Comparing Family Life

Housing in Munich

        In this post, I will be comparing family life of Germans to my life in the U.S.The family I am staying with  is a family of five, two parents and three kids, with one set of grandparents living with them also. It actually is not common for grandparents to live in most German homes. Most families have about 1-3 children and two parents; Germans typically do not have large families. German houses are hard to describe. They are much different than American homes and they vary from where you live. In the actual city of Munich, there are many apartments and town houses, just typical big city housing (forgive me if I'm making stuff up, I don't live in a big city). The house I will be staying in is in the country-side of Munich. It is on a gorgeous piece of  land with a barn and a big farmhouse. I am not really sure what kind of farming they do... I was never told. This will be a new experience for me. I live on a lot of wooded land (like... a lot), but I am not used to farm-life. Germans eat a lot of the same thing Americans eat. I have heard that they eat a LOT of bread and cheese. I am perfectly fine with this!;)  There are still some specific German dishes also. One mentioned was  Spätzle, a doughy noodle dish. Again, German do a lot of the same things we do for fun: go bowling, hang out with friends, listen to music, eat, and going to movies. I am so thankful that I am not going to stick out as much as I thought!!!I think I will have a lot of fun with my "family"!   

A German farmhouse