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Essen und Fahren: German Food and Fun (16:02) In Germany, trains, subways, and trams provide convenient ways to get around. This program looks at how to buy train and cable car tickets and how to order meals. Featured activities include sightseeing in the Bavarian Alps, lunching at the award-winning Paulaner Imtal restaurant in Munich, eating Kaiserschmarren in Oberammergau, and dining on Japanese cuisine at Munich’s No Mi Ya restaurant.
Going Places and Buying Things-the German Way (16:28) Whether shopping or sightseeing, going to work or going to college, travel and conversation are both a part of everyday life. This program demonstrates how to say where one lives and works and what one does for a living, how to ask for and give directions, and how to ask what the costs of things are. The BMW factory, an all-organic supermarket, the renowned Borstei apartments, and Neuschwanstein Castle are featured.
Guten Tag! And Then What? (17:19) This program covers how to greet friends, introduce oneself to strangers, talk about where one comes from, and say what languages one speaks. Settings include a Munich art gallery featuring contemporary art, a renowned violin-making school in the ancient town of Mittenwald, and Munich’s annual arts and music festival. In addition, a whirlwind tour of Germany reveals the country’s regional diversity.
Kaffee und Kuchen: Having a Chat (16:29) This program, filmed at the Café Tambosi and Rischart’s Backhaus, the Englischer Garten, a christening, a beer garden, and the unique Corpus Christi boat procession in Seeburg, shows how to order and pay for food and beverages and how to express familial relationships and marital status. Commentary provides insights into Kaffee und Kuchen culture and other social events in Germany.
On Holiday in Germany (16:29) When the time comes for getting away from it all, Bavaria offers a wide range of options. This program introduces questions and answers related to shopping for vacation supplies and arranging for lodgings. Settings include a department store, a country hotel, a hostel in the Ammergauer Alps, and an ancient Benedictine convent located on Frauen Island, in the Chiemsee.
When in Germany... Machen Sie Spass? (16:30) This program puts the focus on leisure activities, including visiting Rischart’s Backhaus, to learn how salt-topped pretzels were invented, and Ettal Abbey, to see how its famed liqueur is made; taking a hot-air balloon excursion; buying high-fashion sunglasses; unwinding at the legendary Schumann’s American Bar; and dancing the night away at The Atomic Café, a 1970s-style disco. "Was machst du gern in deiner Freizeit?"

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