Saturday, August 9, 2008

First impressions of Deutchland

  • the autobahn is cool, but not as cool as people make it out to be#
  • Frankfurt is the only city with an American skyline
  • German would be a reallz hard language to learn
  • currywurst is awesome
  • german babies (Mika!) are adorable
  • germany is a very environmental country with recycling bins everywhere and wind mills everywhere
  • everyone should visit berlin
  • the polizei sirens sound just like the sirens from Borne Identity and you keep expecting a car chase to happen and shoot out
  • the german chancellor has like no security around her house.
  • the olympia stadum must have been unbelievable to the athletes in 1936.












  • ikea is big here
  • in germany, doors can double as verz cool windows
  • not all castles are very old, some are as new as the late 1800s.
  • german castles are disneyland esk
  • german senior citizens ride bikes for leisure and say Halo to me as i'm running
  • business class german trains are the way to go, they even give you snacks
  • most german cities do not have skyscrapers
  • sandra, stefan, and mika are the most gracious, hospitable and awesome hosts to ever exist!!!!
  • there are French, Italian, and Thai restaurants but it can be difficult to find a German one!
  • McDonalds and Burger King are everzwhere, starbucks and dunkin donuts are also popular here.

1 comment:

Andrea said...

and the "y" and "t" keys are switched, as you learned the hard way ;)

sounds as though you had quite the trip! welcome back, and excited to hear all about it!!