You know you're going through Kandern withdrawal when...
...you find yourself perusing the Facebook Flomรคrkte, just for fun.
...you are beyond overwhelmed by the grocery store's massive size and amount of options, and are appalled at the high price of fancy cheeses.
...whenever you get in the car, you put your left foot on the brake, and you feel insecure if your hand isn't on the gear shifter.
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| The day I learned to drive stick shift |
...the foods you missed in America don't taste as good as you remembered, and you find yourself longing for some fresh, crusty German bread.
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| Chipotle wasn't quite as good as I remembered |
...you find it hard to concentrate in stores because the music is so loud.
...and speaking of music, you seem to have missed all the recent hits that everyone is singing and dancing to at weddings.
...you scoff when someone tries to tell you about an "old" building...from the 1800s.
...you feel an intense moral dilemma when you throw away a piece of trash, and a deep sense of shame seems to follow tossing a teeny bit of plastic in the trash, instead of recycling.
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| Our monthly trash allotment in Germany |
On the other hand...
...you are stunned by how easy it is to go to the store and leave with the product you are looking for.
...a phone call with a customer service representative becomes delightful without the frequent pauses due to typing into Google translate.
...life generally seems to take less energy than it did oversees.
...you find yourself enjoying all the SPACE -- wide roads, big yards, space between houses.
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| Even some of the doors were tiny in Germany! |
...the long wait to see family and friends makes reconnecting all the sweeter.
