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Each year thousands of German first grade students get their first school bag  – Schulranzen, the bag that they will be using for the first 4 years of school. The bags themselves each cost upwards of €100 and are mandatory for children in elementary school. For years I’ve seen kids running around with these bags [...]

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Okay, I know this seems like a funny topic for an episode, but you would not believe how many of our visitors to Germany comment on how odd German windows are…either that or they have problems figuring out how to work them. It’s wither that or they’ve somehow gotten the window off all hinges but [...]