Mein Erster Deutscher Blog Artikel

Well, before I begin auf Deutsch, some house keeping: I would like to implore anyone who is eligible, to please submit a guest article. I won't name and shame, but if you have ever been mentioned anywhere on this blog, I'm talking about you. Even if you have not, please feel free to submit a guest post. This blog, as you will see, has a fairly substantial footfall, so if you want to plug something, here's the place.

 This article, as well as contributing to my future fluency with the German language, is to celebrate the inevitable climb to the top spot of our audience stat. I'd like to thank Claire, who took time out of her busy schedule to correct this article, while leaving in a couple of mistakes to keep it believable.

Ich glaube, es ist Zeit für meinen ersten deutschen Blogartikel. Dafür werde ich meine Geschichte so weit beschreiben.

Wir hatten keinen Sommerurlaub in 2017. Deshalb entschieden wir im September nach Malta zu fliegen. Wir hatten eine tolle Zeit mit viel Schwimmen und Laufen. Ich hatte noch zwei Tage zu bleiben geplant, um einen freediving Kurs zu machen. Gegen Ende des Urlaubs um 9 Uhr am morgen warteten wir auf ein Boot und wir haben Kaffee getrunken. Wir haben das Boot gesehen. Also, entschied ich mich über die Strasse zu gehen, an einem Zebrastreifen. Claire war hinter mir, also muss ich ihre Erinnerung beschreiben weil ich im Koma lag.

Ein Auto hat mich überfahren. Die Fahrerin ist sehr schnell gefahren und ich hatte keine Chance. Ein Krankenwagen brachte mich ins nahe gelegene Mater Dei Krankenhaus. Ich hatte zwei gebrochene Rippen, ein gebrochenes Bein an zwei Stellen, und vor allem, ein Schädel-Hirn-Trauma.

Ich bin jetzt zu hause aber ich werde meine Erfahrung besser beschreiben später, wenn ich mehr Deutsch habe.

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