To all my students,
In case you are looking at my diary, you will find it closed for 3 weeks, from 17.03.2024 onwards. I am off to explore another country, this time I will travel even further than before, I am travelling to Japan. I will be back by early April and hope to manage jetlag as quickly as possible, so I can teach and meet all of you in my virtual classroom.
I spent a relaxing and inspiring few days of hiking with my daughter and friends in March. It’s wonderful being a tourist in my own neighbourhood. Most of my regular students know how much I like to hike, so this is where you can find me most weekends and always on Mondays, out and about, hiking in the Fynbos, climbing mountains, strolling along the beach and exploring caves in and around our wonderful Nature Reserves in the Western Cape.
Travelling is my absolute passion. It widens my horizon and opens my heart to all the diversity and beauties of this world. Do share your travel stories with me and brush up on new vocabulary at the same time.
My name is Dagmar and I am a native German living in South Africa since over 40 years, mostly in Johannesburg. My children went to the German school and we had a German household in the midst of our english speaking world.
I am very blessed to be living in Hermanus now, a little sea town only 1,5 hours drive from Cape Town, where the whales visit once a year.
I am tutoring with Chatterbug since July, 2019, time seems to fly by, I can still remember the first live lessons and students. Now I have taught and met well over 900 students.
I love speaking and teaching German and especially being in contact with people all over the world. It is so interesting hearing about their lives and their stories unfolding through the Chatterbug exercises. 
It is incredible how quickly everybody learns and how committed the students are. I hope to meet a lot more of you, in these fun and interactive classes and to add value to your german comprehension.
