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German Sundays

9/10/2017

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I experienced my first Sunday in Freiburg. It’s very different. In my experiences in Nebraska and New Jersey, Sundays are used to get things done.  Church in the morning but afternoons were spent running errands: trips to the grocery, Earl May, Builders’ Warehouse, Target.

In Germany, most stores are closed.  Every Saturday feels like there’s a storm coming: “Do we have enough eggs? Bread? We can’t go to the store until Monday.”

The park was overflowing, and we saw so many families and couples on bike rides together. Is every Sunday like Fathers’ Day here?
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Julia
9/12/2017 06:35:42 pm

I love this report! Enjoy the slower pace. That's exactly the way it was a million years ago when I was growing up. Until I was in high school no stores, grocery or otherwise, were ever open on Sundays. Looking back, what a gift that was! Afternoons were spent reading, and in the evening we'd play the card game Rook and have either Pepsi or rootbeer floats--pop was only for Sunday night!

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