My friends often tell me how very German I still am.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I know thousands of German's who are totally different from me, so we're not alike, we're not the same.
I've lived for 10 years in Switzerland, so I speak German.
Few people know that I grew up in Germany and that my family still lives there.
I'm German in my mind, but from a Germany that doesn't exist any more.
I actually speak fluent German. And I live in Vienna, and I'm married to a Viennese woman.
The German public knows me quite well. I have been in their kitchens and living rooms for years.
I do not deny my German identity. But I also feel Swiss. Of my eight great-grandparents, seven were born Swiss. I have been living in Switzerland for more than 50 years.
Germans don't speak in a German accent, they just speak German.
I'm far more relaxed with German. I'm a control freak. I like to know exactly who's saying and doing what.
Sadly, my German is almost non-existent, although I did a little at school.