I have German blood running through my veins. I have never been there but it's on my bucket list to visit someday.

I would like to share 5 fun facts about Deutschland.

1. Germany is the second largest beer consumer in the world, after Ireland.

2. Beer is officially considered a food in Bavaria.

3. Germany is Europe's largest economy.

4. There are over 300 types of bread in Germany.

5. German is the official language of 5 countries: Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Luxembourg and Liechtenstein. It is also spoken in Northern Italy and the French provinces of Alsace and Lorraine.

I am so excited that my son will be learning the German language in high school. Maybe one day I will have to time to learn the language myself.

Heiroglyphs were tedious and were saved for important information including fables and lining the walls of the tombs of the pharohs.

Cleopatra was not Egyptian. She was born in Alexandria however, she was of Greek Macedonia descent.

The Ancient Egyptians' favorite board game was senet. So beloved was this game that many pharohs were buried with their senet board.

Pepi II would have his slaves go nude and cover them in honey to draw flies away from him.

Imhotep is considered a genius. He was a vizier, architect, philosopher, doctor, & scribe. Imhotep was so revered he reached demi-god status.