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Forest Schools, Germany's Waldkindergarten 
Nature's preschool for children. Waldkindergärten, Forest Schools, where open air, the natural world and exploration replace classroom walls. Whatever the weather. Favorites with children and parents, a 19th century system created by the man who invented Kindergarten.
German Beer, Fast Facts
It is a food in Bavaria, "flüssiges Brot/liquid bread", has its own day the "Tag des Deutschen Bieres", and don't forget to raise one thumb when ordering. Fun facts you probably don't know about German beer.
German Bread - Fast Facts
Germany is a "Bread Paradise". Over 3050 registered varieties, with almost all available types of grain used, from wheat, rye, barley and oats to millet, corn, rice and potato starch. While bread rolls go under so many different names in the various regions it is easier just to point.
Germany's Garden Gnomes, Gartenzwerge
They disappear in autumn, re-appear with spring and spend summer protecting Germany's gardens. Garden gnomes are as much a part of Germany as Bratwurst and Fussball/soccer. Kitsch, folklore, good luck symbols, and for a protector about as far from frightening as it is possible to be.
Groundhog Day, Hedgehogs and Candlemas
February 2nd is Groundhog Day, an annual tradition with roots which lie in a Christian festival, age old European and German superstitions about hedgehogs, the weather, and pagan celebrations bound to the cycles of nature.
Munich Oktoberfest - Fast Facts
Albert Einstein worked there as an electrician, an intoxicated dachshund "came to" in Lost and Found, electricity used would give a home for four 52 years of power, and German emigrants have begun versions all over the world...but "Oktoberfest" began in Munich over 200 years ago.
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