FINALLY

Ok, so I finally have a chance to make a blog entry.

Life here is pretty...different, so I've prepared a list of 10 things everyone should know about Mannheim (seeing as I do not know whether they are German specific)

1. Turks think mullets are cool.
Mullets and fanny packs set apart Mannheim turks from other gino's from the Mediterranean.
2. Zahlen Bitte.
this is how you ask for the bill, if you do not do this, you will sit at a cafe table for hours.
3. Eine Pils Bitte.
how to order a beer
4. My home is a ghetto...
just a warning to anyone living along hafenstrasse... the jungbausch is a sketchy neighbourhood...
5. Doeners
they will save your life many a drunk night. Basically the most glorious drunk food ever created
6. Keep off the grass
If it looks like its too nice to sit on, it probably is, beware the grass police.
7. Markttag
Probably misspelled, but its the market day, and it is a great chance to score good food.
8. Turks playing bad music from cellphones think their cool
They like to turn their mp3 phones into "ghetto blasters" (cause they blast it, and usually live in the ghetto) usually 12 year old girls, and usually bad music.
9. nutella
I never used to like it, but find i am surviving off of it...cant be healthy
10. Milk is like cream here
the lowest fat content ive seen is 1.5% and normal milk is 3.5% (no inbetween) and it only goes up from there....

more later!