1) Ride a bicycle to work, all suited up and get appreciative looks from passers-by.
2) Dispose of your plastic bottles and get money in return for that.
3) Have a water carbonator at home and be proud of the investment.
4) Pay for water in restaurants because it is never served along with a meal. Pay again for water and buy bottles, knowing very well that tap water is the highest quality of drinking water you can get in Germany.
5) Have a 50-50 work life balance and never mix one with the other.
6) Lay half-naked in the park with tonnes of alcohol and enjoy the warmth in summer.
7) Get nasty looks from people around you for jumping 'don't walk' signals and for standing on the red bicycle pathways on the roads.
8) Feel embarrassed for not getting your own shopping bags from home because the supermarket does not give any. For free at least.
9) Germans know how to mind their own business. A sharp contrast to the nosy Americans I had to deal with all the time. Someone mentioned "live and let live". It is true.
10) Stock up on practically everything by early Saturday evening because nothing, (except for bars, churches and petrol bunks) will be open on Sundays.
11) Pay church taxes.
12) Know very little or no German at all but still get by perfectly because the people are actually very nice and helpful.
13) In Berlin at least, very few restaurants accept credit cards. You should always have some cash on you when you go to eat out.
14) Many stores will not accept credit cards, but will accept the German bank cards.
15) The German equivalent of "flea markets" have really cool vintage things there, like the old accordion-like cameras, manual typewriters, etc. -- in mint condition.
15 things you can do in Germany that you cannot do in the USA !!
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