What I am looking forward to the most besides traveling to new and exciting places with my wonderful husband is the quirky cultural misunderstandings that lead to laughs and memories. I'm sure there will be plenty but last week, I believe it was Tuesday, we had our first WTH? moment.
We went to Real (pronounced Ree-al) which is a German mix of a mall and Sears/Walmart, but classier. It's nice, people wear real clothes, no pajama pants. I'll control myself and not rant on how much I hate going to Walmart.
After a nice shopping expedition we acquired organizational bathroom stuffs and a few other things. We made it to die Kasse [cash register], yes I will randomly write in German because it's good practice and it's fun imagining people trying to pronounce the words, and paid for our items. The cashier handed us a few small bags and a large bag that resembled jaw breaker candy. John and I of course get extremely excited to try our first free German candy when we get home. As we drive home we are imagining the goodies that we just received for free. Would they be sweet? Spicy?
Haha, we knew they wouldn't be spicy, the Germans do not do spicy, just strong tastes. Would they taste like beer? sauerkraut? schnitzel? Ok, that's being a bit stereotypical, but this stuff is everywhere.
We arrive triumphantly at home and rush to the couch and divvy up the loot. I of course get the large one because John is so very sweet. At Real we had noticed many displays of these goofy Centurion cartoons that looked either extremely gay (take that word either way) or drunk off many many steins of beer.
As you are guessing we opened the bags and they are cold and not appetizing at all. We were in shock. What is this treachery?! This isn't candy! Marbles?!! WTH?
I of course lick one of the small ones just in case...at that point our pitiful sad faces turned to laughs
First question is Why are they handing out marbles to two adults? Second, Why are these cartoons so very entertaining? Thirdly, What in the world is the green marble Centurion dude shoving in his mouth? I'm not so curious to really look into it and search around for references to these little people. I am sure we will see them again.
I guess this is what the toys at McDonald's look like to outsiders, but we don't hand toys out to adults in candy wrappers. It was quite mean. Yes, we were this upset over not getting candy...we will get over it, but it was a lesson learned. Lick before biting into what strangers give you :-)
Silly Germans
Haha, we knew they wouldn't be spicy, the Germans do not do spicy, just strong tastes. Would they taste like beer? sauerkraut? schnitzel? Ok, that's being a bit stereotypical, but this stuff is everywhere.
We arrive triumphantly at home and rush to the couch and divvy up the loot. I of course get the large one because John is so very sweet. At Real we had noticed many displays of these goofy Centurion cartoons that looked either extremely gay (take that word either way) or drunk off many many steins of beer.
As you are guessing we opened the bags and they are cold and not appetizing at all. We were in shock. What is this treachery?! This isn't candy! Marbles?!! WTH?
I of course lick one of the small ones just in case...at that point our pitiful sad faces turned to laughs
First question is Why are they handing out marbles to two adults? Second, Why are these cartoons so very entertaining? Thirdly, What in the world is the green marble Centurion dude shoving in his mouth? I'm not so curious to really look into it and search around for references to these little people. I am sure we will see them again.
I guess this is what the toys at McDonald's look like to outsiders, but we don't hand toys out to adults in candy wrappers. It was quite mean. Yes, we were this upset over not getting candy...we will get over it, but it was a lesson learned. Lick before biting into what strangers give you :-)
Silly Germans
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