Top 10 ways to know you're back in Germany...

10. The guy in the airplane gets all upset because the stewardess served him dinner.
Yeah, apparently he told the "pasta-serving stewardess" he didn't want anything, and when the "chicken-serving stewardess came through giving everyone with an empty tray chicken she naturally put one on his empty tray. When she asked if everyone now had everything they wanted they needed he got quite vocal and the poor stewardess was quite confused.
9. The aerial view shows a patchwork of fields, rolling hills and NO BASEBALL FIELDS
We play soccer here. If your village has more than 11 guys... there is a soccer club and a soccer field.
8. People speak German.
I realize this doesn't come as that much of a surprise, but the fun part is, people speak a wide variety of dialects. I missed my German dialects.
7. We have colorful money.
Diligent readers of my blog have heard this before, but having every bill be a different color makes life SO MUCH EASIER. It really does. U.S. Money Designers - are you reading this?
6.  Castles
We all get one. Even Schriesheim,...
5. Doener
Macht schoener. Ehrlich.
4. Cobblestone pedestrian zones,... small alleyways,... old buildings,...
We call it history.
3. Chocolate
Need I say more?
2. It's totally normal and okay to go places on your bike. There are places to park your bike EVERYWHERE
Dear Long Island: Bikes are a good thing.
1. My family is here.
They're kinda awesome.