Never underestimate the power of fuzzy socks

Germany is freezing already and it isn't even winter yet! Well, I think it's freezing cause it's always cold, rainy and grey then I also just get cold easily. My feet are always cold, even when I'm inside, cause heat is expensive in Germany so we don't use a lot. Which means I'm always wearing my fuzzy socks to keep me warm  (I also have my fuzzy blue blanket I brought over from the states). 

Other small differences I've seen so far:

No girls wear dresses. Or skirts.  Unlike Saint James where dresses and skirts are usually worn more than pants, here it's blue jeans with a sweater and scarf. Pretty basic with little variation meaning most of the teenage girls here look the same to me. 

Germans wear wedding rings on the right hand ring finger. I don't know why, Bettina made a joke about it having to do something with the practicality of Germans. However, most other countries in Europe wear the wedding bands on the left hand, Bettina and Joe couldn't think of another country that wore them on the right. 

German trains are always late. When I was in the states, I always heard the German rail system was punctual and just good in general. They have the departure times down, a train will say it departs at 3:01 (I really don't get how that one extra minute makes that big of a difference) but chances are it won't leave right on time (sometimes it won't even be at the track when it's supposed to me departing). That doesn't just apply to trains either, the cable car is not usually late but there was one time it just didn't come. At all. I was waiting at the stop, early for once, and it said the cable car was coming...but it just didn't. Which then I missed my train....as you can tell, I like cars and the fact Americans are lazy and always take cars everywhere!