What do you think of Germany?

Question

I hear it sooo often, they're wearing lederhosen, yodling, all n.azis.
People ask me, if we have cars or fridges where I come from...
How come? It makes me kinda feeling weird...

(I know noone, who wears lederhosen, and the same number of people who know how to yodle :) )

Oh sure... and I don't wear dirndls. And the only time I see them is on the oktoberfest in munich (wich is once a year in one small part of germany)
And I think EVERYONE would look on me even more like a freak or die from laughing if I'd wear that stuff somewhere her... :)

Answer 1

Germany is sweet, all the best things come from Germany including part of my heritage.

Answer 2

I grew up in Germany (military brat) and fell in love with the country, the people, and even the language. I love the geography of the place, the fact that it feels as though its in another time frame. I miss the mountains, shopping at Adler, C&A, Ikea, and eating rahmschnitzel, bratwurst, brotchen, and flying Lufthansa. I miss Aukumm Elementary school in Wiesbaden, Kaiserslautern where I went to high school on base. I miss everything about the country. I miss skiing in Garmische, I miss Gluhwein at the Weinachtsmarkt every year. Yeah Germany's great and I can't wait to come back. I haven't been since I was 14. I wish I was there for the Oktoberfest in Munich!!

Answer 3

PRIMA BAVARIA! I lived in Germany 6 years, in Nuremberg, Roth, Ida Oberstein and Baumholder. Got twin boys from drinking the water, the food is great,mmmmmmmmm 300 types of bread, the people are mature, helpful and happy. The country side is pristine, the volksmarches are refreshing to include the hefe wissen mit dunkel beer. Alles Cla, Chus! can't write the language but can speak it, very easy to learn. The Imbis are my favorite place to eat lunch. Transportation is very punctual and I would give anything to have a sponsor family to go back. I'll even trade my cabin at the foothills of the Ozarks for room and board anywhere in Germany.

Answer 4

I don't yodel, but I do wear lederhosen. Some of the most comfortable clothes I have. I could care less if people think I am a weirdo. I am going to do what I want to do when I want to do it.

I love the food in Germany. Had some great German cooking while I was there. Sauerkraut is one of my favourites.

Answer 5

Hi, I enjoyed your e-mail and I can answer your question, by saying that I love Germany. I consider it a second home, after my birthplace of the U.S. As far as the dirndl-wearing and lederhosen-clad servers in our restaurants, all I can say is that the costume makes it more fun for us. Consider it like how we prefer for Eskimos to be dressed a characteristic way or like when we picture Hawaiians dressed in grass skirts with leis around their necks. True, that traditional costume is found mainly in Bavaria and parts of the northwestern Austria, and I also understand that younger generations of Germans would never dress like that. However, we have the same sort of thing in America with our Southerners, like the Texans. In some parts of that enormous state, namely by Houston, it is customary for both men and women to walk around in cowboy hats and boots. This is of course hilarious to people in other parts of the country and it is like the same thing in Germany, because we use that costume to help sell restaurants and other paraphernalia.

Answer 6

My husband was stationed in the US Army and at 19 years old I went to Germany to be with him. I was pregnant and so scared. I was never on a plane never mind leave my back yard! My husband was stationed in Wildflecken but we lived in a beautiful little house in Bischofsheim on top of the mountain , about two miles from the border. We used to drive to the border and see all the border patrols with their their guns. I have many,many stories to tell of my experience in Germany,including the birth of my son who is now 30 years old. He was born in Wurtzberg. The memories I remember the most were how kind the people were to me and the wonderful different ways of cooking food. The family atmosphere that I have tried to instill in my children to this day. Germany was a peaceful place for me and I would love to go back some day.
Thank-You for asking this question. You made my day!

Answer 7

I love germany, I lived there for five years and recently came across for three weeks to watch as many of the world cup games as possible....

I think they are the people most like the british in Europe...I have never had a bad experience there (except getting robbed in Berlin one time, but I ended up going on a date with with the cute police officer lady who helped me out so every cloud has a silver lining!!)

Regards

Ichi

Answer 8

There are about 400,000 homeless people in Germany. The unemployment rate is 12% or better (12.1% in June of '06)

Wanna buy a BMW?
Howsabout a smooooth MB?
Maybe you are looking for a cute little bug?

Think that the grass is greener on the other side?

Sometimes guys coming out of the HofBrau in Munich, yodel, when they get on the subway (it echoes)..don't be embarrassed about your Pops.

Decide what's real.

Answer 9

I love Germany. It's clean, organized. The people are mostly nice. The food is my favorite European food. The beer is great!

Isn't yodeling something they do in Switzerland or Austria?
I have never seen anyone in lederhösen, but I would wear them if I could get some. Do you wear a dirndl? I bet you would really cute in it!

Answer 10

Lived/worked in Berlin 1999-2001, made many friends there (whom I'm still close with), and I loved the place/people. I have lived in many places, in my native USA and in various countries, working for international corporations. Berlin is the ONLY place I've lived in that truly felt like home.

My Berliner colleagues, who had never worked in the USA, were humored at how I was like all other North-Americans: I carried pictures of my daughter in my wallet and showed them to everyone, along with keeping pictures of my daughter on my desk. They were impressed that, however, I was unlike most yanks in that I traveled everywhere, tried everything, hung out with the locals (my only North-American friend was a French-Canadian), and ate all foods that were within my lacto-vegetarian diet.

BTW- Berlin caters very well to vegetarians.

Answer 11

I think Germany is a really nice place. I went there about 20 years ago, and I found the people to be kind, generally progressive and polite. The architecture is beautiful, as is much of the land.