{"id":418,"date":"2018-10-07T07:26:01","date_gmt":"2018-10-07T07:26:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unveilingwiesbaden.com\/?p=418"},"modified":"2020-02-07T09:49:31","modified_gmt":"2020-02-07T09:49:31","slug":"expat-observations-from-wiesbaden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unveilingwiesbaden.com\/index.php\/2018\/10\/07\/expat-observations-from-wiesbaden\/","title":{"rendered":"Expat Observations From Wiesbaden"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Scattered below, in no certain order, are observations I&#8217;ve made since moving to the land of lederhosen and schnitzel.\u00a0 If you have opinions you&#8217;d like to share, please leave a comment below&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When greeting a couple, German men often extend their hand to the woman first<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dogs are allowed in many public spaces (restaurants, grocery stores, etc..)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Adults love ice cream cones<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0Wiesbadners love afternoon coffee and cake <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Younger generations are quick to give up seats to the elderly <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Couples hold hands (young and old)<\/span><\/li>\n<li>There is a soup for every season (pumpkin\u00a0is my favorite)<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Coffee is served with a cup and saucer<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eggs often have feathers attached to shell<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An Apotheke is the equivalent to a candy store to middle-aged women (myself included)<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s frowned upon to put feet up on public transit<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cigarette vending machines are on every corner<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wine by the glass is inexpensive \u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Soda and water are expensive \u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li>German salads are THE best<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unveilingwiesbaden.com\/index.php\/2018\/09\/01\/the-star-of-german-festivals-flammkuchen\/\">Flammkuchen<\/a> is delicious <\/span><\/li>\n<li>Organized walks often end with beer and homemade cake<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">People wear wrist watches<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Table service is never rushed <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Riesling rules (I\u2019m searching for a good German red &#8211; anyone?)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Credit cards take a backseat to cash <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kids in single digits take public transportation, alone<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Church bells chime on the hour<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stores are closed on Sundays<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Restaurants (and a sprinkling of bakeries) are open on Sundays<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And last, but certainly not least\u2026<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sugar cubes exist<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_39\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-39 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unveilingwiesbaden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2017-08-16-18.32.57-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unveilingwiesbaden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2017-08-16-18.32.57-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.unveilingwiesbaden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2017-08-16-18.32.57-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unveilingwiesbaden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2017-08-16-18.32.57-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-39\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Flammkuchen &amp; Riesling<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Scattered below, in no certain order, are observations I&#8217;ve made since moving to the land of lederhosen and schnitzel.\u00a0 If you have opinions you&#8217;d like to share, please leave a comment below&#8230; When greeting a couple, German men often extend their hand to the&nbsp;<a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unveilingwiesbaden.com\/index.php\/2018\/10\/07\/expat-observations-from-wiesbaden\/\">&hellip;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":425,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[10],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unveilingwiesbaden.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unveilingwiesbaden.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unveilingwiesbaden.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unveilingwiesbaden.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unveilingwiesbaden.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=418"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.unveilingwiesbaden.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":430,"href":"https:\/\/www.unveilingwiesbaden.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418\/revisions\/430"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unveilingwiesbaden.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/425"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unveilingwiesbaden.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unveilingwiesbaden.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unveilingwiesbaden.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}