Berlin, an impression

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I'm not interested in the workings of foreign toilets, but there were some peculiar things I noticed about German culture whilst being in Berlin for two weeks.

- Punks. They still exist. In fact, the streets are literally crowded with them, sitting around with their dogs. They're kinda like Torontonian bums, except they're younger; not all of them are that homeless; they usually stay in larger groups; and they're punk.

- Brunch. German's do the whole Sunday brunch thing as well. Except that their idea of a brunch consists of an all-you-can-eat buffet. This I think is a generally bad idea, for this way you eat way too much to get your money's worth (although you only need one meal a day).

-- Party! Some German's have good taste. There is a big market for Gothic music in Germany, for example. However, unfortunately, there's also too much techno. And the places where they play this shit are illegal parties in dilapidated basements. So yes, that wasn't the best thing ever. Also, the German's have this weird social custom of hitting the bottom of their beer bottles together every other second as a nonverbal way of saying cheers with every sip they take. Otherwise, they like getting drunk on (tiny) bottles of Jagenmeister. They think it's common courtesy to walk around drinking bottles of booze on the subways, and to leave them in the streets for the bums to pick up. They know how to party though, as shown by the Karneval der Kulturen, a funny parade. Two silly chickenguys thought it a good idea to worship me, the Hare Krishna's gave us sweet food with nuts, a guy almost died laughing because I gave him back a flyer I had gotten from someone else (there were too many pretty girls handing out flyers) when he tried to hand me one, so I thought I was rid of that piece of paper, when this clown came by handing out the same flyer and when I refused to take it he proceeded to hang on to my leg begging me to 'please take it' and wouldn't go away till I did. Some people thought I was a German student apparently, for they handed me a flyer about going abroad for a year. I just did that people! Anyways, it was fun, and then we had some Absinthe! (thank you, long haired roommate of Ze Wise One!) It was lovely. I think I have been an addict all my life but didn't know until I had my first glass.....