I'm leaving you.

[insanity]

Instead of worrying about the Internet connection, better prepare for 230V AC electricity here... Or learning the critical sentences in German, for example "Ich möchte diesen Teppich nicht kaufen",

Bringing converters are a must for every international traveler.

I haven't taken German in some time, but isn that, "I'd like this rug without paying" Makes sense if you're soon to be talking to the police.

I would think the most important phrase anyone could know in Germany is:
"Wo is die Kneipen"

 

[Yoda]

Never knew you, so who cares................

By the way, may you ever venture into The Netherlands were I'm from ( small country next to "primative" Germany) I have heard rumors that there are some internet sites there as well................
:rofl:

 

[Urwumpe]

I haven't taken German in some time, but isn that, "I'd like this rug without paying" Makes sense if you're soon to be talking to the police.

Actually it means "I don't want to buy this rug". And is actually a quote from a pretty popular beer ad here.

 

[Notebook]

don't want to get you conversions confused:

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6D1YI-41ao"]YouTube- Monty Python - Dirty Hungarian Phrasebook[/ame]

N.

 

[Sunhillow]

... and if you want to go to a restaurant, you will be pleased about the friendlyness at these places.
Here is a typical example for Bavaria:

Although it will be a bit different in Kölle, don't worry. They are heartful people too :thumbup:

Edit:
some hi-tech loving families here use advanced devices for internet connection you probably won't know in US:

 

[insanity]

Actually it means "I don't want to buy this rug". And is actually a quote from a pretty popular beer ad here.

Ha! I made a huge mental lapse there.

What beer, btw?

 

[Urwumpe]

What beer, btw?

Paulaner. Well, it isn't a perfect world.

 

[kevin1gamer]

You do realize Germany is a first world country, right, and they have internet access there just like the US? (If not better)

Most people who go overseas for a semester try to learn at least something about the country they are going to.

I only have one year of German under my belt, but I have to do this. It's my dream.

 

[Andy44]

I found an appropriate song for this thread! And, Probe Bless Led Zep.

 

[MajorTom]

Did I read correctly...485 forums? No wonder he's had only time to make 8 posts here! And I thought I was spreading myself thin, posting to 5 whole forums.

 

[James.Denholm]

Only several.

Maybe you should ask the CIA first, about what they know about Germany as short and accurate summary...

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/gm.html


Internet country code: .de
Internet hosts: 23.796 million (2009) country comparison to the world: 3
Internet users: 61.973 million (2008) country comparison to the world: 6

https://www.cia.gov/library/publica...ermany&countryCode=gm&regionCode=eu&rank=6#gm

Oh, and we do have fridges here, too.

Whoa!

You people have fridges?

 

[earthorbit]

Kind of...
In Winter, we take all the snow and put it into a cavern and hope it's not melting till summer. Then, in summer we put our drinks in.

 

[Urwumpe]

Kind of...
In Winter, we take all the snow and put it into a cavern and hope it's not melting till summer. Then, in summer we put our drinks in.

After kicking the bear out of the cave of course. :rofl:

 

[Ghostrider]

After kicking the bear out of the cave of course. :rofl:

Ah, those were the times, when bears were plentiful. We would hike some 20 miles, with a couple of wheelbarrows nailed to our foot tendons with barbed wire, uphill in the snow both ways, just to kick a bear from a cave to another. It was a good, competitive, healthy sport.

Then, when we ran our of bears, we started using balls made of lead (which we previously bounced on our heads as a cure for stone axe-induced headaches), and in time leather balls filled with air.

You may not know it, but football derives from "Fußball", which was once known as Fußbär. Originally the Bundesliga was called "Bärliga".

 

[Urwumpe]

You may not know it, but football derives from "Fußball", which was once known as Fußbär. Originally the Bundesliga was called "Bärliga".

Yeah, many people don't remember how it was like in 1948, when PETA forced the Allied Control Council to forbid us our traditional sport. When top teams like the Bärussia Dortmund or Hertha-Bärlin fought for the trophy. The same forces also hindered the German Wrestling Foundation from fights with US wrestlers, maybe it was also that the US wrestlers had been afraid of the bears. They even took bear sledge from us, they did not even allow us to use bobcats instead.

Luckily, we are still permitted to do traditional Biathlon, moving on ski through a whole state, shooting as many sleeping bears as possible.

 

[PhantomCruiser]

485 forums... I thought that I had no life. Hope she's worth it...

Would you shoot (or kick) the bear if it offered you beer?

 

[insanity]

485 forums... I thought that I had no life. Hope she's worth it...

Would you shoot (or kick) the bear if it offered you beer?

I'd hope he'd be up for knocking a few back with me. I think drinking with a bear would be a pretty good time.

And 485 forums is excessive. Even if you just checked like 10% of those daily, you're still spending a pretty hefty amount of time on the computer.

 

[Urwumpe]

I'd hope he'd be up for knocking a few back with me. I think drinking with a bear would be a pretty good time.

Drinking with a bear is already nearing Siberian conditions, don't you think? :rofl:While being in a Sauna with a bear is Finnish Roulette...

And 485 forums is excessive. Even if you just checked like 10% of those daily, you're still spending a pretty hefty amount of time on the computer.

I have just 3 forums, out of which I frequent one only once per week.

 

[insanity]

Drinking with a bear is already nearing Siberian conditions, don't you think? :rofl:While being in a Sauna with a bear is Finnish Roulette...



I have just 3 forums, out of which I frequent one only once per week.

Finnish Roulette-:rofl:

I have 3 forums, 2 political ones that this one.

 

[Andy44]

485 forums... I thought that I had no life. Hope she's worth it...

Would you shoot (or kick) the bear if it offered you beer?