Eating and driving...thats about as handy as skiing and doing your taxes.

People complain all the time about people who drive and eat or talk on the phone and drive or whatever. I know that is more dangerous, but it is just as annoying (if not more) to see people standing and/or walking and eating! It's a way of life around here.

If someone asked you to name 3 things about the mall, not 3 stores, 3 things- what would you say? I asked S to do this, using Baybrook Mall as the example. He said, "uh...it's big...(he was just getting started) it has that sunken little play area or whatever kind of in the middle over there...and...the food court."

Exactly. The food court. There are a lot of places to get food at the Rhein Necker Zentrum (mall right by post) but NO WHERE TO SIT! You could try to squeeze 1/4 of a cheek on a crowded bench with 10 other people, some who may or may not have DOGS with them, but really most everyone is just standing around or walking with their pizza slice, fish/fries, sandwich, etc. There are a few places to sit at tables, but they are restaurants. You can't just get a slice of pizza and sit there. You have to order from the restaurant. How silly is that?

People love to look down on Americans for eating on the run and not sitting still long enough to enjoy a meal, but don't let 'em fool you...Germans do it, too!