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Jul. 4th, 2008 10:58 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
emmuzkaInternet, oh internet, how I love thee. My host in Germany now has a net :) Well, I have been scrolling my f-list with my mobile phone so far (and I really don't want to see the data transfer bill on that..), but now I have a real browser! With pictures enabled! and a keyboard to go with it!
So, Germany.
- Hardly anyone speaks English. (And why should they, anyway? Everything will be dubbed and they have their own internet services like eBay.)
- Houses are cheap but housing expenses are sky high. Energy and water cost ALOT, as well as waste disposal, so people end up burning their garbage and hoard rain water. And being really anal with their garbage cans. And with all this energy consciousness, you still can't do well with only one car :/
- All the insects in here are, like, on steroids. And I hate all insects bigger than a common house fly! And every time after spending time in the garden, there will be a tick check! I didn't know what did they looked like, so my host was like, "I will show you if I'll find one in my kids. Oh, here is one!" Nyaagghh!
- Combining the odd European tap water and my host taste on cheap shampoos, after two weeks I could probably put my hair on treads without any aid.
So, Germany.
- Hardly anyone speaks English. (And why should they, anyway? Everything will be dubbed and they have their own internet services like eBay.)
- Houses are cheap but housing expenses are sky high. Energy and water cost ALOT, as well as waste disposal, so people end up burning their garbage and hoard rain water. And being really anal with their garbage cans. And with all this energy consciousness, you still can't do well with only one car :/
- All the insects in here are, like, on steroids. And I hate all insects bigger than a common house fly! And every time after spending time in the garden, there will be a tick check! I didn't know what did they looked like, so my host was like, "I will show you if I'll find one in my kids. Oh, here is one!" Nyaagghh!
- Combining the odd European tap water and my host taste on cheap shampoos, after two weeks I could probably put my hair on treads without any aid.
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Date: 2008-07-04 04:53 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-07-04 05:32 pm (UTC)It was hilarious when in store I asked if the saleswoman knew any English and the sale personnel were like, "Oh no! Who speaks english?! you! you speak at lest some! Take her!", in German, and they didn't understand that of course I could *guess* from their body language what they were approximately saying ;)