up, down - and out?
Zum Thema "Die kleinen Tuecken des Alltags": The floors in buildings are counted differently here. The North American way: It's done by levels, starting with 1 at the lowest, which basically means that the ground floor is missing. Missing at least for me who's used to having Erdgeschoss, erster Stock, zweiter Stock etc. So for three months I kept on telling people that I'd work in the first floor of the library until I finally realised that it's actually named Level 2. And it still happens from time to time that I'm stepping into elevator, wish to go down and suddenly hesitate. Strange! I can't find the" E" (or "G") button. Confusion. What next? ... ... Ahhhhh, I see! :-)
relationes - 2007/01/03 01:42