who's been to Germany?

[Targetmaster]

LOL. You oughtta. Hell I feel old. My last birthday I bought myself a 50th anniversary Ruger 10/22 'cause I found out that it was made the same year I was born...1964. FIFTY! Sheesh!


But the things we've seen and done in those years.

I'm still looking for a Brown Bess Musket in firing condition that was made in the year I was born

 

[Patronus]

I'm still looking for a Brown Bess Musket in firing condition that was made in the year I was born

By the way...REALLY digging your avatar. Nothing says love like a Claymore.

 

[Targetmaster]

By the way...REALLY digging your avatar. Nothing says love like a Claymore.

We put one out one night just before TET. Marked the back with glow tape, we're watching two NVA slow crawling up to it with our outdated AN/PVS2, giggling like idiots, just when they were in front of it, about to pick it up and try to turn it around as they were prone to do, we squeezed off the detonator.. May sound cruel, but we laughed our ass off for an hour..I can only imagine what when thru their mind (beside hundreds of steel balls) as it went "BOOM".. Grunt humor, sick but funny..

 

[Patronus]

Like the old joke "what's the last thing to go through a bugs mind when it hits a windshield? It's asshole."

 

[user 71]

No one mentioned the Rhine river cruise...was a blast. Definitely wait for a pretty day.

Also Heidelberg was a great town to walk around and see some sights.

 

[Patronus]

No one mentioned the Rhine river cruise...was a blast. Definitely wait for a pretty day.

Also Heidelberg was a great town to walk around and see some sights.

Never took the cruise. Think we made it wait one time when we bridged the Rhine. I heard it cost uncle sam a million bucks every time we closed the Rhine for bridge training.

I can't remember a single town in Germany that was NOT great for walking around and seeing the sights. Gotta love a country that's been around(almost) since the Romans. Always something to see.

 

[captdave77]

Be sure to wear one of these; the Germans find it hilarious.

 

[napp]

Man, this thread is making me hungry for some German food; Wiener schnitzel was some good stuff, about the only thing I couldn't get into was their salads and "dressings" .... not into all that yogurt dressing

I was there for 39 months between '73-'76. I ate a ton of schnitzel; but I don't remember having but one or two Weinerschnitzels. The thing to remember is that Weinerschnitzel is made from veal; while the most common schnitzel in Germany is made from pork (Schweinschnitzel). Beef is much more expensive in Germany than pork. Many gasthauses in Germany don't even serve Weinerschnitzel; but virtually all of them will offer Schweinschnitzel.

Another thing to remember about eating out in Germany....if the outside sign says Restaurante, Cafe, or Bistro, you should be prepared to pay more for less. The best food and more reasonable prices are found when the sign says Gasthaus or Gaststadt. If you plan to eat dinner in some of the smaller villages, go early. Most of the smaller places start rolling up the sidewalks between 8-9 PM. It is almost impossible to find something to eat after 9 PM in many of the smaller villages.

 

[captdave77]

Jägerschnitzel and spätzle with a tall hefeweizen.

Great! Now I'm hungry.

 

[Patronus]

Jägerschnitzel and spätzle with a tall hefeweizen.

Great! Now I'm hungry.

LOL.

Although I never did like weizen. Always tasted stale to me. A good pilz or dampf though... Alles klar!