My friend Jenny suggested that I revive this blog so I can
post stuff about my time in Germany.
I doubt that I will be good about keeping it updated, but I have decided
to try to post some stuff. This is
not likely to be an organized journal, but rather, a series of things I’ve
noticed and such. Still, it’s
better than nothing.
Today I am going to start with some observations about
Germans/Germany:
People do not respect the sanctity of the queue here. Twice in the week I have been here,
while in line at the grocery store, I have seen a person with a few items slide
in front of another person (who stepped away for just a second to look at
something/grab something). It
seems rather rude to me but no one seems to mind.
Germans seem to prefer bigger sturdy bikes. I don’t really
see the thinner road bikes here so much.
Apparently people here do not put milk in their tea. My advisor told me that only I and the
other American he knows does this (although he admits that he thinks Indians do
this as well). They also seem to
put some weird milk product in their coffee (which might be condensed
milk?). I finally got regular milk
today and my tea tastes so much better.
All hair styles are ago here. Actually, it’s quite nice that there is more of a variety in
how people style their hair here.
I’ve seen more curly hair like mine just allowed to be than I ‘m used
to. Of course, many people just go
with straight hair, but I feel like I stand out less.
Although most Germans are thin and fit, there are definitely
some more generous frames here. I
could buy clothes here (unlike in Japan or Korea where everyone was tiny
compared to me).
Although people here are very concerned about recycling and
stuff, I don’t see that many students carrying around water bottles (so far,
I’m the only one I’ve noticed bringing my water bottle to the cafeteria at
lunch). Related, I don’t think
people drink tap water here all that much...
