Yesterday we joined our fellow Munchen-ers here at a cafe watching the Germany vs England World Cup game. It was fun, and a good game to watch. There was a lot of celebration afterwards in the streets. Munich is usually a quiet city, but not after a winning soccer game! Here is just a few seconds glimpse of the celebration that took place yesterday after the game.

Its not the best video, I just whipped out my camera really quick to catch a little of the fun. Sorry if it goes by to fast, but you can hear the horns honking like crazy and see all the people hanging out of the cars with flags. They had fun! :) Congrats Germany on your win!

After posting about my experience of buying a used car in Germany, I had an interesting comment from a reader. He asked me weather or not Germany had anything like a “lemon law” since he had been ripped off by someone who he bought a car from.

I am not very informed on the subject, but do believe that they have one. My husband has talked about it and I have heard several conversations about this subject here in Munich. Although I am not very informed on this subject, I have done a little research so I can help inform you all about Germany’s very own “lemon law”.

I did not find a whole lot of good information in English on the subject but found a helpful article that was written in 2004. Here they describe the “lemon law” here in Germany.

German lemon law

The basics of the Bürgeliches gesetz buch, para. 434ss (German lemon law):

• By law, German dealerships must honor a one-year warranty for all used cars they sell.
• The dealer is responsible for defects determined (usually by a third party appraisal) to have been there at the time of sale; not resulting from regular wear and tear or negligence. For example, worn brake pads.
• The buyer must file a claim with the dealer before the one-year term has expired.
• The bylaws of this consumer directive, which other countries in the European Union have also adopted, also apply to other property, such as mobile homes, computers and other immobiles.

According to the article, he says that it is a lot easier said than done to get your money back if you have bought yourself a lemon. But at least there is hope.

I know that when we were trying to buy a car, at the first dealership we went to, the guy decided not to sell us the car.  He changed his mind about selling us the car once we told him that we were aware of this lemon law. As soon as we mentioned it, he immediately said he would not sell us the car any more (even though we were there with cash in hand and about to sign the papers). So knowledge is power! :)

I know that this information is incomplete and outdated, so I welcome anyone with any more knowledge about it to share it with us in a comment below!

Do you know about Germany’s Lemon Law? Tell us about it in a comment below!

Okay, as promised here are some more beautiful flowers that we have had in our home here in Munich. Sorry that the last few posts have been only pictures and not a lot of content, but I have been busy! Hope you at least enjoy the flowers :)

(The first ones - the roses - were a gift on my birthday.)

I hope I am not boring you too much, but just wanted to share some more beautiful flower pictures with you. I know you cant actually see how beautiful they are in the pictures, but I just wanted to give you all an idea of what Munich is like here in the spring.

The first pictures are of flowers outside and around the neighborhood. The pictures at the end are of flowers we have in our house (and my gorgeous birthday roses :)).

Enjoy!

Since there are so many pictures here already, I am going to put the indoor flowers in the next post! :)