(through my eyes)!
When I was offered to come to live in Germany, my first reaction
was that if I had never considered coming to this country even for
holidays, why then would I consider living here. Nevertheless, I
was asked to give it a try and my mindset would change, and so it
did!!
The following 10 statements are an attempt to summarize the
cultural learning I have had about my beloved Germans during the
2 years I lived in Mainz, in the Rheinhessen region of Germany. !
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The intention of these
statements is not to stereotype,
nor to cause any prejudgment.
On the contrary, it’s to break
some paradigms of what
many people told me about
Germans before I came here.
living abroad
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In any case, it’s a very personal vision of a very small part of this
country that I call “my Germany”. For my German friends, I hope
you don’t feel offended in any way. Y