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How many years have you been living in Germany, Rob?

I’ve been living in German speaking areas for about seven years. seven years. Erm..I spent…erm..about four years living in Germany the firsttime in..in..Frankfurt, or Giessen rather, and…near Cologne. And then we moved down to Basel for a couple of years, and now I live back up not from Cologne again.

How does life in Germany comparewith life in the UK?

It’s more . It’s more organised. Streets are cleaner. Erm…the bureaucracy is a system that….i..it’s one people laugh about a lot; Germany bureaucracy and and organisation…but thesystem does work.

So you can get things done. If you have t..to go to the local government to get some papers, you can do it quite easily.

, yeah. To register in a new area is something thattakes a half an hour. It’s very simple, very easy. You take along the papers you need, they get stamped and you again. It’s easy.

Sounds fantastic! Erm..what about the weather, the food?Heh…heh..heh..erm..it depends on the area of Germany. The area I keep landing in is grey, relatively cold. It never gets really cold in winter, it never gets really hot in summer. Erm..i..it’s quite likeEngland, . But..erm..but southern Germany is..is really warm..i..it’s beautiful and they have good heavy winters…lots of snow, degrees in summer…

Lot’s of skiing presumably..

They have..yeah.. lots ofskiing in Schwarzwald….yeah, it’s…er..there’s a big across Germany.

How’s the food?

Heh..heh..heavy! Heh…the food is very heavy..erm..lots of pork, lots of cream sauces..on..on foods..erm…lotsof… Bratkartoffeln …these fried potatoes, very fatty. Erm… sauerkraut..this pickled cabbage that’s cooked..sauerkraut..it’s terrible..

Heh..heh…heh..you haven’t for it?

No, and I don’t intent to.How would you describe German people..erm.. the Spanish and the Italians...Mediterranean people. How would they compare?

More . It takes a long time to get to know..erm..German people in...