Kapitel Kultur 10

As I'm looking out the window at a 60 degree day in Ann Arbor, a few of these articles seemed a little out of season.
I did watch the clip of "Dinner for One," and it was indeed, very British. And it was pretty funny too! I don't know if I would want to watch it more than 3 times in my life though. I did find it interesting in the article that the clip had never been shown in the UK.
The Christmas article also just made me sad that I couldn't go to Ann Arbor's Christmas Market this year. I love Germany's love of festivals (which was also interesting to read about in the book), something that isn't really as present in the US, and this one in particular seemed especially pleasant...and profitable!

The Fathers day celebrations, however, were a little confusing. To me, going out and drinking all day (and avoiding the children and family) seems a little counter intuitive, as men are hardly celebrating with their children or setting a good example. Though, celebrating in such a way may be the example they want to set, or time away could possibly be seen as their reward for being a father. Who knows! But I thought that was a pretty funny difference between American and German Father's Days. You'd think days of celebration like those would also push for stores that stayed open as well...
I also looked into Interlaken, which looked quite wonderful. Their top list of things to do there were shopping, paragliding, white water rafting, and hiking Harder Kulm. Basically, that's on my list of places to go now.
Lastly, I was happy to read about the Brothers Grimm's history, as I've read a lot of the fairy tales they've collected, but heard different things about the stories origins.
Back to places I want to go too, Switzerland sounds completely charming. I was unaware that they had so many national languages, which astounds me. And I thought it was interesting that Canadians spoke both english and french! Switzerland wins.