What do you think, when you think about Germany?

Question

What do you think, when you think about Germany?

Answer 1

The Black Forest; The Autobahn; pristine scenery; spatziergang; real candles on the Christmas tree; martzipan; heavy industry; precision engines; rocket science.

Answer 2

Prost! Drinking myself silly! Beatiful castles, and let's not forget the beatiful fraulines!

Answer 3

the pope

cold weather, mostly

tax

good social system (still)

raising crime

good work conditio

companies like bosch, siemens etc

great history with one exeption

many great engenieers (benz, horch etc

great culture

still good school system

great musicians (bach, mozart, haendel, beethoven, etc

michael schumacher

claudia schiffer, heidi klump

great actors (mario adorf etc

great automobile industry, bmw, mercedes, vw

female chancelor

holocaust

hitler

albert einstein

wernher von braun

what cities are famous for: munich - octoberfest, berlin - wall etc

good food like eisbein with sauerkraut, jaegerschnitzel

good beer and wine

autobahn

apfelwein, brezels

weisswurst

and a whole lot of friendly people

Answer 4

My childhood  ...oh and all that bier i drank    ;)

Frohes Fest!

Answer 5

I think first about my Oma and all my aunts and uncles and cousins.  Then I think about how beautiful the Alps are how much I enjoy being in Bavaria.  Everything is so very clean and lovely.  The customs, the food, the beer, the native attire.

I do think about Hitler too.  People tend to focus on the horrors that were visited upon the Jews, but the German people that lived during that time also had horrors visited upon them.

Answer 6

How could a Great nation like Germany could have a leader like Adolf Hitlar?

Answer 7

Yup.. good beer, sausages, pork knuckles ! :)

Answer 8

My home country. And, of course, my beloved Hamburg.

Answer 9

HOME SWEET HOME!! : )

Answer 10

This is an enjoyable thinking exercise...

When I think of Germany....

-Industrious, inventive hard working people.

-Quality products.

-Castles on hill tops.

-Quiet, breathtaking countryside that you could stare at all the time.

-Fresh air... perfect humidity.

-Walking, alot of walking and hiking.

-Fortress towns with impressive walls protecting them.

-Cobblestone streets where no cars are allowed and all you hear are the clip clop of horses walking with buggies behind.

-Bakeries with delectible tortes (blackforest cake, sachertorte) & pastries with a convenient cafe next door with rich coffee and Schlagsahne (whipped cream)... the beautiful old fashioned looking breads (rye, sour dough, pumpernickle)

-Trees, lots of trees and greenery on the huge hills/ mountains.

-People who really care about their history, culture, environment and are doing something to protect them and make them better.

-Open air markets with wonderful food... raw and cooked.

-Christmas... Tannenbaum, Christkindlesmarkt, Ornaments, Nutcrackers, Advent calendar and chocolate.

-Music, a wide variety... Mozart, Beethoven, Nina, Rammstein and oompa bands.

-Charming Cookoo clocks

-Beer of course.

-Saurkraut...I love it

-Leder hosen and Durndels (folk clothes)

-I'm not sure why but kinky s*x comes to mind too....sorry.

-Deer or stag statues, lots of antlers in some restaurants.

-Autobahn... way too fast, way too fun.

-Small cars, good cars.

(Funny, I think I've burned Hitler out of my association with Germany...Thank Goodness!)

That's off the top of my head in no particular order... I'm sure I could think of more but now I'm hungry for some coffee and cake!

Thanks!

Answer 11

~ancestors and heritage

~why haven't i ran away from this place yet to live there

Answer 12

I lived in Germany for over 15 years and If I could afford the cost of living over there , I would live there. I love America but, Germany and the Whole European community  has a history that goes back over 2000 years .  To walk on cobblestones that Medieval knights  crossed is  priceless.

Answer 13

Oktoberfest...beer!

Answer 14

I think about my Hometown Hamburg, the Cold and rainy weather now. The Christmas markets, Fish market and everybody I left behind for a while.

Greetings

Native from Hamburg

Answer 15

Hittler. Racism.

I mean I know they are more than that but it is wht comes first to my mind.

Answer 16

I have a friend that lived in Germany, I have only seen pictures, but that is the most beautiful place in the world. I would love to go there. First thing I think of is all the green trees, vineyards and mountains.

Answer 17

Interessant, gell, was die Amerikaner so denken?

LG

Answer 18

lots of green fields, my school's student exchange program, some friends I have there, some chips that I love and can only find there, the way I got to know my boyfriend 4 years ago ;)

All good my friend, all good!

Answer 19

I tend to get this warm and fuzzy feeling, like you do right after having eaten a big turkey dinner with a good bottle of wine; and I see lush vegetation, super-clean streets, white stone buildings of immaculate style and sturdiness, I feel the steering wheel and the leather gearshift k**b of my old BMW 635 CSi, and I see chestnut trees and old churches and elegantly shaped, tall glasses of foamy Hefeweisse Beer. And I think "what a nice place this is... wish I could be there now" ...

Answer 20

Thuringer Bratwurst!!!!! One of the masterpiece of human kind

The second thing that came to mind is Third Reich

The third thing would be punctuality

Answer 21

I think about wanting to go there on vacation

Answer 22

beer, wurst (sausage), the mountains, cute little villages, beautiful architecture, and many many other things, too much to put into words

Answer 23

schade,dass amis nichts weiter über deutschland kennen,wie unsere vergangenheit. ziehen wir sie mit dem vietnamkrieg auf?

Answer 24

chocolate

Hitler

clocks

sausage

beer

Christmas markets

Answer 25

Bayern Munich... but it may be only because of the recent Champions League match. Otherwise it would be the map, I guess... and then all the rest: literature, cuisine, history... etc.