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You voted for it and here it is, a podcast about nudity in Germany.
In this episode, I’ll be talking about how the German sensibilities regarding the naked body as well as in what situations and circumstances where it might confront you in your visit to Germany. I do not take a moral stand here, as I think that is the purview of others, but I do try to sensitize you to the fact that perceptions are different in Germany as compared to yours.
Here are a few interesting articles that give you some of the historical-cultural background to the German predilection for nudity:
Nude in Germany, a brief discussion of German nudist beaches and the nudist movement
Why German Nudists are Worried, an interesting article in the Wall Street Journal about the East German Nudist Clubs, yesterday and today.
Summer vacation is coming to a close and I thought that this might be an interesting one for my German and American readers. Stereotypes are still a big issue between the two cultures and it’s undescribeable scenes like the one below which fuel them. This is a video of some American University Professors (not THE American University in DC) having an argument during a student debate class.
It’s pretty weird…
stay tuned, folks, I’m getting back into the swing of podcasting
Yes, yes, we all know that this is a blog and podcast about Germany. However, business has me in Italy quite often recently, so I though that is might be fun to show you a bit about what it’s like traveling elsewhere. You’ll notice that I’m in the company of Germans, however, so I’m keeping with the theme
The European Cup is in full swing in Austria and Switzerland and the German national team has made it into the semi-finals. The mood is reminiscent of the World Cup, which Germany hosted just two years ago.
With the Germany National team doing so well the public viewing areas in most cities are starting to become more well visited and in little towns like mine, neighbors are gathering together every night to grill and watch the games together.? It’s a special time, quite apart from the football (or soccer, as we Americans call it) and is this podcast I just wanted to give you a small idea of what’s going on.
For the next podcast I’m taking a poll about the topic, either NUDITY IN GERMANY or NATIONALISM/NAZIS IN GERMANY. It’s your choice, so please vote.
VOTING IS CLOSED
And I was going through Amazon and found some cool stuff that you might like to have. Just browse the carousel and if you’re interested, click on the product.
In this episode I talk about German names, some of which can sound very unusual to a native English speaker. You’ll get a chance to hear about some of the most popular boy’s and girls names over the past few years and I talk about German laws and practices regarding the naming of your children.
It’s been a long while since I put out a fresh podcast, but I’ve been surprised to see my subscriber stats go up rather than down. Just goes to show you, the less I say, the more popular I am
I’d like to especially thank Sigrun Bjork from Iceland for sending me a very nice e-mail!
As always, I’m very keen to hear about your thoughts, comments, corrections and questions about the topics I’ve covered as well as anything that you may be interested in learning about Germany? You can contact me here or add me on skype: tauralstravles
.And I was going through Amazon and found some cool stuff that you might like to have. Just browse the carousel and if you’re interested, click on the product.
In this episode, I’ll be talking about how the German sensibilities regarding the naked body as well as in what situations and circumstances where it might confront you in your visit to Germany. I do not take a moral stand here, as I think that is the purview of others, but I do try to sensitize you to the fact that perceptions are different in Germany as compared to yours.
The European Cup is in full swing in Austria and Switzerland and the German national team has made it into the semi-finals. The mood is reminiscent of the World Cup, which Germany hosted just two years ago.
With the Germany National team doing so well the public viewing areas in most cities are starting to become more well visited and in little towns like mine, neighbors are gathering together every night to grill and watch the games together.? It’s a special time, quite apart from the football (or soccer, as we Americans call it) and is this podcast I just wanted to give you a small idea of what’s going on.
