November 6th 2006
BIG!!
When you get into German territory, you will think that you suddenly found yourself in the Land of the Giants! yes, the Germans are BIG! While they have the same height as the Dutch (their border neighbour), the Dutch are usually slimmer, (probably because they eat unpalatable food or maybe they are naturally stingy that they scrimp on food) but the Germans are easily recognized by their BIGNESS! They are BIG because they eat far too much sausages and drink far too much beer! And it is not only their body size that is big! We went for a drink in a roadside cafe and found that even their table for two is sooo big! (hey, I come from France and their tables there are miniatures!). Their chairs are also big - i look like Alice sitting in one of those chairs in Wonderland village! and even their beer glasses come in liter sizes!we once stayed in a flat in Munich - last year when hubby was on a few-months stint with a German company - and boy! i can hardly see my face on the bathroom mirror….I had to tiptoe just to put on lipstick! Everytime I cooked I had to step on a stool just to see if my casserole is boiling; And when I washed the the plates on the sink, I used to suffer from arm ache for raising them too high to reach the tap!
