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Squatch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-13-06 04:38 PM
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Have you ever been to Germany?
What's it like?

:popcorn:
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reyd reid reed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-13-06 04:40 PM
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1. It's like Germany...
It's like anywhere else...
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billyskank Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-13-06 04:41 PM
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3. It's more like Germany than Holland
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reyd reid reed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-13-06 05:00 PM
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23. Yeah, I think you're right....
Holland is too much like the Netherlands to be Germany. Damned if I can figure out why...

:shrug:
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billyskank Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-13-06 05:03 PM
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24. It's one of life's great mysteries!
:rofl:
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trof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-13-06 04:41 PM
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2. Well, I liked Munich a lot.
Spent a couple of months there one winter.
People were fairly friendly and the beer and food was good.
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Squatch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-13-06 04:41 PM
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4. Where in Munich?
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LSK Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-13-06 04:43 PM
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5. In Germany
:P
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trof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-13-06 04:44 PM
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10. Stayed at the Hilton by the Englische Garden.
I was flying for TWA.
We used to run a 727 shuttle between Munich, Stuttgart, and Frankfort.
Didn't have to check out of my room when I was on a trip, so it was like having an apartment, but with maid and room service.
Pretty cool.
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Squatch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-13-06 04:45 PM
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11. Frankfort....Kentucky?
Didn't think a 727 could fly that far.
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trof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-13-06 04:51 PM
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17. I think I'm missing something here.
Can't find another thread that this is copycatting.
:shrug:
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LynzM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-13-06 04:43 PM
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6. Spent 9 months living in Stuttgart...
Travelling around Europe and southern Germany. I miss it, a Lot.

I missed whatever flame-war instigated the popcorn, though... :shrug:
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Tyo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-13-06 04:43 PM
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7. Munich was cool - nice people
And I had the greatest pizza ever in Berlin. Didn't have a chance to check out the clubs there, which are supposed to be good. Other than that I could take Germany or leave it.
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JVS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-13-06 04:43 PM
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8. I have. It's very German
Edited on Wed Dec-13-06 04:44 PM by JVS
;-)

You have to go to really understand. People seemed normal to me, but then again I was raised by a bunch of Midwesterners with German and Swedish backgrounds so maybe it would strike someone else as different.
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matcom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-13-06 04:44 PM
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9. would move back there tomorrow if I could
Edited on Wed Dec-13-06 04:47 PM by matcom
minus the BDU's :D
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xmas74 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-13-06 05:10 PM
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30. My brother said the exact same thing.
He would have stayed in the army if they had just kept him there.
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Haole Girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-13-06 04:45 PM
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12. delete
Edited on Wed Dec-13-06 04:48 PM by KC2
I'm sorry. I didn't realize this thread was just a joke.
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Squatch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-13-06 04:52 PM
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18. Why would you think something like that?
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Omphaloskepsis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-13-06 04:46 PM
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13. It is like the UK...
Edited on Wed Dec-13-06 04:48 PM by Omphaloskepsis
With better beer and hotter women...


Save the hate for something else.. I doubt I will ever click on this threat again.

edit -- I noticed my typo.. I don't think I need to change it.
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billyskank Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-13-06 05:04 PM
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25. and better trains, cars and motorways
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crim son Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-13-06 04:47 PM
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14. I've been and I liked it very much.
I spent some time in St. Goar on the Rhine and in Munich and loved them both for different reasons. The Germans are pleasant people. There was a flamewar about this?
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Karenina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-13-06 08:13 PM
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38. Did you go to Berg Rheinfels?
I played a concert there one night under a full moon with the wall as a backdrop. It was INCREDIBLE. Spent the afternoon running through the tunnels and around the perimeter with the kids. I could have sworn I heard muslin rustling and smelled road apples.
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Zavulon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-13-06 04:50 PM
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15. It's as German as Berlin is, I'll tell you that.
They speak the same language, too. So if you can speak German, you'll be understood in both places.
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Squatch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-13-06 04:59 PM
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21. That's what you think.
Dicke Männa san treu, weils ned a so schnoi davolaffa kenna!
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Gormy Cuss Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-13-06 04:50 PM
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16. They drink beer and they talk funny.
I was hoping to see men in shorts held up by suspenders but that illusion was shattered right away.
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Squatch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-13-06 04:56 PM
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20. You mean these leather shorts?
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Fleshdancer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-13-06 05:04 PM
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26. EWWW. She has left man arm disease
Seriously...what the hell is that??!?!? :scared:

