In my first days in Germany, as a non-German-speaker, I was very excited and interested in every sign that I could read, especially while travelling through the autobahn. One road sign caught my eye:
And my thought was "that’s the exit to Ausfahrt". Some kilometres later, another sign:
I thought “uhm, maybe it’s a large city”:
How large can be “Ausfahrt” city?
I started to think that “Ausfahrt” city was really huge and we were driving encircling it. maybe all roads lead to Ausfahrt. But as I was reading the signs every time I found them, my dear kiwi said “Exit”. “What?” I said. “Yes, ‘Ausfahrt’ means ‘Exit’ in German”. I still feel stupid for that.
But as I can improve, during our city adventures we almost get lost among the streets. Again I was reading the road signs, this time trying to be helpful. To figure out where were we, I read every sign whose looks like street name and I proudly read ‘Einbahnstrasse’, believing that name means something. And again a simple answer “yes, I know that’s a one way street.”
German language is funnier that people think. Could you find the exit?
No comments:
Post a Comment