Haufbrau on tap. Nuff said.
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who's been to Germany?
- Thread starter mkdhotrod
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Of course not. I mentioned Santos earlier. When I first met him I went into his restaurant and he had little signs on the table saying that Americans were welcome but please don't drink too much and get loud and start trouble. I made it my cause to be an ambassador for America with him and other good people I met. I saw some GI'S that were asses and I guess I still feel a bit defensive about it.
It's not so much the veterans as the families of the veterans. Wives and children. Still older people now but they were the ones who suffered most after WWII. Their nation was defeated and destroyed. They and especially their husbands and fathers were marked as monsters and disgraced. and they had to work to rebuild a nation in rubble under the eye of the conqueror. All the while ashamed themselves of the treatment the real Nazis had shown the Jews and other conquered people.
For me, Germany is not about WWII at all. It's about the feudal history of the small states that became Germany. It's about the wine fests, Oktoberfest, Fasching, gashaus, bier Gartens and Weinachtsfest(Traditional Christmas) celebrations that made Germany so wonderful. For me, looking at WWII is shining a light on the darkest chapter of an otherwise wonderful people. I guess it would be like studying church bombings and lynchings to see the history of the USA.
OH! IF someone offers you "trink vasser" (Drinking water). Pass. In Germany Trinkvasser is carbonated water. No flavor just bubbles. This sweet little old lady opened her window when we were resting on a road march and offered my a glass. Damn it was hard to drink but I couldn't insult her after accepting. lol.
Another tip I recall from traveling around over there is seeking out Indian restaurants if you ever get completely tired of struggling with things. All Indians speak English perfectly and their customs for dining are British based so if you find yourself somewhere way out there like a Slovakian suburb or something, they will help you feel normal for a bit. Plus they will be more than happy to straighten you out with directions, train times and such. Very courteous folks.
Thats what I was referring to. Pier Park.
Checkpoint Charlie is awesome too now that I think about it. Its a block from Hitler's bunker. Pretty cool stuff all there together.
German is a fun and sometimes frustrating language. Mostly fairly simple but some things are so close but pronounced so different as to SEEM far apart.
It's a building language. They have street cars in many cities and the street car stops are longer to say that to wait for the street car. A street is a Strasse. A street car is a Strassenbahn. A street car stop s a Strassenbahnhalteschtella Street car stopping place.
The thumb means 1. The pointer finger means two. Remember when ordering beers. Ein bier bitte(one beer please. If you hold up the thumb and say "Bier bitte" you will get one beer. If you hold up the pointer finger and say "bier bitte" you will probably get two.
meh, so is the one in Helen ... don't get this guy thinking the wrong thing
