Differences.

Pretty sure my blog yesterday can only have one critique........abismal.
It is not my fault. 
Alright I know, it is my fault. But like ah, shut up.

So I have been in Germany just about two months now and I do believe it is time to reflect and share with you what I have learned and discovered. 
Anybody feel like we are back at school retreat yet??? Dont worry I'm not going to talk about weird candle-passing forgiveness ceremonies or letters I've written to people I don't like, how I'm sure they are actually a really really nice person, probably.
Ummm, I'll paaaasss. 

So even though I'm living in a place similar to back home, though a bit smaller, I find it so much more interesting here. Not only because of the way it looks and feels but because of its history, and how I fit into it. I'm not totally sure that I DO fit into it, but it definitely has significance to me. My parents grew up here, and I'm constantly meeting new people who know them or were in their aquainted circle, and its just, cool. I always think to myself, if my parents hadn't moved to Australia then I would already know you, and, if my parents hadn't moved to Australia I probably would have already done this etc etc. And I'm getting to learn who and how my family is..In a way I'm catching up. 


German flora and fauna is so different. I see a wider variety of wild animals running around here, hares, rabbits, squirrels, birds, deer, fox and other weird ferret type furry animals. And there are wild flowers everywhere! I go for a daily walk and I see so many different and pretty colours. And yesterday before I rode my bike back from the lake from reading in the sun, I totally stuck my head in a cherry tree and had myself an afternoon snack. Yeah ok, you couldn't call it a snack exactly, seeing as most of the ripe uneaten ones where much higher than my reaching abilities (even when standing on a rock) and I'm pretty sure I also ate a worm, but how many times do you get the oportunity to eat wild cherries at the lake? 

The german people's mentality is strange but also quite unique. At first I thought they were just unfriendly and blunt. But actually I misunderstood and I'm pretty sure I'm not that different. 
Australians will ask you how you are as a form of greeting but arent actually all that interested in a truthful response, they will also ask you how your weekends are or your holidays and ask you heaps of questions, really actually quite nosey, and all just to seem polite and interested, even if they aren't. I think, the german people either find it too personal to ask such questions or they just aren't interested in a strangers life and therefor don't ask. Thats not rude, its just another way of being polite. Although, yes I have come across some STONEY people. But mostly just nice ones. 
Its possible to be nice and interested without being nosey and fake, and I don't think majority of Australians get that (ones in the service industry anyway) but then again, it is what is required as part of the job there. I dunno. Whatever. Its just different.


I could totally go on rambling about crap that probably doesn't even matter or make a difference. I guess what I'm trying to say is that I like it here. 
I can't get too comfortable though, because once I'm comfortable I start getting lazy, and then I stop trying to improve myself and/or life situation. And the whole point of my travel expedition was to figure it all out and become a grown up. That in itself will prove difficult as I dont believe in growing up either..... Geez at odds with myself again, no surprise there.