For those who don’t already know, I’m British, but I’ve been living in Germany for the past twenty years. And I’ve decided to present ten things about Germany, divided into two lists: a list of five...
The middle of Europe in the second millennium. A country that took a long time to become united. People who needed centuries to understand themselves as German. Who are we? Where do we come from?...
German humour? Don’t make me laugh. Where I come from, comedy is all about finding humour in the trials and tribulations of ordinary, real, everyday life. Sort of like this: You don’t want to be...
Three... two... one... [DOORBELL] Germans have a reputation for always being punctual, and in most cases this is well deserved. They also expect other people to be punctual most of the time, and they...
♫ We don’t sing the first verse of this song, ♫ ’Cause it sounds too nationalistic. Patriotism in Germany is a thorny subject because one thing Germans don’t want to appear is nationalistic. They’ve...
Viele Menschen werfen Amerikanern vermeintliche Dummheit und Unwissenheit über die Welt vor. Doch die Realität sieht anders aus, wie ich in Straßen-Interviews mit US-Bürgern herausfand. Nennen Sie...