"How to become German in 20 easy steps"

As a BITS student you may be wondering what life in Germany will actually look life. Adam Fletcher, an Englishman living in Berlin and „honorary German“, wrote a fun introduction to typical German experiences. As German researchers we can confirm that he really covers all the important things, like apfelsaftschorle, insurances or „how to open a beer bottle with anything but a bottle opener“.* Read more about this on his blog. There is also an extended version available as ebook, and once you are familiar with all the German quirks take the online questionnaire and find out how German you are.

*In his blog Adam Fletcher also writes about German food and mentions the difficult situation for vegetarians, saying „Being a vegetarian here is probably about as much fun as being blind at the zoo.“ We think this has much improved in the last few years. Getting vegetarian food is not an issue, neither at the student cafeteria nor in the city.