Cultureshock! a survival guide to customs and etiquette / Richard Lord.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 308-312) and index.

Features the uniqueness of Germany beginning from reunification of the East and West Germany. Facilitates in discovering the significance of a "makler" in locating the right accomodation. Acquaints the importance of a health insurance and experience a short German work week that comes complete with an annual 30 days of holiday. Serves as an aid in understanding what it is to be an "Auslander" and learn practical information on how to fit in and settle into a country that is recovering from the scars of World War II and the separation of east and west. Distinct manners are seen on the following practices/customs: 1) The private selves and the public selves manifested in the use of "sie" for formal behavior and "du" for casual transaction. 2) The home is considered as great sanctuary where Germans shed off their public images and allow their real images to be seen, yet homes are governed by rules so as to be practiced even by those who are considered outsiders. 3) Due to the strict adherence of the Germans in keeping protocols which are for them necessary, a visitor must remember to be orderly in outward display of behavior so as not to diregard silence among neighborhood. 4)Cleanliness is a character followed strictly as it is referred as next ot the law. 5)Shows that the Germans are highly liberated regarding on nudism, sex patronage and in the use of prohibited drugs.