cross-posted from: https://discuss.online/post/38067972
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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!
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
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.
Entered a restaurant right at opening time in Munich once.
<<Grüß Gott! Leider haben wir nur Wurst, Kartoffel, und Bier.>>
<<Ganz genug.>>
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!
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
Why does a sausage have a serial number?? Damn, Germany, you scary.
Ridiculous. It doesn’t have a serial number…
A model number on the other hand…
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.
Cute! I would like to go someday.
I highly recommend!
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.
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.
They’ve got some awesome falafel.
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.
Lol if only it was this good…
Belgium has plenty of free potatoes right now.
Why go to “museums” when you can watch Germany participating in genocide right now?
Do tourists go to museums to watch politics? And what’s the difference between “museums” and museums?
