Possibly my last post

Mona and I will be leaving Germany in one month from today so I
thought I would write about the things I would miss and not miss about
Germany...

(in no particular order)

Miss: German beer, delicious, fairly cheap, comes in big servings.

Miss: learning German, although I will keep learning in Australia it
will be different to being immersed in the language.

Not miss: Not being able to understand what's going on around me. I'm
looking forward to getting on a bus or a train and being able to
understand what people are saying, though I'm sure that after hearing
a couple of conversations I'll be wishing that they would talk in some
language that I can't understand

Miss: the long days of summer

Not miss: the short, freezing and wet days of winter

Not miss: CNN, being the only english speaking channel (although MTV
has a bit of english) on TV I have watched more than enough of this
crap. If I ever have to listen to such an American centric view of the
world again I think I'll shoot myself (or the person I'm listening
too)

Miss: The Glockenspiel and Marienplatz, the two big tourist
attractions in the main square of Munich, I have walked past these so
many times that it will be wierd not to see them anymore

Miss: A reliable public transport system

Not miss: Schnitzel. Don't get me wrong, I love schnitzel but I won't
miss it because I'll have Mona to cook it for me!

Miss and not miss: The feeling of being an outsider. Sometimes it
sucks to not understand what people are going on about (even when they
are speaking english) but other times it is fine and really
interesting to see things differently or to be totally confused

Miss: Football/fußball/soccer - call it what you will, I've started to
like it while I've been over here. My local team, Bayern Muenchen, won
the Bundesliga which is better than the dragons have ever done for me.
I am looking forward to Germany winning the European championship soon
too

Not miss: the lack of cricket or rugby league that I can see here. I
know it's to be expected that there isnt much shown here but that
doesn't mean that I'm not looking forward to being able to watch and
play again

Miss: German Bakerys

Not miss: the fact that all shops (including supermarkets) shut at 8
and don't open at all on sundays

Miss: the euro, it will be strange to start thinking of things in
Aussie dollars again

Not miss: having to pay to use public toilets (or even toilets in
maccas and places like that)

Miss: oktoberfest and beer gardens in general, such fun places

Miss: German food, it is pretty tasty

Not miss: Lack of variety in german food - sometimes it feels like
everything is made from pork, potatoes and sour kraut

I'm scratching my head here at the moment traing to think of anything
else. I'm sure there are plenty of things I've forgotten so I'll just
add them later.

Can't wait to see everyone again when we get back to Australia.

Pete