Things I thought were odd, funny or different:
- roads were very narrow
- cars were very small
- sales tax was 19%
- 1gal of Reg gas was $5E
- plastic bags at grocery stores had to be paid for by the customers, $.6E
- highways had no lights
- no speed limits, unless posted
- all beers were sold in 1liter bottles
- pre-packaged marinated meats sold in grocery stores were very, very salty
- free to air satellite was showing Air Wolf
- free to air satellite did not censor shows, cussing was allowed and so was bare breasts

We went to Cologne and visited the Cologne Cathedral , Construction of Cologne Cathedral began in 1248 and took, with interruptions, until 1880 to complete – a period of over 600 years. It is 144.5 metres long, 86.5 m wide and its two towers are 157 m tall. The cathedral is one of the world’s largest churches and the largest Gothic church in Northern Europe (The largest cathedral in the world is in Seville) source.

WORLD WAR II

June 6, 1944, 160,000 Allied troops landed along a 50-mile stretch of heavily-fortified French coastline to fight Nazi Germany on the beaches of Normandy, France. General Dwight D. Eisenhower called the operation a crusade in which “we will accept nothing less than full victory.” More than 5,000 Ships and 13,000 aircraft supported the D-Day invasion, and by day’s end on June 6, the Allies gained a foot- hold in Normandy. The D-Day cost was high -more than 9,000 Allied Soldiers were killed or wounded — but more than 100,000 Soldiers began the march across Europe to defeat Hitler. source.

Rosetta Stone Version 3: German Level 1, 2 & 3 Set

Guten Tag! – Tag! Hello! – Hi!
Grüß Gott! Hello! (southern Germany & Austria)
Grüß dich! Hello! (familiar, informal)
Guten Morgen! – Morgen! Good morning! – Morning!
Guten Abend! Good evening!
Gute Nacht! Good night!
Wie geht es Ihnen? How are you?
Wie geht’s? How are you? (familiar, informal)
Danke, gut. Fine, thanks.