Showing posts with label how to be german. Show all posts
Showing posts with label how to be german. Show all posts
Monday, February 5, 2018
Tuesday, January 30, 2018
Cake
In the end, it turned out all right, but I don't think I need to do that again any time in the near future.
Sunday, November 23, 2014
Rice-ist
Featuring our friends Annett and Adam. Speaking of Adam, his new book Make Me German is coming out in January (and we're in it! kinda!)! If How To Be German and Denglisch for Better Knowers are anything to go by, it's going to be hilarious ... so go pre-order your copy!
Thursday, February 27, 2014
Holy Birthday
I know the law of birthdays is like, super holy in Germany, but I always forget how sacred it can be...
Thursday, October 10, 2013
Turning German
If you want to learn how you too can become a proper German like G, you can get your personal copy of our friend Adam's book How to Be German in 50 Easy Steps. And if you're German like G, you'd order a few copies ahead of time for Christmas! Or Christmas 2014!
Monday, August 26, 2013
Pfand
The Pfand (bottle refund) system is very much a part of everyday life in Germany; people are obsessive about returning bottles at supermarkets, and some have made bottle collecting their livelihood. An avid Pfand-system user myself, I caught myself wondering for a split second where I should return the bottle.
Sunday, May 19, 2013
Thursday, May 9, 2013
Fizzy
I've been living here for nearly 3 years now, but it kind of occurred to me today how obsessive Germans are about fizzy water and how they mix fizzy water with everything, which makes me wonder why other countries don't do it because it's awesome. Especially Apfelschorle (or Apfelsaftschorle). Our friend Adam put the Germans' love for Apfelschorle really well in his article How to be German:
"You know in movies when people go to therapy and then the therapist asks them to create a happy place. A safe, tranquil spot they can turn to when the world gets too big and scary. Usually it’s a beach, or a rocking chair on the front porch of an idyllic childhood home? For Germans, that happy place is swimming naked in a lake of Apfelsaftschorle."
I would also happily swim in a lake of Apfelschorle. Probably not naked, though, because I'm not quite that German yet.
"You know in movies when people go to therapy and then the therapist asks them to create a happy place. A safe, tranquil spot they can turn to when the world gets too big and scary. Usually it’s a beach, or a rocking chair on the front porch of an idyllic childhood home? For Germans, that happy place is swimming naked in a lake of Apfelsaftschorle."
I would also happily swim in a lake of Apfelschorle. Probably not naked, though, because I'm not quite that German yet.
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