in frankfurt... guess how old she is?
79 years old and so independent... wow! :-)
enthusiastically biting into his fish burger at the frankfurt city centre...
friendly germans who helped me translate for my fish and chips order...
turkish woman at rothenburg...
it really makes my day when the elderly people literally light up when they realise that someone is interested in taking their photo...
germany is an advanced country... on my berlin tour, the walkabout guide took us through a train station that hitler designed... hilter?! that's in 1930+... and singapore was still debating whether we really need a train station in the 1980s... that really stretched my mind: are we like 50+ years behind germany??
think there's so much we can learn from the advanced countries in europe... their poor people and their elderly seem more mobile and have more spending power than asians too... their trains run very efficiently and on time across almost all european countries... and the lives of their middle classes appear more leisurely than the hectic singaporean lifestyle... and their heritage and culture is so rich! plus there is real diversity and seeming acceptance in germany at least (the cities are pretty cosmopolitan, with many ethnic groups working there)... how did they do this?
of course, there are flaws in the system, etc, etc... but still pretty much worth learning...
btw, i thought of a cool and meaningful retirement career for dad and mum... tell u when i'm back! :-)
think there's so much we can learn from the advanced countries in europe... their poor people and their elderly seem more mobile and have more spending power than asians too... their trains run very efficiently and on time across almost all european countries... and the lives of their middle classes appear more leisurely than the hectic singaporean lifestyle... and their heritage and culture is so rich! plus there is real diversity and seeming acceptance in germany at least (the cities are pretty cosmopolitan, with many ethnic groups working there)... how did they do this?
of course, there are flaws in the system, etc, etc... but still pretty much worth learning...
btw, i thought of a cool and meaningful retirement career for dad and mum... tell u when i'm back! :-)
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