WHY LEARN GERMAN?Cultural Awareness
Did you know that . . . On the 12th day of Deutschunterricht, my Deutschlehrer gave to me, 12 things Made in Germany:
12 ----- a CD of German songs, which includes Edelweiß,
Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht,
Halleluja Chor,
and Oh Tannenbaum, Oh Tannenbaum
11 ----- a choice of a Hummel, Levis, Kölnisches Wasser 4711, Adidas Sportschuhe, or a Steinway Klavier;
10 ----- Lederhosen or Dirndl;
9 ----- a Märchenbuch from the Brüder Grimm;
8 ----- a ski trip to the Bayerische Alpen on the Zupspitze mountain peak in Bavaria, Including jodeln and playing an Alpenhorn;
7 ----- a Kuckucksuhr from the Schwarzwald;
6 ----- a Rhine River cruise from Bingen to Köln in September, which stops in the many wine villages and cities to participate in the many Weinfeste by sampling the local Wein;
5 ----- a Bierkrug from the Löwenbräu beer tent, 1 of the 16 tents where you can experience German Gemütlichkeit
for 16 days during mid-September to the beginning of Oktober on the Wies'n
in München during Oktoberfest;
4 ----- a choice of Münchner Bier vom Faß, a Flasche of Rüdesheimer Weißwein, or a Schnapsglas of Schwarwälder Kirsch:
3 ----- a choice of visiting one of 3 bayerische Königsschlösser built by the “Mad King of Bavaria,” König Ludwig: Herrenchiemsee, Linderhof, or Neuschwanstein;
2 ----- a ride on the Autobahn in a German-made car: BMW, Audi, Porsche, Mercedes Benz, or Volkswagen;
1 ----- a shopping trip to Aldi, a German Lebensmittelgeschäft, where you can buy Schnitzel, Bratwurst, Sauerbraten, Sauerkraut, Spätzle, Brezeln, Bonbons, Kirschtorte, Apfelstrudel, Schokolade, or Limburger Käse.
