ARRIVAL IN GERMAY AND FIRST IMPRESSIONS
Here are our impressions from the first few days
... In China we could never be mistaken for Chinese people so no one ever tried to speak Chinese to us - here everyone tries to speak to us in German
... Haven't seen any obese people here
... Cold - they say unusual weather and summer has yet to arrive but is scheduled to start on Monday!
... So UNCROWDED
... Green, green, green, flowers everywhere
... Bad Godesburg has nice pedestrian walking area with lots of shops and cafes, cobblestones streets
... Grocery stores have wide selection of foods but no huge isles of chips and crackers, many varieties of cheeses and a bakery on every corner, lots of museli and granolas
... Tomorrow is Sunday and all stores will be closed
... Quite a bit of diversity of people skin color
... Smooth roads, small cars, gas about 7-8$ gallon
... From the air looks like lots of small villages
... 174 tv stations, a couple in English
... Bike lanes everywhere and lots of people of all ages on bikes
... Typical quaint architecture
... In China we could never be mistaken for Chinese people so no one ever tried to speak Chinese to us - here everyone tries to speak to us in German
... Haven't seen any obese people here
... Cold - they say unusual weather and summer has yet to arrive but is scheduled to start on Monday!
... So UNCROWDED
... Green, green, green, flowers everywhere
... Bad Godesburg has nice pedestrian walking area with lots of shops and cafes, cobblestones streets
... Grocery stores have wide selection of foods but no huge isles of chips and crackers, many varieties of cheeses and a bakery on every corner, lots of museli and granolas
... Tomorrow is Sunday and all stores will be closed
... Quite a bit of diversity of people skin color
... Smooth roads, small cars, gas about 7-8$ gallon
... From the air looks like lots of small villages
... 174 tv stations, a couple in English
... Bike lanes everywhere and lots of people of all ages on bikes
... Typical quaint architecture
