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Here's a really unusual movie I watched recently - it's apparently a German/Austrian collaberation and strangely, it's a Western - but set in the Alps. I know, weird. But it was good in a dark, disturbing sort of way.
And like you, I am fascinated by the Iron Curtain. Have you ever read anything about Martha Dodd, the American spy for the Soviet Union, who was the daughter of the ambassador to Germany in the 1930s? I'm on a tear about her right now. What a weirdo!
Both countries are very similar for an average person - similar climate, low wages, high taxes, very crowded, no significant energy resources, both countries policies are dictated by US.
The only significant difference there is really the language.
There's tons of the UK I haven't seen - I will freely admit that. I would love to go back for another visit and I probably will - several times. I haven't seen Scotland or Northern Ireland at all, for that matter!
Germany with no hesitation. I find that country more intellectually challenging(especially for someone who speaks German like me), more central in Europe (Switzerland, Austria, Hungary, Italy are close), more open to other cultures (Multikulti), and I absolutely loathe northern oceanic climates with their abysmal lack of sun. Germany being partly continental is better in that respect. And in some regions (Rhineland for instance) German wines are excellent , food ain't that bad either .
I appreciate also the German charachter, rather subdued and discreet, those are virtues for me.
Britain has some qualities of course, but in the long run as a continental european, I believe I would fit more in Germany.
Germany with no hesitation. I find that country more intellectually challenging(especially for someone who speaks German like me), more central in Europe (Switzerland, Austria, Hungary, Italy are close), more open to other cultures (Multikulti), and I absolutely loathe northern oceanic climates with their abysmal lack of sun. Germany being partly continental is better in that respect. And in some regions (Rhineland for instance) German wines are excellent , food ain't that bad either .
I appreciate also the German charachter, rather subdued and discreet, those are virtues for me.
Britain has some qualities of course, but in the long run as a continental european, I believe I would fit more in Germany.
Actually, I looked this up and all of Germany's major population centers get more rain than London and most of the rest of the UK aside from the UK's rainiest areas. German cities also get fewer sunshine hours, aside from Munich, which has maybe 4 more days of sunshine per year.
For perspective, Munich, which supposedly has better weather than most German cities, has 1777 hours of sunshine per year and 38 inches of rain on average, and Seattle has 2170 sunshine hours and 37 inches of rain. The other German cities are even worse than Munich. I was surprised. Just from the numbers, German weather looks like it kinda sucks.
Germany with no hesitation. I find that country more intellectually challenging(especially for someone who speaks German like me), more central in Europe (Switzerland, Austria, Hungary, Italy are close), more open to other cultures (Multikulti), and I absolutely loathe northern oceanic climates with their abysmal lack of sun. Germany being partly continental is better in that respect. And in some regions (Rhineland for instance) German wines are excellent , food ain't that bad either.
Judging by the percentage of the immigrant population, Germany has slighty less "Multikulti" than the UK, and I think it is a good thing. You can speak the language of the land and still be understood pretty much anywhere.
And it's funny that at least two forum members who are of German-speaking origins (one German, one Austrian) have voted for the UK.
i live in Germany and can't complain about anything here. I don't got the feeling that i'm missing something.
Same can possibly said about the UK. You will certainly have a nice time in either place if you make the best out of it.
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Careful, Kathryn! Careful ....
