Sure, there were days when I desperately wanted to take my bat and ball and go home, but those days are fewer now. You know what, I kind of like it here.
With a year under our belts, I wanted to share with you some random thoughts on uprooting ones life and transplanting it to this strange place they call Germany.
- Cats tend to be mightily pissed off about being incarcerated in a small box and put on an aircraft for over 24 hours.
- Don't expect said cats to forgive you quickly - unhappy cats and jet lag are not the best of bedfellows.
- German efficiency is a fallacy, German precision is not.
- Patience is a virtue.
- If you are a fan of potatoes and pork, you'll think you are in Heaven, if not - welcome to Hell.
- Würst comes in many flavours, as long as it is pork.
- Queuing is not part of the national psyche - and don't even get me started about the lack of etiquette in relation to letting people alight the bus before trying to board.
- German beer is your friend - your very bestest friend ever.
- Germans do have a sense of humour (especially when poking gentle fun at the French).
- Patience is a virtue.
- Charades can be an effective form of communication.
- Mein Gott im Himmel, this place is green - just like a big garden - and it rains alot.
- Patience is a virtue.
4 comments:
Congratulations on a year spent in the land of the Wurst!
Perhaps the next year will bring you some things about your new home which are more positive. I know it was that way for me.
Snooker - I'm sure it will. Keep your fingers crossed for me!
I absolutely agree with you on #3. It was a huge surprise to me.
On#5, I don't eat pork, so I can say that it is definitely more expensive here to eat meat, as pork costs 1/3 pf beef or chicken. And on #6, I eat lammwurst,putenwurst and hahnchenwurst all the time. I agree with the rest;-)
g in berlin - lammwürst! Lucky you. What I wouldn't do for a lamb and rosemary sausage. I'm confident that I will eventually be able to find a supply of fresh lamb locally. I just need to find a halal/Turkish butcher in town - I'm sure they are around, but I must do some exploring. Presently, we satisfy our lamb cravings with deep frozen lamb that comes all the way from New Zealand (obviously not the most ecologically sound option).
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