First day of class - 2.10.12

I finally bought a bike. I've been looking for a while, and the bike shop in Kaltenkirchen had a used one my size, it it needed repairs last week. I went and picked it up after work for 100 euros.
I went to the library in Hamburg to look for books for my research paper. They're all in German. It'll be a tiny bit harder, but I think I can do it.
and this evening was my first day of class at the Goethe Institut. We introduced each other, and we did some exercises and learned some phrases. "Die Weichen fuer die Zukunft zu stellen" apparently has nothing to do with the word "weich."