5 things i learned today

so really, the title should be "5 things i learned today about umbrellas," but i didn't want to give it ALL away right from the start =)

thing 1: what those little metal basket things at the entrances to restaurants, stores and cafes are for: umbrellas!

thing 2: umbrellas are cheap in germany

thing 3: there's a reason for that--everyone needs 8 or 9 of them, because...

thing 4: when it rains (and it rains every 5 seconds), it pours, and if you don't have one, you end up looking like a drowned rat--not that i'm speaking from experience or anything... or you could forget your umbrella in one of those little metal basket things, and it would be good if you had another 3 or 4 with you!

thing 5: i can't talk about Harry Potter with Germans without busting out a British accent. (what, you ask, does this have to do with umbrellas? i'm not entirely sure either, but aren't rain and umbrellas and those little umbrella basket things British?!?!)


now playing: "Katzen brauchen, Katzen brauchen, Katzen brauchen furchtbar viel Musik!!" (for the unitiniated, this is the german version of the everybody wants to be a cat song from the Aristocats
now reading: german travel guides =)