Customs & Culture

Episode 1: Silke's Interview

Business manners

Types of German company

Training

Episode 2: It's a date!

Munich life

Icebreakers

Episode 3: Dinner for Two

Entering a restaurant

Table service

Paying

Saying 'you'

Episode 4: Lunchtime blues

Mealtimes and coffee breaks

Arguing

Leisure sports

Episode 5: On the phone

Formality

Timing your call

Accents, enunciation, intonation

Telephone numbers

Und die Adresse, bitte?

The 'Telephone Alphabet'

Episode 6: Taking Orders

Business approach

Episode 7: Hotel Accommodation

Finding the way

Accommodation

Episode 8: Coffee with the boss

Feierabend

Formality

Episode 9: A dinner party

Arriving at someone's home: the 'Mitbringsel'

The handshake

The toast

Leaving

Episode 10: Quite a night!

Hospitality

Conversation

Drinking manners

Episode 11: Stormy weather

Weather

Transport

Episode 12: At the airport

Travel tips