German left arms scare me now.
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Squatch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-13-06 05:08 PM
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29. BWAHAHAHAHA!!! I didn't even notice that!
:rofl:
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DrDan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-13-06 04:54 PM
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19. lived there for 3 years
a wonderful place

beautiful scenery
great food
wonderful beer and wine
friendly people
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itsmesgd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-13-06 04:59 PM
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22. Koln (Cologne) is great...
great food, great beer (Kolsch), and a mix of old world Europe and modern Europe. The only thing is some of the older people are not the biggest fans of the US after we shelled the crap out of their city. We saved their largest cathedral..(only because it was a great landmark to visually guide our pilots onto military targets. There is a museum that shows in great detail how bad we destroyed the city. It's even more fun to go in winter and with someone who speak the language.
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terrya Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-13-06 05:07 PM
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27. No - you asked, I answered. n/t
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BarenakedLady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-13-06 05:08 PM
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28. Yes
I've been to Munich, Schwabish Hall (my favorite and where my Nana grew up), Pfaffenhofen, Frankfurt, Balingen, Stuttgart, St. Georgan, Tubingen, Straubing, Rottweil, Schramberg, and Meersburg. Yeah, I had lots of family to visit. It was beautiful and I can't wait to go back.
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Lydia Leftcoast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-13-06 05:11 PM
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31. Yes, in 1967, but I'm sure it's much different now
At that time, only 22 years after World War II, it was an attractive country with fantastic bakeries, cute villages, and insane drivers. The only sign of the war I saw was in the post office, where instead of wanted posters they had posters put up by people who were still seeking word of relatives who had gone missing.

We visited some relatives, and I remember thinking that their furniture and decor were kind of fussy.
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AllegroRondo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-13-06 05:27 PM
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32. Stationed there for 2 years - loved it
and Id go back in a minute if I could.

great people, great food, great beer, great public transportation, great public health care, etc. They just seem to do everything right.
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Kali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-13-06 06:07 PM
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33. I have been to Germany.
Specifically the Rhine region and down to Alsace. My description runs like this: Germany: hearty portions, good prices, sturdy benches to sit on. Impossible to follow road signs (if at all). France: tiny, highly decorative portions, high prices, spindly chairs. Good road signs.
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jakefrep Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-13-06 06:10 PM
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34. Yes
I spent a week in Schleswig-Holstein a few years ago, with a couple of day trips into Hamburg & Berlin. Excellent public transit & rail, and riding the autobahn was a lot of fun. I'm headed back there next summer for a wedding. I have no idea what that will be like, but I am sure it will involve much alcohol.
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LA lady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-13-06 06:12 PM
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35. I'll be the sourpuss
We had 3 tours there and I hated it so much I told my husband I would rather die than go back.

We were in Illesheim (near Rothenberg), Frankfurt and Kaiserslautern.
It wasn't the "overseas" part, I am from another country. I hated the damned weather. I was so cold and the skies were so gloomy. Most of the people were pretty nice and I speak fairly good German. The food was fine, I missed TV shows and family.

God, I feel depressed just thinking about it.
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SOteric Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-13-06 06:12 PM
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36. Yes. The beer was outstanding,
the pastry and confections are probably the best on this planet, the streets and shops are clean and the people are very friendly, if somewhat efficient to a fault.
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cwydro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-13-06 06:13 PM
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37. I loved it.
Was there with my girlfriend for six months. She was stationed near Munich (don't ask, don't tell, lol. We even lived on base for awhile!)I love the scenery, the snow, the mountains, the people and of course the beer!
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PrimeRibGuy Donating Member (118 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-13-06 08:26 PM
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39. Was actually there this last Oktoberfest...
Best party I have ever been to, and I have been to a few!

:toast:
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usaftmo Donating Member (606 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-13-06 11:37 PM
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40. Been to Germany 4 times
in the last 2 years. Munich (in the south) twice, Heidelburg (west central), and Hamburg. Last year went to Oktoberfest, and it was different than I expected. They had carnival type stuff there; I thought the only thing to do was get drunk. They had games where you could win a stuffed animal. Specifically throwing darts trying to pop balloons. However, considering how drunk people were...perhaps throwing darts isn't such a good idea! :yoiks: :rofl:
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