Peace Is Organized

Koblenz, Germany

French people are like Americans at crosswalks, except more so. If the road is relatively clear, or even if it's not... whatever, they will cross the street when they want to cross the street. But in Germany, there is absolute obedience to the crosswalk signals. I have not seen a single person violate the little green or red man indicating when it is and is not acceptable to cross. There is this little tiny one way street, where you could almost jump from one sidewalk to the other without touching pavement... no cars anywhere nearby... and there were the Germans, just standing and waiting patiently for the signal to give them permission to move. One kid started to cross and his mom pulled him back. He looked up and realized the signal was red and seemed terrified of what he had done.

I like Germany.