Navigating around German cities
http://www.berliner-stadtplan.com/
http://www.dresden-stadtplan.de/
http://stadtplan.goettingen.de/
http://stadtplan.frankfurt.de/
http://stadtplan.wuerzburg.de/
http://www.stadtplan-karte-jena.de/Stadtplan.html
http://www.graz.at/stadtplaene/
Examine the interactive city map of Berlin, Dresden, Göttingen, Frankfurt, Jena, Würzburg, or Graz. Find out how to get from the train station to some of the city's most interesting sites. How close are the sites? Can you reach them on foot or do you need to take public transportation? Which means of transportation are available? What else does the map tell you about the city?
Tour Tübingen, Salzburg, or Zürich
http://www.tuebingen-info.de/
http://www.salzburg.info/
http://www.zuerich.com/
Get to know some German-speaking cities better by examining the city maps, viewing videos and slide shows, taking virtual tours, and peeking in on panoramic web cams. While on your tour, you can stop to make your own movie in Zürich, send an e-card from Salzburg, or buy a souvenir in Tübingen.
Holidays
http://www.feiertage.net/
http://www.derweg.org/feste/kultur/feste.html
Find out when the next holidays are in Germany. What is the next holiday and on what date does it fall? Is it a regional or national holiday? A religious and or a secular holiday? Explore the other holidays. Are there any holidays that are not recognized in your own country or culture?
German Christmas carols
http://www.derweg.org/mwbrauch/wheilidr.htm
http://www.rcaguilar.com/lieder/index-weihnachten.htm
How many German Weihnachtslieder do you know? You can access the texts here and play or download the music in midi or RealAudio formats.
Oktoberfest
http://www.oktoberfest.de/de/home/
Find out how old the tradition of Oktoberfest is, how it started, how many visitors it has each year, and how much beer and sausage they consume during their visit. Look at the Wiesn-Plan to find out how to get to Oktoberfest. Click on the individual tents to see what you'll find in each one. If Oktoberfest is going on right now, you can peek in on it via the Oktoberfest Webcam. If Oktoberfest has passed, you can explore the Galerie for scenes of the last celebration.
Buchhandlung online
http://www.buch.de/
http://www.amazon.de/
Browse a bookstore for some titles that would interest you. Does the bookstore carry books by your favorite authors? What are their German titles? How much do they cost? What book categories are available at the site? If there is a category name you don't recognize, browse the books in that category and see if you can determine what the category is. What else does the store sell besides books?
