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Juliana's Journey

A graffiti artist from Diadema, a scholarship and a whole Berlin to figure out.

Start: Die Schlüssel

The story's lead

Juliana Nascimento, 19, from Jardim Aurora in Diadema. She wins a scholarship to study design in Berlin and arrives without speaking German.

Who it's for

For anyone going to study, live or do an exchange in Germany, or learning German from scratch.

By the end of the season, you can

  • Introduce yourself and your family
  • Order, shop and understand prices
  • Get around the U-Bahn and bureaucracy
  • Go to the pharmacy and say how you feel
  • Make plans and say how it went

Who's in it

  • Dona Silviaher grandma, a market vendor
  • Herr ÖztürkSpäti owner, her informal mentor
  • Mia e Tarekflatmates
  • Lukasthe room's owner, now in São Paulo
Your pace in the episodes

The episodes

  1. 1Die SchlüsselJuliana leaves Jardim Aurora, lands in Berlin with 3% battery and finds out the room key isn't where it should be.
  2. 2Das ZimmerJuliana meets Lukas's flatshare: two flatmates, a shared fridge and a rule she doesn't understand.
  3. 3Der SpätiJuliana does her first shopping alone at Herr Öztürk's Späti: euro prices, the famous Pfand and a job offer.
  4. 4Im CaféFirst Saturday at Emre's café. Juliana takes orders in German, and the first customer is picky.
  5. 5Die U-BahnJuliana gets lost on the U-Bahn on her way to university and has to ask for directions. Then the ticket inspector shows up.
  6. 6VideoanrufVideo call with Dona Silvia. Mia joins and Juliana introduces her family in German.
  7. 7In der ApothekeJuliana wakes up with a sore throat and fever. Her first trip to a German pharmacy.
  8. 8Die ImmatrikulationUniversity enrolment: spelling her name, her birth date, forms. German bureaucracy is the boss level.
  9. 9Am WochenendeTarek invites Juliana out at the weekend. Days of the week, times and the verb "können".
  10. 10Die WandTarek takes Juliana to a legal graffiti wall. She finally does what she loves, and explains her art in German.
  11. 11Ärger in der WGJuliana forgot the trash again and Mia is angry. First flatshare fight, first apology in German.
  12. 12Das FestSeason finale: the Brazilian party at the flatshare. Brigadeiro, guests and a surprise message from Lukas in Diadema.