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10.1 Daily life: Mareike Herda

In Chapter 3 we listened to Radio Eins DJ Claudia Stenzel interviews Anna Müller and Müslüm Can about modern Berliners and their lives. Her series continues with interviews entitled "Ein Tag in meinem Leben" ("One day in my life"), in which she asks her guests what they do every day. First to be interviewed is the school-teacher Mareike Herda, whom we met in Chapter 2.

DJ Claudia Stenzel       Mareike Herda

Claudia Stenzel What's your everyday life like?
Mareike Herda I get up at half-past six...
Claudia Stenzel You're lucky! I get up at five o'clock.
Mareike Herda I have breakfast at about seven o'clock and leave the house at about half-past seven. I'm a primary school teacher and live in the suburbs. I travel to school on the bus, it takes about ten minutes.
Claudia Stenzel When are your working hours?
Mareike Herda I'm pretty lucky, because I have the first hour off on Wednesdays and Fridays. That means that I don't start until a quarter to nine. And I finish every day at half-past one. I leave school at a quarter to two.
Claudia Stenzel Do you enjoy your work?
Mareike Herda Yes, I enjoy the work a lot, but I don't like leaving in Berlin. I find the city too big.
Claudia Stenzel And what do you do in the afternoon?
Mareike Herda I work! I do school work and listen to some music while I'm doing it - or I go shopping. I don't really like doing that but it has to be done. At half-past four I pick up my boyfriend from work.
Claudia Stenzel When do you have your evening meal?
Mareike Herda We normally have our evening meal at half-past six.
Claudia Stenzel And what do you do in the evening?
Mareike Herda After tea we watch television in the living room. I attend an aerobics class twice a week. I enjoy doing aerobics, it's fun and I keep fit. My boyfriend enjoys doing sport. He plays badminton or handball every Wednesday in the sports centre. We also have a lot of good friends, and we often do something together.
Claudia Stenzel What for example?
Mareike Herda Every Friday evening we met up to go bowling. After bowling we then go and have a beer. There are a lot of bars. Of course there's a lot going on in Berlin! More often than not we don't get back home before two o'clock. But we normally go to bed between half-past ten and eleven o'clock.

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