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[YessicaB]

Posted: 5/28/06 at 10:21am

Auf welche wolltest du denn?

[Elphaba]

Posted: 5/28/06 at 1:42pm

I am so disgusted....in todays Desert Sun is a whole article on the World Cup, and the various cities the games are in, and what there is to see there. Now, Munich is my second favorite city after Rome, and I have been to Munich many times.
Here is what is listed:

Alte Pinothek (I totally agree)
Glockenspiel (I agree but the description was "statues that move")
and.....AND....Hofbrauhaus.....EEK, WHAT CRAP IS THIS? Why would I go to a restaurant with BAD food, and filled with American and Japanese tourists pretending to be Germans???? There are so many better restaurants.
What about these sites:

Frauenkirche
Residenz
Marienplatz
Asam Kirche (how could ANYONE miss this?)
Englischer Garten
The four "tors" to the city
Nymphenburg
Schleissheim (the three palaces, old, new, and Lustheim)
Church of St. Peter (one of the best views of the city at the top)
Tomb of Ludwig II (in St. Michels)
Dallmayr (nothing like getting lunch and taking it outside)

and for those interested:

Olympic Staium and Village
BMW World HQ
Bavarian Air Museum (next to Schleissheim)

Hofbrau house? HAH!

Updated On: 5/28/06 at 01:42 PM

[YessicaB]

Posted: 5/28/06 at 2:04pm

Elphaba, you're fantastic. If I ever travel around Germany, I'll make sure to ask you for tips on what sights to visit!

[FranklinShepard-Inc.]

Posted: 5/28/06 at 2:06pm

Gee, my new favorite Thread's back

[Elphaba]

Posted: 5/28/06 at 2:07pm

yessica, please do. I spent three years in the Army there, and would be happy to give you some ideas.

[GuyfromGermany]

Posted: 5/28/06 at 2:09pm

It seems that people around the world think of beer and Sauerkraut when thinking of Germany... But is that news?
Sad, but true.

And Yessica, if you ever travel around Germany, come visit me! *g*

Updated On: 5/28/06 at 02:09 PM

[FranklinShepard-Inc.]

Posted: 5/28/06 at 2:11pm

lol, GuyfromGermany, let's face it: even Germans think about that when thinking of Germany

[GuyfromGermany]

Posted: 5/28/06 at 2:13pm

Well... okay... yes... but... Sauerkraut actually isn't THAT tasty, is it?
Couldn't there be something nicer connected with Germany?

[FranklinShepard-Inc.]

Posted: 5/28/06 at 2:14pm

You can't eat Goethe, Schiller or Brecht, can you?

But then how about Lübecker Marzipan?

[GuyfromGermany]

Posted: 5/28/06 at 2:16pm

Oh my... I almost wrote "Or Mozartkugeln!"
I guess I'm a little confused today.

[FranklinShepard-Inc.]

Posted: 5/28/06 at 2:19pm

*LOL* not the Germany of today's boundaries

[YessicaB]

Posted: 5/28/06 at 2:22pm

If that's you in your avatar, I definitely will

My favorite story is that of a few friends of mine who had just arrived in Germany (they are an American military family) and were looking for "real" Germans. They went to a carnival and spottet some in traditional German Lederhosen and tried to ask them if they could take a picture with them in German. The "real" Germans, turned around with a confused look and said: "Ich bin Amerikaner,... English bitte?

[YessicaB]

Posted: 5/28/06 at 2:24pm

Or another friend of mine, whose husband is in the airforce. When she learned that she'll be moving to Germany for a bit she went out to buy 20 new pairs of jeans, because she didn't think they sold stuff like that over here...

[Elphaba]

Posted: 5/28/06 at 2:24pm

yuck sauerkraut.....however rotkraut, or blaukraut depending if you are north or south is heaven.

Mozart balls are nasty.....

but the ABSOLUTE best

LEBERKAS!!!!!!!!!!!! at the Victualienmarkt in Munich

[FranklinShepard-Inc.]

Posted: 5/28/06 at 2:25pm

well, praise to them that they tried it in German at least. I didn't find it a common thing that all English language tourists would communicate abroad in the indigenous language.

[GuyfromGermany]

Posted: 5/28/06 at 2:25pm

Ahaha, that's a great story!

And yes, that's me in my avatar. I thought since almost everyone on this thread has a picture of himself as his avatar, I should follow... *g*

[YessicaB]

Posted: 5/28/06 at 2:25pm

Elphaba you have to educate the rest of America!

[FranklinShepard-Inc.]

Posted: 5/28/06 at 2:26pm

me oh my, Alphaba, now I'm getting hungry! *runs into the kitchen*

[GuyfromGermany]

Posted: 5/28/06 at 2:27pm

I loooove Mozartkugeln! But I like sweets in general. :)

[YessicaB]

Posted: 5/28/06 at 2:28pm

You know what they don't sell in the States? Kohlrabi, they don't have it anywhere...
...my mom made some last night, cause she knows how deprived I was..

[Elphaba]

Posted: 5/28/06 at 2:28pm

now that's a scary thought yessica, but I am more than happy to suggest places to visit in Europe.......

[YessicaB]

Posted: 5/28/06 at 2:29pm

Wow, where is that? That's pretty.
Edit: I know scary stuff...Let me just say there are very few scenarios that could make me want to return to the South of the States after having lived in Atlanta for a year...
Updated On: 5/28/06 at 02:29 PM

[GuyfromGermany]

Posted: 5/28/06 at 2:33pm

I try to come up with a nice picture of my hometown but I can't find one on my computer... grr!

[FranklinShepard-Inc.]

Posted: 5/28/06 at 2:34pm

Back from the Kitchen - NOT with Sauerkraut.

Hasn't your hometown got a website, Guyfromgermany? There should be pictures

[Elphaba]

Posted: 5/28/06 at 2:34pm

the Charles Bridge in Prague. The last six days of our July trip are there. A very beautiful city, and some of the friendliest people in Europe.

When I was there in 1998 we were standing on the Charles Bridge looking at a map, and a businessman came up and asked where we were trying to go. He showed us on the map where to go, AND suggested a wonderful restaurant nearby (Klub Architecto). I was not used to that.