<p>The first item on my randomly-ordered <a href="http://www.everydaytreats.com/my-life-list.html" target="_blank">life list</a> just happens to be &quot;learn to speak German.&quot; This shouldn&#39;t surprise you if you know anything at all about me and my family -- after all, we go to Austria <a href="http://www.everydaytreats.com/2008/08/edelweissedelweiss.html" target="_blank">almost yearly</a> since we have strong family connections to the place. </p>

<p>Also? It&#39;s a beautiful country, decadent and imperial and that&#39;s the way things have always been. People dress up every day. It&#39;s my kind of place.</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.picnik.com" target="_blank"><br /></a></p></div></div><p></p><p>Of course, the delicious pastries and coffee don&#39;t hurt.</p><p>
<a href="http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef0133f2190ab2970b-pi.jpg" style="display: inline;"><img alt="DSC_0219" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341db04e53ef0133f2190ab2970b " src="http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef0133f2190ab2970b-500wi.jpg" /></a>&#0160;</p><p>I&#39;m also ashamed to admit that my husband speaks five languages, so I kind of owe him since he speaks my native language (Spanish) as well as English. </p><p>Long story short: I need to learn German. I want to learn German. And now, I&#39;m going to learn German.</p><p>I&#39;ve explained my theory on life lists <a href="http://www.everydaytreats.com/2010/06/fait-accompli-my-life-list.html" target="_blank">here</a>, so please don&#39;t take what I&#39;m about to say the wrong way.&#0160; I don&#39;t think there&#39;s anything particularly magical about writing down your life list. However, no sooner had I written my life list (but had yet to post it online) that I received a message from Rosetta Stone asking me if I&#39;d like to try out their new <a href="http://www.rosettastone.com/learn-german/totale" target="_blank">TOTALe</a> language course for three months. </p><p>Um, would I? YES PLEASE. </p><p>A few days later, my course kit arrived:</p><p>
<a href="http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef0133f2191699970b-pi.jpg" style="display: inline;"><img alt="DSC_0081" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341db04e53ef0133f2191699970b " src="http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef0133f2191699970b-500wi.jpg" /></a> </p><p>It&#39;s set up so you do most of the work online, (perfect for someone who&#39;s constantly on the internet *ahem*) and it looks like you can schedule time to actually (or rather, virtually) spend time in a classroom with an instructor and other students. How cool is that?</p><p>I&#39;d like to thank <a href="http://www.rosettastone.com/" target="_blank">Rosetta Stone </a>for the opportunity to cross one more thing off my life list.</p><p>I&#39;ll keep you posted on my learning adventure. For now, I have some homework to do!</p><p>As Heidi Klum would say (I think): <em>Auf Wiedersehen, meine leiben!</em></p><p><em><span style="color: #8b8b8b;"><span style="color: #8b8b8b;">I don&#39;t work for Rosetta Stone. I received a complimentary three-month subscription to Rosetta Stone TOTALe under<a href="http://www.everydaytreats.com/a-note-to-pr-professionals.html" target="_blank"> these terms</a>. I am under no obligation to post about my experience. (But honestly, how could I not?)</span></span></em> <br /> </p>
