I woud like to ask people who lived in Germany for a while and now are somewhere else what do they miss of Germany. Some might say the beer, some others the perfect organisation of many public services, or others again the exhausting bureaucracy.
For me, I could think about two things in particular right now.
Imagine a dark night, a freezing night when it is snowing and the street are white and icy. It is almost midnight. I walk alone on the untouched sidewalks hearing the snow melting under my shoes, and then I hear a squeaking, creaking regular noise. A guy by bike, with a trembling light in the front, slowly moving his legs circularly to maintain somewhat some control on his vehicle. This image of a biked shadow in the snowy night where everything has just different shades of black will remain forever in my memory. And somehow the smell of the snow in the cold nights, the smell that it is not a smell because your nose is freezing and can't feel anything, that smell, I will miss that.
I admit I do not like German food on long term. But, but. But cakes, well, they are basically unbeatable. So many different types, from kind of light to calories bombs, with fruit, cream, chocolate, marzipan, all magnificently decorated: German cakes are just one of the sweet sides of life which I will miss.
For me, I could think about two things in particular right now.
Imagine a dark night, a freezing night when it is snowing and the street are white and icy. It is almost midnight. I walk alone on the untouched sidewalks hearing the snow melting under my shoes, and then I hear a squeaking, creaking regular noise. A guy by bike, with a trembling light in the front, slowly moving his legs circularly to maintain somewhat some control on his vehicle. This image of a biked shadow in the snowy night where everything has just different shades of black will remain forever in my memory. And somehow the smell of the snow in the cold nights, the smell that it is not a smell because your nose is freezing and can't feel anything, that smell, I will miss that.
I admit I do not like German food on long term. But, but. But cakes, well, they are basically unbeatable. So many different types, from kind of light to calories bombs, with fruit, cream, chocolate, marzipan, all magnificently decorated: German cakes are just one of the sweet sides of life which I will miss.
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