann Deutsch reden. Ich kann das.
Okay. Wow. I'm getting ready to go to bed, and I am
honestly exhausted. What a wonderful, wonderful evening.
What a lovely convention. I had such a great day. I will be sad to say goodbye
to Graz tomorrow. What a lovely city. Although I am looking
forward to seeing Stefan. He didn't come with me on this trip. It was just me.
But yeah, lange Rede, kurzer Sinn, I'm going to bed. Good night.
Good morning! I am getting
ready to go to the Hauptbahnhof now and then head back to Munich.
It has been such a lovely time in Graz. The event yesterday was so wonderful. A really big
thank you so much to Frau in der Wirtschaft for inviting me to be a part of
the event, for inviting me to be on the panel discussion in English, Podiumsdiskussion,
panel discussion. Thank you so much. And warning, idiom incoming.
Not to toot my own horn or anything, but I said before that I was kind of nervous about
speaking German in front of so many people, you know, in front of a live
audience. But yeah, not to toot my own horn, but I did it. I did it.
And I think I did pretty freaking good.
Like, I'm really happy with how it went. It was not a
problem for me to speak German up there. I did it and while I was up there I felt
really good about how it was going. Like I felt like I was able to say what I
wanted to say. And then afterwards the feedback that I got from other people
was also really good. So yeah, I feel like it went really well and
it was not a problem for me to speak German up there on stage in front of
everyone. Yeah. So basically I'm ready to speak German wherever. I'm ready to do more things in
German, and that makes me so excited. Oh so to the idiom though, if someone says
"not to toot my own horn," they basically usually say that in
English right before they're going to toot their own horn. So to toot your
own horn means like to boast about something that you did or brag about
something that you did. And so we often say like, not to toot my own horn,
and then you toot your own horn. I'm not sure what "not to toot my own horn" would be
in German. Is there a German idiom for that? Let me know in the comments, thanks.
Okay so I'm at the train station now, and I'm getting ready to head back to Munich.
Wait head? Like head? I'm heading back to Munich? Auf Deutsch, ich kopfe nach München?
No, I don't think you can say that in German. But in English, and that's the
last idiom for this video, to head somewhere means to go there.
So I'm heading back to Munich, I'm going back to Munich. And it's time for me to board the
train now and head back to Munich. Like before my next stop is Bischofshofen
and then after that Munich.
So now I'm at Bischofshofen with this beautiful view of
the mountains and so my question for you is have you ever been to Austria? What
interesting things did you notice there? What did you like about Austria? Have you
ever been to Graz? Please let me know in the comments below. Also the smoking
thing. There have got to be different rules in Austria than in Germany because
I'm sure today when I was leaving, I saw people smoking in a cafe.
So yeah, please also let me know about that down in the comments. Thank you so much for
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