Tag Archives: typical german
On health insurance and bicycles
We wanted to write about cycling. Now I see the head of Francesca´s post — obviously she wants to write about health insurance. Hmmm. I know there was thunder and lightening in the US about Barack Obamas proposals for a … Continue reading
Hospitality
Never visit a German unannounced, guidebooks to Germany say. First, I wanted to protest. The way I grew up, everybody walked into our house when they wanted to. Everybody was welcome and everybody got something to eat. “Fünf sind geladen, … Continue reading
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Donaudampfschifffahrtsgesellschaftskapitän
Germans love long words. We have an easy way to create them by stitching several nouns together. A Donaudampfschifffahrtsgesellschaftskapitän works as a captain for the Danube steamship company. Though this word isn´t used much any more (when did you see your … Continue reading
My home is my sandcastle
“Castles? Castles … I don´t know .. I´ll write about sandcastles!” Children all over the world build their fantasy worlds in sand, but only the Germans make the beach a construction site for temporary homes. A ring of sand, fortified … Continue reading
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Turnfest or Where to look for the Real Fun
”Today, the Internationale Deutsches Turnfest starts” I said to Francesca. “Let´s write about Turnen (gymnastics)”. “Okay” Francesca said “I have done gymnastics in a Turnverein as a child. Where does the Turnfest take place?” Sometimes it shows that Francesca´s children don´t … Continue reading
Break fast – That´s how it feels in the morning
“Breakfast is the most important meal of the day” I said to Francesca. ” Unfortunately, breakfast time in Germany is between 6 and 8 in the morning.” At this time of the day, I can´t imagine to eat anything at … Continue reading
The story of …. Tanz in den Mai
“Now that I start to pay attention, I realize that Germans find a lot of reasons to party”, I said when Francesca proposed to write about Tanz in den Mai-Dance into 1st of May”. This night resembles those Christian … Continue reading
Le Car C´est Moi
“I have to sign Untruegerman this time” I told Francesca when we discussed this weeks topic. “We haven´t got a car”. While the Abwrackpräme, the 2500 Euro the government grants for getting rid of your old and buying a new … Continue reading
On Lent, lentils and Maultaschen
“When I hear Lent I always think of lentils” I told Francesca when we discussed Fastenzeit, the 40 days between carneval and Eastern. In the catholic household of my upbringing, lentil soup was the staple diet for a Friday, the … Continue reading
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