Ich denke, dass Deutschen sind sehr interessant! With all the weird phobias out there, I'm not surprised that this one exists.. in fact, it's probably on the milder side of "why would anyone even think of that?" Although I was surprised to hear that it's specifically Germans who are afraid of drafts. Ich denke, dass Deutschen sind sehr intelligent, aber diese Angst makes no sense. Ironically, "leading scholars and doctors" are the ones that introduced this irrational fear. This relates also to how Germans treat illnesses. Es ist lustig that one of the most engineering-based advanced nations denies modern medicine, and still prefers to treat illnesses like how they would have several centuries ago.

Ich agree mit ihren über Saunas. Ich denke, dass sie sind relaxing. I'm not surprised that they use saunas to relax, many people do. That's partially what they're there for. What did surprise however was the article on Germany's "aged" students. I think it would be interesting to see the differences between that environment and the one here, where we're mostly surrounded by people in our own age group +-2. I think it would be interesting how classes are conducted since people have such different maturity levels, experiences.