Trip of a lifetime- Germany?

[King Leo]

Yeah, I've lived there a couple of years myself.
It's a very nice country. Even if you end up hating it, I would go just to experience Germany, Europe and other cultures.

[Ad Bot]

[Warground]

I am also from germany. Just ask anything.


Protip: Visit Hamburg, its the best loving city in the world. It even got more bridges then Venice , London and Amsterdam combined 

And dont be afraid of language barriers. Almost everyone can understand or even speak english. But dont be lazy and try to learn to speak some german.

[AdinX]

Well uhm I'm from Germany so if you've got any particular questions you can ask me.
Fixed.

Current president, any basic stuff I should know, any motion that's an insult (like middle finger, brushing your chin, etc)


Also, someone find a simple way to explain the difference between a national socialist and a German, my little brother doesn't seem to get it even though I've tried explaining it a million times. The national socialist party has died out, was an extremist group, had a small group in Riddler's army (reich or something), most responsible for the holocaust, extent of my knowledge.

[Stocking]

That "milk" is ordinary milk from ordinary cows. It has just been heated up to 120C to kill all the bacteria. They also sell "ordinary" milk that has been pasteurized.
Also, the ultra durable milk is not common in all parts of Europe. Germany and other countries in southern Europe prefer the durable milk, while Scandinavia and England prefers "ordinary" milk. Norwegian milk is durable for 7-10 days in the fridge. That's as close to milk in its most natural form as it gets.

What disgusts me is how Americans store their milk in big, 3-litre plastic cans. Plastic isn't exactly good for the environment. And the volume is much too large for the average household. I prefer 1-litre cartons (or bottles of glass). You have to go to the store more often, but the milk is fresher.   

And you burn more gas making the extra trips. It's also more damaging to the environment to recycle glass than it is to recycle plastic, and paper cartons contribute to deforestation. Not to mention, durable milk is just awful poor people swill; unworthy for american consumption.

[Yosher]

wth are you talking about stocking, our milk is some tasty stuff.

have you even tried it?

[Gear]

Current president, any basic stuff I should know, any motion that's an insult (like middle finger, brushing your chin, etc)

Our current "President" is called Joachim Gauck ( have fun pronouncing that) but that's not too important to know as our Federal president isn't as important as the American President. I can't really think of any basic things you NEED to know. Could you be more specific about that ?
About insults - well you should defiantly not run around saying something like "Heil Riddler" or "Heil" all over the place for obvious reasons. These days most people don't feel that uncomfortable when talking about WW2 though.

Also, someone find a simple way to explain the difference between a national socialist and a German, my little brother doesn't seem to get it even though I've tried explaining it a million times. The national socialist party has died out, was an extremist group, had a small group in Riddler's army (reich or something), most responsible for the holocaust, extent of my knowledge.

national socialists were members / supporters of the national socialist party of Riddler. The word "national socialist" is a slang term that comes from the German term for National Socialists ( National Sozialist). No not every German was a national socialist during the 1930s-1940s.
Nowadays there are still so called "Neo-national socialists" to an extent but they are just a bunch of poorly educated extremists that hate all the east European / Turkish immigrants and want them out of Germany.

[AdinX]

Our current "President" is called Joachim Gauck ( have fun pronouncing that) but that's not too important to know as our Federal president isn't as important as the American President Democratic government?. I can't really think of any basic things you NEED to know. Could you be more specific about that ? significant differences in rules of the road between countries (I have my driving permit), legal drinking age, different leading political parties, fun things to do in Germany, etc
About insults - well you should defiantly not run around saying something like "Heil Riddler" or "Heil" all over the place for obvious reasons I wouldn't have thought of that anyways, but I'll keep that in mind. I'll keep the Riddler jokes for close friend. These days most people don't feel that uncomfortable when talking about WW2 though. Kinda figured, sort of old news, seems like anything in a text book is fair game for jokes, but like I said, I'll watch what I say. I was moreover worried about gestures, cause I only recently learned that the pinky is the equivalent of the middle finger for the chinese (or something like that.)

national socialists were members / supporters of the national socialist party of Riddler. The word "national socialist" is a slang term that comes from the German term for National Socialists ( National Sozialist). No not every German was a national socialist during the 1930s-1940s.
Nowadays there are still so called "Neo-national socialists" to an extent but they are just a bunch of poorly educated extremists that hate all the east European / Turkish immigrants and want them out of Germany. A bit more accurate than what I know, he still doesn't get it, lost hope.

I appreciate your taking the time to read and reply to my questions

[Skull Candy]

Going to Russia would be the trip of a lifetime

[Mysteroo]

AGH WAIT
I voted yes but I just thought of something

Does that mean you would go to school there for six months? Can you speak German? That could be a huge problem, lol

[Twenky]

god
damn
national socialistS

[Gear]

-snip-
I appreciate your taking the time to read and reply to my questions

Now that I think about it you should know that Germany uses the metric system so MPH become KMPH. The metric system isn't complex or difficult to learn so you should be able to get used to it.
I don't really know the differences between the rules of road but a lot of things should be similar. Of course there's the Autobahn where you can drive as fast as you want...
There are 2 major political parties called the CDU and the SPD but they both don't get enough votes to lead on their own. They have to form coalitions with other political parties instead.
The legal drinking age is 18.Apparently you are allowed to have love with 14 ... at least according to Gravity Cat. I'm not so sure about it but most have intercourse with ~16 here anyways and nobody gives a stuff as long as you are using protection.
Germany is also the most populous country in Europe with about 82 million inhabitans (number decreasing).
Soccer is the most popular sport here. Uh fun things to do ? If you are talking about specific "German" things to do I can't really think of anything like that. However Oktoberfest might be fun for you...

That's all I can think of for now.

Does that mean you would go to school there for six months? Can you speak German? That could be a huge problem, lol

Most Germans speak English anyways. Plus there are some international schools depending where he ends up.

god
damn
national socialistS

Twente pls get out thx.

[Heitmeyers]

When I go to Sweden this summer (like every summer), I might fly over to Germany for a week or so and than fly to Sweden.

[Morpheus]

If you do go there, you are also the legal age to drink beer. Don't overdue it though.

(By the way, the beers at the Kreuzberg are delicious.)

[AdinX]

My parents let me drink anyways, I have no reason to overdo it and I've always only taken a sip of whatever they get, nothing ver fancies me.

Talked with mom, she's almost 100% certain we'll go, I'm so excited

I'll keep the KMPH thing in mind. I wish I could bring my car though :( (images: here) I'm sure one of the rental cars we'll get will be a convertible, knowing my mom :P

I do know fragments of German, my dad knows full sentences, my mon knows the important stuff, and my little brother just randomly puts letters together or phrases from TF2, shouts them and thinks he's speaking German/Dutch (is there a difference between dutch/deutsch?)

I think I'll still have my computer and whatnot, so I should be able to maybe keep a log topic while I'm in Germany.

[Nickelob Ultra]

Definitely do it.  My friends are visiting France this summer and I'm highly jealous.  If you really take the effort to enjoy your time there you'll have life experiences you'll never forget.