Robert has asked how the typical day of a German look. That is to say, but I'll try it once! The day begins for many at first with the German clock. The ringing quite early, usually about seven clock. Then, showered, pulling at each other. It continues with a breakfast. On the table, coffee or tea, cereal or bread with jam stand. Who has time to even read a newspaper or listens to the radio a little way, then it's either the car or the bus or train. So you drive to work, and most Germans start at eight clock at work. Of course, there are professions where you start later, for example in the media. The first to do business at ten clock. And of course there are professions where you have to start earlier - for example, open bakeries usually have about seven clock their doors.
Work is then usually to twelve clock. At twelve clock is lunch time and you go to a cafeteria to eat. Canteens are great restaurants for the company employees that are cheaper than regular restaurants. Somewhere, or get a snack. Some people also take with them from home food. The lunch break lasts for up to half an hour. Then it goes into the work, and at six clock in the evening, many people have it a day and go home. Again, there are differences, of course, again, some work until late at night.
The daily life of most Germans, it is also to stand in traffic jams. For as many people start working at the same time, the cars clog the streets. So you need a lot of patience. This problem, of course, have not those commuters who travel by train or bus to work, but also the public transport at certain peak times overcrowded.
In the evening, in most German families eat more cold, for example, sandwiches. Therefore, the dinner is also in the German dinner. Some German go straight after work in a gym or do sports out there, for example, go jogging or swimming. At eight clock in the evening then comes the evening news, the most famous German news program on television. Many German so informed about what is happening during the day. And then it goes a little TV and went to bed already.
On Saturday many German then do the things they did not make it during the week. As the shops close at 20 clock, so clock in the evening at eight, it does not create a lot of German, during the week to go, for example, for cleaning. They do this weekend. Or clean it the car, or they go shopping. Sunday is the traditional family gathering, you meet friends or relatives, eating cake and drinking coffee in the afternoon, or you make a trip.
That was once a standard tag, or a standard week. But it may also be different. I am self-employed, for example, I work at home and have no fixed working hours. That means I get up until between eight and nine clock, kill the day the budget and working on various assignments. In the evening I cook, and I often go to the movies with friends. I often work after that even more, sometimes up to three clock early. Even on weekends I often work, but that does not bother me. For that I can be flexible and for example, on Tuesday during the day and time to go to yoga. Or make a new episode for you Slow German ...
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Robert has asked how the typical day of a German look. That is to say, but I'll try it once! The day begins for many German first with ...
