Cómo se paga al médico

Aqui en Alemania, cuando vas al médico "por lo privado", después de la visita, no tienes que pagar, ellos, simplemente, te envían una factura a la dirección que tú mismo hayas apuntado en el formulario. No piden tarjeta de crédito, ni cuenta bancaria, confían en que cuando te llegue la factura, pagarás.

¿A donde miramos antes de cruzar una calle con semaforo de peatones ?

(Vamos a generalizar un rato, que es divertido ....)

Vas a cruzar una calle con semáforo para peatones y ves que esta en rojo, ¿qué haces?

En Alemania, sigues mirando al frente, hasta que se pone en verde, entonces cruzas y sigues mirando al frente ya que estas seguro al 100% de que los coches respetarán su semáforo.

En España, miras a los lados para ver si no vienen coches y te da tiempo a cruzar, si no ves oportunidad, esperas hasta que se ponga en verde y, mientras cruzas, sigues mirando al lado por el que vienen los coches por si alguno se despista.

Dreiländereck

There is a place close to Aachen called "Dreiländereck" (in English, the Three Countries Corner) where Holland, Belgium and Germany meet in one point.
Landscape is amazing all around, very nice forests, quiet atmosphere, fat and tall cows and - this Sunday - also sunny and warm.
Anyway, what I really do like of this place is that you can look for traces of a border as long as you want but you will find nothing at all. Sometimes you can get confused and don't know in what country you are and, in such moment, it is when you say to yourself: "and ... who cares in what country I am?"
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaalserberg
Google maps: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&time=&date=&ttype=&q=aachen&ie=UTF8&ll=50.755504,6.02113&spn=0.006272,0.020084&t=h&z=16&om=1

... a security guy ....

... the security guy approaches a couple during a tennis tournament break and says while pointing to a piece of paper beside them: "is it yours?", the couple say: "yes, it is" and the security guy, very politely but clearly, states: "please, make sure you take it with you before you leave, thanks" ....

... a security guy ....

... the security guy approaches a couple during a tennis tournament break and tells while pointing to the a piece of paper that was beside them: "is it yours?", the couple say: "yes, it is", the security guy, very politely but clearly, states: "please, make sure you take it with you when you leave, thanks" ....

Strawberries

This evening I felt like buying some fresh fruit for dinner and there was a guy by the sidewalk selling strawberries, I came by and saw two types, the Germans, 5 € per basket and the Spanish, 2 € per basket .... I thought it over and .... please, don't ask me why I chose the Germans .... by the way, they are delicious ....
Mariano Blaya
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How beer is seen in German language

... the other day my German language teacher was telling me all alcoholic beverages take masculine gender in German (der Whisky, der Wein, der Sekt, ...) but Bier which takes neutral gender ... like bread (das Brot) ... beer is seen closer to bread than to wine.

.... it was probably just a mnemotecnic rule to help to remember such exception ... it was funny

No es por dar envidia ....

... no es por dar envidia a los madrileños, pero hoy en Düsseldorf hace un dia soleado y he tardado diez minutos en venir al trabajo andando ....