Things That Make You Go Hmm: Germany Edition

This will be a quick post about things that have made me go hmm. I'm sure by the time I leave in 3+ years none of this will be weird for me.

• Walking into a department store I see a guy undress to his bikini speedo undies and he tries on a pair of shorts. In the states this same guy would have been arrested for undressing near children or something crazy like that. 
•  We have yet to see a truck here (besides the ones those crazy American's bring with them). That includes out on the farm. Josh pointed out that the farmers were using vehicles similar to a Geo Tracker. Maybe one day the Germans will realize they could get a lot more accomplished with a pickup truck. 
• While shoe shopping for Joslyn I noticed it is very hard to find shoes with laces. Joslyn is in a size 13 shoe and they all had velcro. I checked bigger youth sizes as well...but still velcro was on size 1,2,3 and so on on youth sizes. I guess my question is, when do Germans teach their kids to tie shoelaces?? I saw a size 3 youth Nike running shoe with velcro!!  
• At a nice restaurant the girls shared a piece of minced meat and white rice...which came with a packet of ketchup. Josh and I got "red rice"...rice with tomato paste in it. 
• After dinner was finished and the bill was paid the girls got suckers and Josh and I got a shot of something (Schnapp of some kind). Nothing like a shot before you get in your car! Funny seen how Germany  has strict laws on drinking and driving..hmmm. 
• Sex shops are normal here. So normal there was one in the Frankfurt Airport. They are not discreet behind blacked out windows or anything either. Their merchandise is out in the window display for all to see.
• Driving on the autobahn and looking out into the beautiful scenery we also got a eyeful of nakedness.  The Germans are fine and comfortable with nudity. They will be nude at beaches, water parks, etc. In many places the men and women even share changing rooms. They let it all hang out, no shame here! 

I will say that I love that the German's are not body conscious like we are. They don't sexualize body parts like we do in the states. I really think we could learn a lot from them and we would have less plastic surgery, less body image issues and much higher self esteem if we just accepted our bodies for what God gave us.

That's it for now but I'm sure this list will continue to grow.