One of the most grateful surprises that I had in Frankfurt had nothing to do with Europe or Germany. On my flight, there were two French girls ( Anaïs and Alexandra) who had been exchange students for a year in Puerto Rico. During their year in Puerto Rico, I had had the opportunity to only speak with one of them once. But for some reason they had a special interest in me since the moment we arrived in Europe.
I had the luck of meeting these girls at the very beginning of their Pre- Reverse cultural shock (when you get used to living in a country that is not your own, and do not want to go back to your country, but have to). Very differently from me, they were not really seeing anything new. They had an attitude that was a bit indifferent to anything “European” that we encountered and spent the time day-dreaming that they were still in Puerto Rico. This situation helped me to have an amazing day, hanging out with them while behaving like three Puerto Ricans that had been friends forever, visiting the city.
One of the first things that we did was eat a typical German Sausage and have some beers. These two things are the most characteristic things we know about German culinary culture. One liter beers, which the girls drank, are made locally in the community and are very common in Germany.
Next week I will continue the story about what I did with the girls the rest of that day in Frankfurt.