I can name a couple of alemán cities from travels, each for less than a day. So perhaps, I can also name a thing or two about alemanes.
Some (biased) observations (counting):
- T-shirts inside out before laundry
- Cold cuts, cheese, and a fresh loaf (untoasted) can be breakfast, lunch, and dinner
- Sparkly water is for drinking, and lukewarm water is for washing hands
- Bikes everywhere, and breaks for beer
- Everything-is-repairable¹-mentality
- Goes for a quick walk, and ends up being an hour
- Embraces nudity (in the house)
- Silence is the best background music
- Es gibt kein schlechtes Wetter, nur schlechte Kleidung²
- Expect an honest feedback or response³
- Splits everything but the bill
- Prefers using fingers for dynamic control (of food)
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Footnotes
- If a pair of pants worn for 10 years now has a hole in the crotch, patch it up!
- The first iteration was, “you’re not made of sugar” and I was confused.
- Will spend 2 full min to fully ponder whether to pick up a flyer for free coupons, or reject there and then, so no one's deceived. "Hmm no thank you."
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Credentials by
Family road-trips:
- München for my first German sausage and beer at Hofbräuhaus
- Frankfurt, the plane hub
- Mainz, cuz Frankfurt was too boring for Dad
- Schwangau for Neuschwanstein Castle
- Saalfeld-Rudolstadt for Königssee
- Köln for the cathedral
- Nuremberg for the Dokumentationszentrum Reichsparteitagsgelände
- Heidelberg to visit a college friend
FlexBus (I swear never again):
- Bochum, which I survived a week (no offense, it was the circumstances then)
- Dresden to Prague
- Berlin to transfer to Paris
U/S Bahn to get away from Bochum:
- Düsseldorf, where I flew in once
- Essen for thrifting
- Dortmund for shopping mittens
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Snacks I like
- Kids Em-eukal (cherry): herbal gummies; what a delight!
- leibniz knusper cornflakes
- Erdnuss Flippies: similar to 乖乖 if it had peanut butter flavor