Deutschland FAQ's: Finding Answers to the Many questions.

After I got home from Winter Orientation, questions about what to expect in Germany started forming in my head.  After a few days, they became too much to handle, so I concluded to try to find some answers.

I decided to start this quest at the Eagle River library, where a few current travel/culture handbooks could probably be picked up.  I succeeded in finding European and German travel guides both published in 2009.  To the stack of books I also added an English-German dictionary and a few grammar books to help me on my journey to learn the beautiful German language.

When I got home, I headed straight to my room and plopped down on my bed.  Reaching for the travel guide, I knew which question I wanted to answer first...and it can be summed up into one word: Vegetarian. 

As many of you know, I'm a vegetarian, and I was very curious to know how this would be perceived in their culture.  Opening up to the first page, there was a picture of some sort of Sausage with Sauerkraut and a Brötchen (bread roll).  The caption led to say that this was a typical meal from the land of "pig and potatoes".

After seeing this, I decided to verify it with one of the inbounds from Deutschland.  I was told that it was a typical meal, but many of the German restaurants cater to vegetarians, and that this type of diet was considered very normal.  I shall continue to do research on this topic :)

Another question that had been bothering me was this: How are Americans and their culture perceived from the European point of view?

This is a question that cannot easily be answered.  And as of now, I still have that, and many others I would love to have the answer to.

Let the pondering begin!!!

Thank You for reading, I REALLY appreciate it :)