Croissants, rolls or bread with cheese and sausage, jam or Nutella for breakfast, bread as a side for lunch or in the form of dumplings, and bread with sausage or cheese for dinner will become the norm for you. Top that off with meat, potatoes and creamy sauces for lunch as well, cake or Danishes in the afternoon, and a (few) glasses of beer. Veggies? Uhm, sorry, the only things close to vegetables in a German diet are a side salad or Sauerkraut. If you’re tired of German cuisine, your options of foreign dishes are Döners, pizza, or pasta.
2. You will never be late anymore.
If you’re five minutes early, you’re almost late on German time – that’s how anal we are about it. And if you’re not letting us know that you’re five minutes late – you’re going to have a really hard time in this country! We have to live up to our reputation of being precise and punctual because these words stand next to “German” in the dictionary!
If you live in the USA or Canada, you know the challenge: Getting German Christmas treats or gift online.
Here's a helpful link http://bit.ly/2fsIup2 to lots of German products, fan items, foods and more. Especially great if you're still looking for unique Christmas gifts or those yummy Advent calendars for your kids or grandchildren.
For the ones among you who like something totally unique and different, check out their glassware section. You come across some unique, handmade German products. Here's just one example of the beautiful German crystal vase:
Cool new video to sing along from the current German charts - Stereoact feat. Kerstin Ott (German & English lyrics below)
Kerstin Ott is a German singer from northern Germany, Holstein, who is also a song writer and DJ. This song was her breakthrough in the German-speaking countries and catapulted her into the top of the charts. "Die immer lacht" was produced by the German DJ team Stereoact. Before her singing career took off she worked as a painter and varnisher.
Cool new video to sing along from the current German charts - Stereoact feat. Kerstin Ott (German & English lyrics below)
Die immer lacht
Die ist die eine, die immer lacht, die immer lacht,
die immer lacht, die immer lacht,
Oh, die immer lacht
und nur sie weiß es ist nicht
Wie es scheint.
Oh, sie weint, oh, sie weint, sie weint
Aber nur wenn sie alleine ist
Denn sie ist denn sie ist
Die eine
Die eine
die immer lacht, die immer lacht, immer lacht, immer lacht,
oh, die immer lacht,
oh, die immer lacht
Komm her meine Süße und
Reich mir deine Hand
Zeig mir wer du bist und
Du wirst sehen
Wie es ist
Zu lachen ohne dabei zu betrügen
Oh, zu weinen
Du wirst sehen
Wie sie dich lieben
Oh, zu lieben
Ich zeig dir wie es geht
Sie ist die eine, die immer lacht, die immer lacht,
die immer lacht, die immer lacht,
oh, die immer lacht
und nur sie weiß es ist nicht wie es scheint
oh, sie weint,
sie weint,
aber nur wenn sie alleine ist
denn sie ist
denn sie ist
die eine
die eine
die immer lacht, die immer lacht,
immer lacht, immer lacht
oh, die immer lacht
oh, die immer lacht
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She Who Always Laughs
She's the one who always laughs, always laughs
She who always laughs, she who always laughs
Oh, she who always laughs
And only she knows it's not
What it looks
Oh, she cries, oh, she cries, she cries
But only when she's by herself
As she is, as she is
The one
The one
Who always laughs, who always laughs, always laughs
Oh, she who always laughs
Oh, she who always laughs
Come here, my honey, and
Give me your hand
Show me who you are and
You'll see
What's it like
To laugh without lying at a time
Not to cry then.
You'll see
How they love you
To love you
I'm showing you
How things are
She's the one who always laughs, always laughs
She who always laughs, she who always laughs
Oh, she who always laughs
And only she knows it's not
What it looks
Oh, she cries, oh, she cries, she cries
But only when she's by herself
As she is, as she is
The one
The one
Who always laughs, who always laughs, always laughs
Oh, she who always laughs
Oh, she who always laughs
She's had a meteoric rise for a northern German schoolgirl: first Jamie-Lee Kriewitz won the TV talent show "The Voice of Germany," then the German preliminaries for the Eurovision Song Contest. Now her debut album is out. Check out this DW profile on the young artist who will represent Germany at #Eurovision in Stockholm on May 14.
