This is the sight i see when i look out of my appartment window. goregous.
anyways as of yesterday I have been here for a month (four weeks)so i was going to do a reflection post of some cultural differences.... some of which are great. others drive me crazy.
1- the shops are only open until 6, you have to pay for a cart, bring your own bag, everyone rushes you and if you dont have the correct change they all huff and puff. I mean c'mon i really dont know that its going to be 7,56 euros. haha BUT i love how cheap the food in the super market is. and I love it because i am learning how to cook (nothing spectacular, but i am learning... haha)
2- the buses are wonderful. everyone rides them, they get you where you want to be quick. but they dont run after 8, which stinks but i mean i have to get my excersize somehow...
travel within europe is so convient. i want to take a train in the US when i get back, see if they are like the duestch bahn (trains)
3- no one smiles. and it drives me crazy because i am all about smiling, like if i dont know you, cool but i will smile at you and say hello or something here. i did that the first day here and i thought i was going to get spat on. everyone has a destination to go, and they dont want you to bother them with your smile. its really weird but now i have got the really mean look down. its really quite difficult for me. haha i have to pretend the day has been awful, when it hasnt at all.
4- their computers in the computer labs are so old, and the ones in the library they only have 4 you can type on BUT you cant print off those. you can only print off the ones that are read only computers. but if you print from the computer lab, its free. but if you print from the library its costs you. weird. and i got really frusterated with that the other day while trying to work on my project. now i have resorted to doing my work at home on my laptop. yay.
4- i love the open air markets and the fresh fruits and veggies. they are really great just to have a look around and see how people react to eachother
5- THE CHOCOLATE is amazing. i dont even like chocolate that much until i came here. i have no limited myself to once a day a piece becuase its so good and its soo cheap . ahh goodthing i walk everywhere... speaking of that i got a bike yesterday !!! whoohoo i will be a true Lueneburger... haha i wont be riding it anytime soon though with this snow.
6- no microwave. yeah. sad day.
7- people do not recognize lines, if you are even looking away for a milisecond. someone will cut you, and not think anything of it. and like if you are waiting in line for the bus, if you dont push ( i mean really push) your way on, you wont get on. i think i knocked over a little kid the other day, but its all in good germanish ways. or something haha
i think thats all i can think of . i have really enjoyed this month. it was hard at first because i did not have a routine but now i have one and some travel plans set up so its going to be great. as i have mentioned before my flatmates are awesome and i am so blessed to have such great ones. i cant wait to spend next weekend with them.
keep writing me, i LOVE the mail!!!
allison
3 comments:
haha i love the differences between germany and here. knocking over little kids...definitely sounds like something you would do.
ahh! snow! haha it looks gorgeous but i bet it really is freezing.
it's so weird that you've been gone a month. time seriously flies by so fast! and that's scaring me...as graduation approaches and stuff. eek.
mmm. chocolate =]
and gotta love those pissed off europeans. what can you do?
PS i love how my comments never make sense, they're just like my stream of consciousness. ah well. i may have ADD or something haha
good luck & have fun and everything.
hey, allison! how goes the european life?
and you know, that's okay if you knocked over a little kid. that's social darwinism for you. someone famous once said, "if you can't stand the heat, don't wait in line for the bus in germany."
wait, no. i think i made that up. anyway, huzzah for german chocolate!
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