Germans are always on time, keep this in mind when you have an appointment

Germans think that their country is no immigration country, although we need many immigrants, because our population gets older and older and the young generation is more single and fun orientated than for a family and children.

Some people think that Germans do not like foreigners, but that’s not true! Sure, there are some resentments, especially on the country side and with elderly people, but the majority of us is open minded and friendly.

There are still a very small minority of racists, stupid, evil and ugly, like everywhere in the world.

Our transportation system is quite good and we think this is normal, so many people get very angry if their train has a 10 minutes delay ;-

This is the same with other parts of our infrastructure like hospitals, public authorities, telephone and internet, everything is on a high level compared to the ‚rest of the world‘ but Germans take this for granted and they do not pardon mistakes.

Many people understand and/or speak English, but you should learn German if you seriously planning to come here. Life will be a lot easier with some German language knowledge.

It is not easy to become friends with us, but this has nothing to do with your nationality, it is also difficult for Germans to become friend with another German. So do not take it personally if you do not get invitations every day! The good thing is, when you get an invitation nobody will be surprised when you ring the bell (happened to me in the US).

There are many jokes between Bavarians and ‚Berliners‘ and others from Saxons about people from Cologne and so on, but nothing really serious and nobody fights against a fellow country man just because of his origin or his religion.

All in all, Germany is a good place to live and I will go on doing my best to make you feel home here!

Detlef