"Das Umdenken Deutschlands" Germany by JourneyOf1

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Rethinking or Changing In Thinking About Germany

When speaking to a few friends from North America who I'd gone to school with, exchanging current information and greetings, when asked where I lived, after I replied, Germany I received a blank stare.

"Why would you want to live there?" I was asked. After explaining I've lived here off and on for years, they still look puzzled.

"What do you mean?" I query in return. I've received a number of different answers. Most assume you are military personnel or dependents stationed at a base of some kind. Not the case for me. It was where I was born, a country I feel more happy and comfortable in overall than any other.

Germany, old vs. new. Stock pic

I don't look like the average German of 200 years ago, but today's Germany is very much multi-cultural, multi-ethnic. Like every country in the world it has its problems to a lesser or greater degree, but it offers densely pleasurable traveling, efficient transportation, many friendly people, and modern convenience as well as traditional old world charm.

Around the world when people think of Germany, they think of cuckoo clocks, castles, mountains, river cruises, pastries, hearty meals and beer!, and yes, quite a number still associate it with intolerant groups with infamous histories, but Germany is all and more than those things.

I'll be building this page slowly I think, with mostly info facts about things needed to visit Germany, a few pointers, and the like. I never realized how difficult I would find it to describe my feelings and experiences in my birth country. Write any time if you wish to chat about Germany, be welcome....

Some Stories About My Friends and I:

Christmas 2003 in Berlin The story of the goose that almost got away!

A Sweatlodge in Germany A real Native American sweat lodge at a castle in Land Brandenburg

Spring in Berlin-A Day In My Life 2003 A day in the life of a couple of VTers and I

Some of My Thoughts of German Life I love to observe, to watch and get to know people, though my eyes this...

GERMANY is my Argentina......

"It won't be easy,
You'll think it's strange,
when I try to explain how I feel...."

Pros and Cons

In a nutshell:There's no place like home.....

Last visit to Germany: Dec 2003
Intro Updated Oct 26, 2004
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jo104 Aug 3, 2006 at 5:38 AM

Rhineroll is arranging a meeting in October in Bonn it would be fab if you could come :-) It is a winetasting as well, had a fab timeat the Copenhagen meet of Claus, Raz & Allan
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mustertal Jul 4, 2006 at 2:22 PM

I too get blank looks when I tell people I'm going to Germany for my holidays, I've been going for 21 years now and I love it. The WC has changed peoples idea of your lovely country.
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ettenaj Mar 5, 2005 at 10:42 AM

Super home page, I have only visited Germany or 5 days but loved every min of it, great place
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pepples46 Jan 7, 2005 at 5:09 PM

I can imagine how your feelings and emotions wrestle with you... Kuckucksuhr and all. go and get yourself ein Steiff Knopf im Ohr-Baer, always comforted me. love your intro!!
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Leipzig Nov 4, 2004 at 8:33 AM

Great intro. Hehe..very true statement of the sterotypes. Several friends from abroad who visited me wanted to buy a "cuckoo clock" as a very typical German souvenir.
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windsorgirl Sep 30, 2004 at 4:32 PM

thanks for visiting my France page, I'll be back later when you've got your tips finished here. Looks like a good start so far!