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A stranger in a new country: Germany

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"Have you come to experience your dose of 'the German treatment'? Do you feel alienated and can't help but blame your cold surroundings in this country? Then this is for you."

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Getting Along in Germany: Privacy

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"Have you found it difficult to make friends with Germans? Do you feel like your neighbors are indifferent and standoffish? Do you worry that people here don't seem to like you very much? Then let me introduce you to the German core value of privacy."

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Christmas trivia at Weihnachtsmarkt

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For this Tuesday evening tour along the main strips of the Leipzig Christmas Market, the people from Free Walking Tour Leipzig promise to answer "everything you wanted to know about Christmas but were afraid to ask."

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Getting Along in Germany: Service

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"It's like trying to play frisbee with someone who is trying to play checkers." In this series, Blossom Foster addresses key aspects of getting along in German culture, focusing on some pet peeves of internationals as well as typical points of misunderstanding and frustration.

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“Like Thomas to Mendelssohn’s Wedding March”

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Leipzig elements woven into a tapestry pattern of a Germanophile literary reader – a maze of well-combined imagery.

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Fastnacht: and some say Germans are sour

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"I had the pleasure of watching the pretty cobbled streets of Romanesque Konstanz become conquered by clowns, fools, monsters, devils, wild beasts, and every fruit and vegetable imaginable."

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