In Indonesia, if Indonesian people see a foreigner, they start to think that they have to speak in English to the foreigner. And this could create some funny situation if the foreigner can speak Indonesian, because we’re not expecting it. That’s the paradigm in Indonesia: foreigner means speaking English.
In Germany, it doesn’t matter if you’re foreigner or not, people expect you to speak German! Probably for them, foreigners should adapt. And the result? Sometime I still surprise that people talk in German to me. I am a foreigner, I don’t have to speak local language…
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The story about Indonesian girl who stranded in a far away country named Germany.
About Me
Introduction
Hallo!
My name is Asti from Indonesia. I come to Germany as a scholarship grantee for Master Degree. I study Tropical Marine Ecology in the University of Bremen.
I never been to Germany before, in fact, I never been to Europe at all. Well technically I’ve been to Europe in 1996. I was stranded in Heathrow Airport, London for about 16 hours without having England’s visa, so I couldn’t come out to breathe the real England’s air. So I think, this doesn’t count as a ‘been to Europe’.
This blog is my stories about my daily life in Germany. How do I adapt to it and surviving it.
Enjoy!
My name is Asti from Indonesia. I come to Germany as a scholarship grantee for Master Degree. I study Tropical Marine Ecology in the University of Bremen.
I never been to Germany before, in fact, I never been to Europe at all. Well technically I’ve been to Europe in 1996. I was stranded in Heathrow Airport, London for about 16 hours without having England’s visa, so I couldn’t come out to breathe the real England’s air. So I think, this doesn’t count as a ‘been to Europe’.
This blog is my stories about my daily life in Germany. How do I adapt to it and surviving it.
Enjoy!
Topics
- Administration
- Apartment
- Arrival
- Bank
- Bremen
- Concert
- Dating in Germany
- Departure
- Entertainment
- Europe
- Event
- F and B
- Football
- German Etiquette
- German Language
- German Wedding
- Health
- Home Country
- Household
- Independence Day
- New Year Celebration
- Other Cities in Germany
- Religion
- Service
- Shopping
- Sport
- Studying in Germany
- Traveling in Germany
- UNESCO's World Heritage
- Weather
Comments & Questions
Don’t hesitate to post comments or questions for me. You can also ask me to write a new topic about German or Germany that you think should be described in here.
Asti's portfolio
All pictures are Asti's collection which taken by Asti's camera, except in the topics: Bremen, Building; a collection of ZMT, Bremen.
1 comment:
That's easy, it is because German is one of the most spoken languages in Europe. It is common to have those choices to learn at (high)school, with French too. And as perhaps you may notice, people here speak at least two languages, unless maybe they are very very old.
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