pink, I have been to London and it's fantastic! One of my favorite cities in the world.
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Originally Posted by diddiyo
There's definitely a difference in lifestyles! Over here it's a lot more "learning by doing" whereas in Germany you have to study and practice a lot before you can get started in a job. It has its advantages and disadvantages. It certainly makes work a lot more interesting over here, because if you're interested and willing to take on new things there's a lot to learn.
The food is definitely different. Healthy food is expensive. Over here I pay about $7 or so for three red peppers. In Germany I used to pay maybe 2eur or so. That's pretty much the case for all vegetables etc. On the other side you get two huge bags of chips for like $3  I don't know what kind of bread you guys have in Sweden, but it's nothing like the bread we have in Germany. It might be called bread, but it's almost always more like toast. occasionaly you can find "my" kinf of bread at the bakery, but it's more expensive.
people also don't cook as much as what I'm used to from Germany and go out a lot more for lunch/dinner. |
That sounds good, around here it's mostly that if you don't have a veeery good education and is under 25, you're shit out ofluck in the good jobs department.
We have all kinds of bread in Sweden, we specialise in hard bread though. Not my favorite kind of bread though, I prefer stuff like ciabatta, greek bread, french bread, corn bread. I'd probably bake a lot of my own stuff if I couldn't find a decent bakery in the US since I NEED my bread.
Also on the subject of bread I found it kinda disturbing that remains of the loaf of toast I bought when I got to the US still had not gone stale at all ten days later when I left. Somethings odd there.
And I couldn't stand not cooking. Sure I would go out a bit because I found the assortment of restaurants in the US to be excellent, but cooking is therapeutic for me. Sometimes there's nothing better then whipping up some pasta with a tomato, onion and basil sauce.
Got another one for you:
Do you find it difficult to be accepted as a foreigner? If so does it depend on the region (since you moved around a bit)?
Great answers so far btw
