1. People talk different
2. there is more public transportation, like buses and trains and street cars
3. it is closer to Sweden
4. there are more icecream stores - and the lemon ice (like sorbet) is the best!
5. you can travel easier to other places in Europe
6. everyone has a dog
7. everyone smokes
8. there are lots of playparks and grassy areas
9. you can buy sausage from street vendors
10. some drinking fountains are left on all day and have very cold water (no water shortage here)
11. the libraries are in German, but they have English books (and now we have a library card, hurray!)
12. there is an outdoor vegetable market in town every day
13. people dress the same as at home
14. garbage trucks are different, the back is left open
15. there is a really good apple drink called "Lift" that is like bubble water and apple juice
16. police sirens sound different, police uniforms are brown not blue and police cars are green and white
17. taxis are cream colored and are usually Mercedes or VW wagons, and they have built in car seats for kids, cool.
you know, one of Finn's first "words" was the nuhnuh-nuhnuh sound that the Paris police cars & ambulances made.
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