Germany Essen in My Eyes

I now live in Essen, which is called the fifth largest city in Germany. It is located in the middle of Ruhr. The traffic is convenient, but it's a bit messy, and there are cigarette butts everywhere (exaggeration! )。 This kind of filth is of course relative to other cities in Germany. I heard that Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Munich and other cities in southern Germany are beautiful and clean. I must go and see it when I have the chance, and then take some photos and write some good feelings for you.

In my impression, Essen is a city without three cities: tourist city, cultural center and economic center. Just because of the need to build Ruhr-gebiet, a large residential area has been built.

Our community is a dirty area in former West Germany, but it is better than domestic cities. The traffic is never crowded. No matter walking on the street or riding a bike, you can meet people by bus, and you have hardly seen anyone hiding in the car. Public transportation is very developed, with buses, subways, light rails and trains for people to choose freely. And these four tools are subdivided into many kinds of cars, which people who just came to Germany certainly don't know. Once caught buying the wrong ticket, you will be severely punished (generally 60-80 points). But Germans take the initiative on their own, and few people check in. Now there are more foreigners and more and more people are evading tickets, but I won't embarrass China people. I've seen several times that people who were caught checking tickets were all Asians, but I hope it wasn't China. But it is no wonder that the bus fare is very expensive. A one-way ticket in the city costs 3.4 marks (you can take any car, no matter how far you sit in the city, you can't turn back! )。 Short-distance ticket 2. 1 mark (only two or three stops), group ticket for five people 1 1.3 mark, which can be used by five people all day. I spent 20 marks on a bicycle, which is very economical and I can roam freely in this foreign land.

The problem of eating here is more serious, of course, it is not without food. Food is abundant, but most German bread sausages are sour, and there is no food suitable for China people, so we have to send us all kinds of seasonings at home for a while. I really plan to open a wholesale store of oil, salt, sauce and vinegar in Germany.

Have milk, coffee, bread with butter or chocolate sauce or fried eggs for breakfast. Lunch and dinner, fried rice, but few dishes can be fried, especially the meat problem is more serious-too expensive! (For us poor people, of course:) Hehe. Can only sell chickens to buy chickens to eat (a chicken is basically about 4 marks).

Living conditions are not bad. Generally, a single room is about 300 to 400 marks and 20 to 30 square meters. I live in a double room of 480 marks, which is fully equipped.

The situation of learning languages is getting worse, because there are more and more people in China. Last time I took the exam in Duisburg, more than 90% of them were from China, because language classes in Duisburg were free. The general situation in China is that grammar is good and listening and speaking are not good. With the increasing population in China, language classes in various universities are becoming more and more difficult, and the influx of China people has set obstacles for themselves.

After coming to Germany, I went to Trier, Dortmund, Dü sseldorf and Duisburg.

Trier is a tourist city, beautiful and expensive. Dü sseldorf is the most lively city in Ruhr where the Rhine River flows, and it is also the capital and economic center of North Rhine. I went on the weekend, giving people the feeling of spending Oktoberfest in Munich. The business district is crowded everywhere, the open-air seats in the bar are full of people, and street performers are playing with knives with torches. Duisburg is a university town, which is very quiet. The worst of these cities in North Rhine is Essen. Essen Railway Station has long been full of vagrants, unemployed people and drug addicts, and seems to be the center of drug trafficking in this area. In Germany, drug trafficking is guilty, but drug abuse is not. On weekends, the railway station is full of armed police with shields, bulletproof vests and helmets, all of whom are over 1.85 meters tall, which is cool! That's mainly because there is a football match on weekends, and the railway station is where fans gather. It seems that the police can shock the fanatical fans of the Bundesliga.

On September 24th, Essen held another large-scale cultural festival, in which the China team also participated. Once the organizer invited me to put a mask of Peking Opera on a float in China. I was too busy with my homework, but I'm sure you will see me at the lively foreign cultural festival next year!

Germans are generally very tall, and men over 1.9 meters and women over 1.8 meters can be seen everywhere in the street. Most Germans are very friendly, and strangers greet each other when they meet. They are very friendly. There are many Turks, and Germans hate Turks very much. This is not racial discrimination. Turks are really annoying, not only dirty, but also rude. They think that capable China people come to Germany to grab their job opportunities and are hostile to China people. Among the people we came, we met Turks several times and they spat at us. In fact, when a nation encounters difficulties, it is most unsympathetic not to review itself and complain about others.

What are you doing now? I heard that you wrote my story as a novel and published it online? Be sure to let me see it. My German level has been greatly improved now. Maybe I'll write to you in German next time. You got it?

In fact, no matter where we are, we are all fighting for our dreams! I am living well in Germany now, so you should redouble your efforts! I have been encouraging you!