Things I'll miss about Germany:
1. Making fun of Smart Cars
2. The autobahn's really fun speed limits (or lack thereof)
3. Carnivals & festivals all the time
4. Traffic lights that turn red-yellow-green, then green-yellow-red,
allowing us to creep out on the yellow light as it's about to turn
green.
5. Really fun indoor water parks
6. Being near France
7. Charming souvenirs
8. Breathtaking scenery that can't be found anywhere else in the world
9. Mild climate
10. Priority roads & traffic circles
11. COLA (extra money on my husband's paycheck)
12. Fantastic travel opportunities
Things I look forward to when we move back to the Malaysia
1. Smooth sidewalks
2. Carrefour, although their method of passing products onto the
customers is pure evil
3. My choice of telephone & internet providers = less $$ to fork out every month
4. Normal caller ID service
5. No longer having to figure out exchange rates, and not having to
carry two types of currency in general
6. Not having to mentally convert kilometers to miles as I'm driving,
while keeping my toddler entertained
7. Traffic lights that are far away enough to see (i.e. not directly
over your head so you have to crane your neck to see when the light
turns green)
8. Not having to walk up 40 steps (carrying groceries & a 30 lb
toddler) to get to my home
9. Not being pulled over for a "random vehicle inspection" every 4th
time I drive home, causing me to get out of the car (it's worse when I
have to wake up my slumbering child) open every door, hood, and
compartment in my car, and stand behind the yellow line as the guards
look through all my stuff, and under the car with a huge dental mirror
10. Speaking English without fear of being frowned upon as a stupid
foreigner who doesn't speak German
