I get to Germany, and decide to go buy me a mountain bike, since I love to ride bikes. I visit my local bike shop, where the gruff but lovable Herr Wagner sells me a Specialized HardRock. He begins to screw a bicycle bell onto the handlebar.
“Oh, I won’t be needing that,” I told him.
“Yes, you will.”
The Meaning of Bicycle Bells is a fun story. I also like the rest of Andrew Hammel’s German Joys, including America-Bashing and Comparing Societies.