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    1. [GERMAN-LIFE] Re: German walking habits
    2. Katharina Hines
    3. Hi, When I meet my husband in Germany,some years ago, he told me, when ever we are going back to the USA, he is never going to walk again. Even if he has to go across the street. He said, if we should walk all the time, God never helped us to invent cars. I my home town (Göttingen) in the old part of the town, the streets are so narrow (the cars park on both side of the street)on a two way street, with side walks on both sides. We walked on the side walks and to cars meet. One of the cars drove on the side walk, were I was walking, I had to step inside the entrance on one of the houses, so both cars could drive on that street. My husband was behind me, he took a picture of it. We are still laughing about it. He told every one, I looked like spider man climbing up on the house wall. When I was in Oldenburg , that is a town were every one rides a bike. Every were you look there are bikes. You have to watch them also, because the sidewalks are made for bikers and people who walk. Some of the people are in a big hurry, they just drive between the walking people. I couldn't believe my eyes, when a police man ticked a bike rider for some thing. The bike rider was sure made, you could tell he talked to the police man pretty bad. But I still like my walking, for health reason I can't walk very far. But when I walk that is the best time for me to sort out things. If I have some thing on my mind, by the time I am through walking, I have every thing straighten out. My husband kept his word, he will not walk very much. Katharina _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com

    06/16/2001 04:44:07