A month in Germany

I have been living for a month in Germany and I think I could tell some characteristics of life here which seem to be a bit strange to the eyes of an Spaniard like me.

First thing I would like to mention are traffic lights. Their functioning is rather strange. I mean, in Spain we also have traffic lights and I know the basics. But I mean that in a crossroad, here in Germany, you have at the same time, the two traffic lights in red for the cars or green for them. It should not be that way, at least, it is not in all the places I have been. Nevertheless, I am pretty sure there is a great reason for this strange functioning, there is always a reason for everything in Germany.

My apartment is quite close to a hospital and I think I am starting to regret it. You should hear the volume of ambulances, here. It seems they just want to be sure that drivers are aware of their presence by making an incredible noise. And if ambulances are noisy, firemen (o firepersons or whatever) are twice of three times noisier, they are like a rock concert or a landing aeroplane.

Bikes are some kind of mistery for me. I have seen the same bike, parked in the same place during one month and I am desperate trying to find an answer for this. My best estimate is that they are left by the owners in different points of the city, "just in case" they need to use them. I mean, imagine I go to Westend one day, then I know that I have parked a bycicle in a square and I can cycle back home. If you watch the amazing number of bycicles parked in some train stations (such in Heidelberg), you would believe in my theory.

In a few days, I must get my hair cut. Let's see if I can make myself understood by hairdressers'...