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When people go on holiday to a foreign country, they’re likely to see some things there they like more than at home. Germany was no different for me, so here we go (bear in mind that the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence and that there probably are other things that are better here):

First of all, traffic. People in Germany are allowed to drive faster on several occasions. I completely understand why that’s not the case in Belgium: people are less friendly and less responsible. E.g. when we came back to Belgium, everybody was driving in the middle lane of the highway, while the right lane was completely empty. It’s something that happens too in Germany, but (much) less frequently.

Than there’s recycling. In Germany there’s a cashback for plastic bottles, which helps keeping the streets clean. You pay a bit more when you buy the bottle, but you get that extra amount of money back when returning it to the store.

In the small towns you still can enjoy the I-trust-you-feeling. E.g. I had to change my €500 note in notes of €50 and the bank clerk didn’t even check whether the note was legitimate or not!

To summarize: we had a really nice vacation (we even stayed there for a day longer than originally planned) and I’m not glad we’re back.

Guest blog by macten.
So Tessa and Jasper made it to Donzdorf and, boy, are they enjoying it!

So, in less than an hour we’ll be leaving to Germany to visit our friends, Matthias, Silke and their daughter, Louisa. We’ll be mostly driving by night, because I don’t like too much traffic.

I’ll post some pictures that are worth sharing while we’re there.