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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!

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[–] eestileib@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 6 hours ago

Entered a restaurant right at opening time in Munich once.

<<Grüß Gott! Leider haben wir nur Wurst, Kartoffel, und Bier.>>

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[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 4 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

If I ever visit Germany, it'll be purely for the sausage. 😏

Careful. Sausage in Germany is die Wurst.

[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 6 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Purely for the memes, go acquire yourself some VW original part 199 398 500 A

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago

Why does a sausage have a serial number?? Damn, Germany, you scary.

[–] la93@thelemmy.club 4 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Cute! I would like to go someday.

[–] jimerson@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago

I highly recommend!

[–] whaleross@lemmy.world 2 points 11 hours ago

Belgium has plenty of free potatoes right now.

[–] PhobosAnomaly@feddit.uk 44 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Sounds fuckin' mint to be fair.

Get me some tourism and carbs.

[–] CosmoNova@lemmy.world 32 points 1 day ago

You‘re in luck because German bakeries house 3 thousand different kinds of bread.

[–] rockSlayer@lemmy.blahaj.zone 36 points 1 day ago (3 children)

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

[–] Rumo161@feddit.org 2 points 6 hours ago

That sausage is perfectly average. Small even.

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 49 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You need to report to the Willkommenswurstausgabestelle.

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I couldn’t spell that if I was looking right at it while doing so.

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 1 points 7 hours ago

Try the head rolling on keyboard method. You'll be 99% close every time.

[–] ViatorOmnium@piefed.social 29 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Did you remember to fill out the Willkommenmenschengrößewurstanfrageformulare when you arrived?

[–] jimerson@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago

My duolingo is paying off.. I understood that!

[–] e8CArkcAuLE@piefed.social 18 points 1 day ago (1 children)

but don’t ask about the trains. or israel.

[–] UnfortunateShort@lemmy.world 7 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (1 children)

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

[–] e8CArkcAuLE@piefed.social 1 points 5 hours ago

don’t ask about the Staatsräson.

[–] Draegur@lemmy.zip 28 points 1 day ago (2 children)

What about the pretzels and the beer!

[–] zaphod@sopuli.xyz 2 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

Hamburg isn't really a pretzel state. If you visit, get a Franzbrötchen. Beer is the same as everywhere else more or less.

[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 2 points 6 hours ago

If I'm ever visiting Hamburg, I'll be eating a Hamburger. Or perhaps s Hamburgerinne.

[–] Obi@sopuli.xyz 1 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Doesn't that just mean French bread?

[–] zaphod@sopuli.xyz 2 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

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.

[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 1 points 6 hours ago

They started selling those in my corner of Europe and the store (coop) calls them, roughly translated, "Franz's cinnamon pastry".

[–] snooggums@piefed.world 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Not enough hands to hold all four!

Gonna have to get one of those hats that hold beer, and some sort of pretzel bandolier.

[–] HerbalGamer@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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 :)

[–] limelight79@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

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!

[–] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 11 points 1 day ago

Never been to Germany, but this makes me want to go, not going to lie.

[–] Brkdncr@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (3 children)

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.

[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 10 hours ago

They've got some awesome falafel.

[–] EfreetSK@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (2 children)

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)

[–] Brkdncr@lemmy.world -1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

No. Most restaurants have a selection of flavors. Germany was sausages on kraut, in water, or pounded out chicken/pork.

[–] Rumo161@feddit.org 3 points 6 hours ago

You havent been to an actual german Restaurant. That sounds like a tourist trap.

[–] FelixCress@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (2 children)

What's the point of going somewhere and then looking for non-local food?

[–] Miaou@jlai.lu 0 points 9 hours ago

Do you eat the same thing every day at home?

[–] Brkdncr@lemmy.world 5 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

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.

[–] glorkon@lemmy.world 3 points 10 hours ago

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.

[–] passepartout@feddit.org 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] craftrabbit@lemmy.zip 2 points 13 hours ago

TSCHÜSSI FRÄ BÜSI 👋