My Picture Documentary of German Things That Seem Normal Now But Weren't in the Beginning

I have been sick lately and been spending way too much time at home. Today I decided to take pictures of things that I find are different. I know I did one like this earlier in the year but this one has pictures. How much more cool! It was fun going from room to room in my house and questioning everything. "Is this normal?" I would ask myself. It was surprising to me how so many things seem the norm now where as seven months ago I would be very confused with what I saw.

 

Typical "dressers" here don't exist. I don't even know what to call this thing here that I store my clothes in. 

The bed sheets here (and pillow) are a comforter and a square fluffy thing (not exactly like a pillow) are covered by sheets. Like a big pillowcase with a zipper at the end, and you wash those.

I know I have talked about sparkling water before, but I just thought it deserved to be added.

The lightswitches here are square boxes that you push. I haven't seen a typical light "switch" here my entire time. Also the thermostat is in Celsius (:

Door handles on the outside are just little knobs that open when you insert the key, automatically locking every time the door closes. I have been locked out a couple times because of that (:

In basically all of the houses here I have been in the clothes get hung out to dry. One house I was in it was a a family of six or so and there was pretty much a whole room designated for cloths drying. Super eco-friendly!

The thing that heats up the water. I still can't figure out how its better than just having a kettle and setting it on the stove.

Many houses here have their little mini espresso machines. Love it! Especially this one, with like ten different varieties, and the milk gets fluffed.

This concept took me a solid couple months to get down. Handles: Down = closed

Sideways = opens completely, like a door.

Handle up = window opens from top and gets stopped after 5 inches or so. Everyone here is always leaving the windows like that, even in the winter!

This is in my bathroom, and most other bathrooms. The signs get pretty creative.

Well, this is a typical German toilet. I haven't come across a toilet handle flush thing once since I got here. Just the little button against the wall. 

That's all, folks!