Kultur 7, Michael Nizinski

The first article I read was about Thanksgiving. Germans do not have a Thanksgiving, but like the idea of having a nice meal, sitting with their family, and giving thanks. They found thinks from outside to decorate the table which is inexpensive and make it look nice. For example, pumpkins were used to make candle holders.  The second was about Germans line jumping. I found this article quite funny, for advice the author suggested that you eat garlic the night before because Germans don't like garlic breath , stay alert for an open counter so you can be the first to sprint there and get it, and to watch out for the person behind you because they will try to slowly sneak ahead of you. The StudenterernmäBigungen is  similar to the one in the USA. The difference in the US is we don't need to show it, we can just stat we are a student and get the discount, where as in German I believe they would want proof. The article about shopping states that germans prefer smaller shopping stores, bag their own groceries, bring their own bags, and shop in all quantities (not buying for the month) when they shop.The next one I read was about Stuttgart. I didn't find much interesting except it has a Porsche and Mercedes-Benz Museum. They have auto-factorys for Porsche, Daimler AG and that they have a lot of vineyards. The FuBball ind Profi-Sport in Mitteleuropa, just talked about how much Germans love soccer and other professional sports played in Germany which include, Hockey, Tennis and Basketball. The last article was about Munich. I only found a few things interesting that they have there and that they have a museum for BMW, they host Octoberfest, and they have two world famous soccer clubs (FC Bayern-Munich and TSC 1860).