Some things we have noticed all over Germany.
There are no bags of either plastic or paper, in grocery stores
People who live in apartments often have garden plots away from where they live. Sometimes these plots have very little sheds that they can stay in over night. We pass lots of them near the rails we travel. Great idea, no one has to hear the trains, but plants don’t mind.
Nice rooms don’t necessarily have wash clothes or shampoo or soap, but they use the same types of setups, they fold the covers separately on each half of the bed and punch a dent in the center of each pillow.
Did you notice the candies on the pillows? They are golden bears (gummy bears to you)
Beer is cheaper than water or soda at restaurants and big bottles of beer are 50 cents in the grocery store
Every city seems to have an old town with towers and walls and churches and palaces and town halls
You are more in danger of getting hit by a bike than by a car or tram. They are all over, even when they have lanes just for them.
When you buy a sausage on a bun, like a hot dog, here the dog, or wurst, is 3 times the length of the bun and the bun is a hard crusted one,
You cannot get tap water at a restaurant. It is against the law.
Everyone has tried to be helpful, even when we weren’t communicating
Everyone watches the world championships of soccer, or football. People fly their flags like it’s a national holiday, and maybe it is. When their team is playing, people, mostly younger, paint their faces, color their hair, wear special acrylic nails and anything else they can think of, when they go watch the games in very large groups. (I am typing this during half time because we are hooked, too, even tho we don’t understand the narration.
Got to go, half time is over.
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