5 Reasons Germany is Awesome
Because I had a lot of fun today and staying positive is important.
1) Stuff people no longer want they put on the street for people to take, if it doesn't get taken it gets picked up by a charity. This is very amusing when you're walking home drunk. The spinning chairs and the bouncy mattressess seem infinitely appealing. Last week on the 3am walk home I found a hoover! I have been needing a hoover for a while. After a while it got heavy to carry but a bit further down the street I found a suitcase which I put the hoover in and wheeled it home. Very satisfying.
2) The random crazy people that make you smile. Today I saw a 50 year old man in a posh suit going to the bus stop on a thomas the tank engine foldeable scooter. There is also the man that goes around the table outside the restaurants clapping, for no other reason than he enjoys it and gets very happy if you clap along. Also a lot of people prefer not to stick with blue or black jeans but a wide variety of other colours resulting in some pretty funky outfits. Also the random knocking on your desk at the end of a lecture, seriously, this never gets old.
3)The fact that a litre of milk and a litre of beer cost the same. A few cents more will also get you a litre of wine. You can also get a reasonable size bottle of vodka for 3 euros 50.
4)It is surrounded by lots of other countries. This makes travelling and seeing totally new cultures very easy and there's a place where you can stand in 5 countries at once. Tomorrow we are taking a trip to France, however I wasn't involved in the decision and my friend couldn't remember the name of the place we're going to only that it begins with 'W'. It will be a magical mystery tour!
5)Pfand. Whenever you buy a drink, you pay a deposit (Pfand) for the bottle. When you return the empty bottle you get your deposit back (usually 25 cents). This is highly useful when you've run out of money for groceries or need change for the washing maschines, you just collect up all your bottle and end up with anough money to get you through a couple of days. There are also the unsuspecting tourists who don't understand the system and throw the bottles in the bins, from which they are later collected by the homeless people who exchange them for money and so can often afford both food and beer.
1) Stuff people no longer want they put on the street for people to take, if it doesn't get taken it gets picked up by a charity. This is very amusing when you're walking home drunk. The spinning chairs and the bouncy mattressess seem infinitely appealing. Last week on the 3am walk home I found a hoover! I have been needing a hoover for a while. After a while it got heavy to carry but a bit further down the street I found a suitcase which I put the hoover in and wheeled it home. Very satisfying.
2) The random crazy people that make you smile. Today I saw a 50 year old man in a posh suit going to the bus stop on a thomas the tank engine foldeable scooter. There is also the man that goes around the table outside the restaurants clapping, for no other reason than he enjoys it and gets very happy if you clap along. Also a lot of people prefer not to stick with blue or black jeans but a wide variety of other colours resulting in some pretty funky outfits. Also the random knocking on your desk at the end of a lecture, seriously, this never gets old.
3)The fact that a litre of milk and a litre of beer cost the same. A few cents more will also get you a litre of wine. You can also get a reasonable size bottle of vodka for 3 euros 50.
4)It is surrounded by lots of other countries. This makes travelling and seeing totally new cultures very easy and there's a place where you can stand in 5 countries at once. Tomorrow we are taking a trip to France, however I wasn't involved in the decision and my friend couldn't remember the name of the place we're going to only that it begins with 'W'. It will be a magical mystery tour!
5)Pfand. Whenever you buy a drink, you pay a deposit (Pfand) for the bottle. When you return the empty bottle you get your deposit back (usually 25 cents). This is highly useful when you've run out of money for groceries or need change for the washing maschines, you just collect up all your bottle and end up with anough money to get you through a couple of days. There are also the unsuspecting tourists who don't understand the system and throw the bottles in the bins, from which they are later collected by the homeless people who exchange them for money and so can often afford both food and beer.