1. You have tried most of the 30+ Ritter Sport chocolates and you have a favorite.
2. You go to the grocery store everyday or every other day (or three times a day). If you didn't your produce, meat, breads would go bad since there are limited preservatives in the foods.
(I know I've mentioned the tiny refrigerators, but I'm not sure if I've mentioned the freezers. Damian and I can barely fit a frozen pizza in ours - and ours is the standard size!)
3. You leave your bike unlocked in your front yard, in the middle of the city center, and no one steals it.
4. You've watched countless hours of The Big Bang Theory and The Simpsons dubbed in German.
5.You ride your bike up the steepest hills.
6. You are accustomed to feeling really stupid for not speaking German while everyone else speaks your "foreign" language, English.
7. You still can't figure out the trash, recycling, compost system and secretly dispose of all in the trash to hide your ignorance. Germans are very serious about their recycling and composting.
8. You realize the "timeliness" of the German trains is only in the stereotypes and not reality as the entire country struggles with the outdated train infrastructure.
9. You get overwhelmed entering a large grocery store.
10. You are becoming more comfortable being naked around strangers. This may seem very strange at first, but the Germans are MUCH more nonchalant about their naked bodies than us non-Germans. Three examples of this: 1) communal showers at all of the gyms 2) non medical gowns at the doctors office, you just get undressed right in front of the doctor 3) Spas, with thermal baths and saunas are a very common way to relax and enjoy time with friends. All of them offer portions or entire spa requirements to be nude to enter.
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