As I am now living in Bavaria, I have managed to visit New York, Rio and Rosenheim (Wiki). But now, I am officially allowed to sing along when "New York, Rio, Tokyo" (Wiki) is playing on the radio. As I just realized that this song did not enter the charts anywhere else in the world, probably only Germans might care about this. However, I made it to Tokyo - and I was really impressed. Early morning at Shibuya crossing.
Google announced the Design Language "Material Design" in Summer 2014. I think I first got in touch with it via the Google Now cards and the Google Keep App. Now, one and a half years later I am still impressed. For me, it seems to be the right way to present digital content. It doesn't try to simulate real objects, but it still is understandable - for a digital immigrant, as I am. This video tries to explain it: