AMD 6 - Matthew Simpson

What I'm going to try to do is write a quick summary of a few of the many interesting things we've learned about German culture in this course:

1) Beer. Germans like it. This is pretty obvious when you created a HOLIDAY to celebrate it. And not just one day, this is an entire week-long festival, Oktoberfest. If a German knows one thing, it is definitely beer.

2) Street smarts. From biking in the proper lane, to accidentally bumping into someone on the street, there is a strict code that all street-goers must follow or risk getting yelled at/receiving a German death stare. Also, DO NOT cross the street until the "little red dictator" allows you to do so. This is vitally important. Wouldn't want your lacking morals rub off on the children, now would you?

3) Sex shops. No big deal. Where something like this in America would be considered very raunchy, Germans deal with it like day-ti-day business. That's because in Germany, sex stores are a day-to-day business. There is even one in the Frankfurt Airport! Seriously? I just can't get over that...

There are many interesting things we've learned this semester from the Vorsprung text and the Kultur articles and this list of three by no means covers it all. These three items were simply my favorite points, the ones that I thought were just too interesting to ignore.