Last week we had a few warm days here in Germany. You could call it Indian Summer even, except there were never any Native Americans here, and the Hannover Indians hockey team doesn't count. With the sun shining and soft summery breezes blowing, you'd think that everyone would pull out their flip flops to enjoy those last, precious, warm days. Not the Germans. They leave the house in scarves and jackets, with a sweater or two underneath. If it gets really toasty, a German might remove one scarf.
German people seem to have a lower inner temperature than the rest of us, like reptiles. An iguana solves this issue by basking in the sun on a rock. A German handles it by wearing a lot of clothes.
I am not the only one who noticed. My Polish friend Kaska, after living in Germany for 17 years, still thinks it's weird. So we decided to take some photos of these crazy Germans, in an anthropological sort of way. Keep in mind it was about 74 degrees Farenheit and we were in summer dresses.
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| Black leather jackets for Indian Summer |
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| She has daringly removed one layer |
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| The man in khaki |
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| Wouldn't want to take off that suit coat |
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| You'd think that teenage guys would be the first to wear shorts... |
Does over-dressing have something to do with the psychology of German culture? Brian has a very strong theory - the Germans remember how their army invaded Russia in 1941 for what was supposed to be a short-term siege. They wore summer uniforms. And look how that turned out. You can't blame Germans for wanting to avoid freezing to death in the future, even on a summery day in Hannover.
Or maybe they really are part iguana.
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