Kultur 8 - Tim

With such a sophisticated health care system, ad generally educated populace it surprises me how fearful Germans are of a simple draft.  The phrase "es zieht" I find very amusingly German.  Stating the obvious and waiting for the implicit understanding, "Halt vor wir alles erkälten!"  This is however very consistent with what I have experienced, though I find it curious, since Germans are so found of outdoors -wandern, outdoor cafes, usw.

The pertinacity of Germans to prefer homeopathic remedies definitely rings true.  Meine Großmama was trained and worked in a classic little Apotheke.  Diesen Sommer my knee was aching after some of our hiking in the Alps (I had completed a 270km backpacking trek a week before), and my Tante Erne had just the thing.  A big jar of sickly-sweet smelling, bright blue horse liniment, whose primary ingredient was eucalyptus extract.  Certainly did the trick, though.