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We’re back from holiday! Germany was great. Our favourite city was probably Hamburg because a) Miniatur Wunderland, b) Planten un Blomen and c) Hamburg DOM (we rode the big ferris wheel and there were fireworks! :D)
German tv was also funny because they have a lot of dubbed english shows. I had a great night lying in bed watching dubbed Gilmore Girls.
The people we met were all really friendly and nice, we had an awesome time. Thanks Germany!
Lol if only it was this good…
Entered a restaurant right at opening time in Munich once.
<<Grüß Gott! Leider haben wir nur Wurst, Kartoffel, und Bier.>>
<<Ganz genug.>>
If I ever visit Germany, it’ll be purely for the sausage. 😏
Careful. Sausage in Germany is die Wurst.
Purely for the memes, go acquire yourself some VW original part 199 398 500 A
So the “A” means it’s the original recipe. If they had introduced the “B” or “C” variant, it would have been sightly changed/improved, but all later variants would still fit the plate that was originally designed to have the “A” sausage on it.
This part actually breaks the rule because the B variant is ketchup, not an improved variant of the original
Oh my God…
You can also get a plate to put it on: 33D 069 602
Why does a sausage have a serial number?? Damn, Germany, you scary.
It’s a VW original part because you need them to build Volkswagens! Specifically you need them to be in the bellies of the workers.
Ridiculous. It doesn’t have a serial number…
A model number on the other hand…
Sounds fuckin’ mint to be fair.
Get me some tourism and carbs.
You‘re in luck because German bakeries house 3 thousand different kinds of bread.
To the extent that even locals just point and say „das da“ because who fucking knows what they’re calling each one.
Someone must have fucked up, because when I visited Germany I was never handed my complimentary, human sized sausage. I still had plenty of sausage, but I feel like I missed out now
That sausage is perfectly average. Small even.
You need to report to the Willkommenswurstausgabestelle.
I couldn’t spell that if I was looking right at it while doing so.
Try the head rolling on keyboard method. You’ll be 99% close every time.
Did you remember to fill out the Willkommenmenschengrößewurstanfrageformulare when you arrived?
My duolingo is paying off… I understood that!
Cute! I would like to go someday.
I highly recommend!
What about the pretzels and the beer!
Hamburg isn’t really a pretzel state. If you visit, get a Franzbrötchen. Beer is the same as everywhere else more or less.
If I’m ever visiting Hamburg, I’ll be eating a Hamburger. Or perhaps s Hamburgerinne.
Hamburg is actually known for its fish buns.
Doesn’t that just mean French bread?
It’s possible that the name originated during the napoleonic occupation of Hamburg, but there are other theories involving a baker named Franz. Anyway, it’s neither french nor bread, it’s a pastry.
They started selling those in my corner of Europe and the store (coop) calls them, roughly translated, “Franz’s cinnamon pastry”.
Not enough hands to hold all four!
Gonna have to get one of those hats that hold beer, and some sort of pretzel bandolier.
but don’t ask about the trains. or israel.
Oh, if you ask people about Israel, I think you will get the answer you expect. Support for Israel seems to be concentrated in political spheres, where I’d say it’s about 50:50. Most ordinary people don’t care about Israel per se, but they do care about war crimes by countries we call allies
don’t ask about the Staatsräson.
Ooooooh Miniatur Wunderland!
I totally wanna go there after seeing in on TV! They have a whole show about the behind the scenes work called Wunderland XXL :)
It’s amazing!
We saw it in 2016, and we took the behind the scenes tour (we requested an English version and they found someone to do it). The guide said they were going to bridge to another building across the water from them. I thought, “Yeah, right, that will never happen.”
A few years later, a bridge went in and now they have trains in the other building, and running through the bridge. They did it!
Never been to Germany, but this makes me want to go, not going to lie.
Belgium has plenty of free potatoes right now.
I went to Germany not long ago and was surprised by how every restaurant had the same exact menu. Had to find the foreign restaurants to get other flavors.
They’ve got some awesome falafel.
Wait, isn’t it like that in other countries also?
In france you have to go to foreign restantrants to get repetitive menus (pizzerias, kebab places, etc)
No. Most restaurants have a selection of flavors. Germany was sausages on kraut, in water, or pounded out chicken/pork.
You havent been to an actual german Restaurant. That sounds like a tourist trap.
What’s the point of going somewhere and then looking for non-local food?
After a week the “German” food was repetitive. The “non-local” food was pretty unique as it was still tempered to German tastes and available food stock.
I definitely was looking for menus that had German items that were new to me but it wasn’t that easy by the end of the 2nd week.
The German food in the US doesn’t get close to the German restaurant experience though. The old buildings, the efficiency in getting you in, the abrupt “time to leave” even if you’re not done. Buying a keg of beer for the table.
the abrupt “time to leave” even if you’re not done
Seems like you went to the more touristy places. Or Munich. Or a touristy place in Munich. They tend to be a little brusque and unfriendly there… It really pays off to look for places on Maps which are highly rated and a little off the beaten path. Some real gems there. I could name a few restaurants in Berlin which serve awesome German (!= Bavarian!) food that isn’t repetitive.
Do you eat the same thing every day at home?
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Why go to “museums” when you can watch Germany participating in genocide right now?
Kleiner Dummkopf
Because they have the raddest Archaeopteryx specimen.
Do tourists go to museums to watch politics? And what’s the difference between “museums” and museums?
