Xenophobe Lesson #1

In preparation for our move to Munich, our friend Francesca recently gave us Xenophobe's Guide to the Germans. It's a book that comedically tries to explain German beliefs to a "Xenophobe" - someone who might have an "irrational fear of foreigners." As the publisher states, "To be forewarned is forearmed." So, over the next 8 weeks, I'll be sharing some interesting tibits from the book.

Xenophobe Lesson #1: The population of the reunified Germans is 82 million compared with 5 million Danes, 7 million Swiss, 8 million Austrians, 10 million Czechs, 10 million Belgians, 15 million Dutch, 38 million Poles, 50 million English, 58 million French and around 300 million Americans.