cross-posted from: https://discuss.online/post/38067972
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Weâre 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!
59 Comments
PhobosAnomaly@feddit.uk · 48 pts · 132d
Sounds fuckin' mint to be fair.
Get me some tourism and carbs.
CosmoNova@lemmy.world · 36 pts · 132d
Youâre in luck because German bakeries house 3 thousand different kinds of bread.
nightlily@leminal.space · 3 pts · 130d
To the extent that even locals just point and say âdas daâ because who fucking knows what theyâre calling each one.
tetris11@feddit.uk · 2 pts · 128d
"Ein HÀferblaubeerschmeckendorflibrötchen, bitte"
"mit Scharf, oder?"
"mit Wespen, bitte, danke!"
rockSlayer@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 42 pts · 132d
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
Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world · 55 pts · 132d
You need to report to the Willkommenswurstausgabestelle.
aeronmelon@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 132d
I couldnât spell that if I was looking right at it while doing so.
Lemminary@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 131d
Try the head rolling on keyboard method. You'll be 99% close every time.
ViatorOmnium@piefed.social · 32 pts · 132d
Did you remember to fill out the WillkommenmenschengröĂewurstanfrageformulare when you arrived?
jimerson@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 131d
My duolingo is paying off.. I understood that!
Rumo161@feddit.org · 4 pts · 131d
That sausage is perfectly average. Small even.
Draegur@lemmy.zip · 28 pts · 132d
What about the pretzels and the beer!
snooggums@piefed.world · 14 pts · 132d
Not enough hands to hold all four!
queerlilhayseed@piefed.blahaj.zone · 8 pts · 132d
Gonna have to get one of those hats that hold beer, and some sort of pretzel bandolier.
zaphod@sopuli.xyz · 7 pts · 131d
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 pts · 131d
If I'm ever visiting Hamburg, I'll be eating a Hamburger. Or perhaps s Hamburgerinne.
Samskara@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 130d
Hamburg is actually known for its fish buns.
Obi@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 131d
Doesn't that just mean French bread?
zaphod@sopuli.xyz · 4 pts · 131d
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 · 2 pts · 131d
They started selling those in my corner of Europe and the store (coop) calls them, roughly translated, "Franz's cinnamon pastry".
tetris11@feddit.uk · 1 pts · 128d
Agreed, and get it from the train station. Fresh batch every 10minutes
e8CArkcAuLE@piefed.social · 19 pts · 132d
but donât ask about the trains. or israel.
UnfortunateShort@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 131d
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 pts · 131d
donât ask about the StaatsrĂ€son.
HerbalGamer@sh.itjust.works · 14 pts · 132d
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 · 5 pts · 131d
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!
eestileib@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 14 pts · 131d
Entered a restaurant right at opening time in Munich once.
<<GrĂŒĂ Gott! Leider haben wir nur Wurst, Kartoffel, und Bier.>>
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KoboldCoterie@pawb.social · 11 pts · 132d
Never been to Germany, but this makes me want to go, not going to lie.
Lemminary@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 131d
If I ever visit Germany, it'll be purely for the sausage. đ
Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 131d
Careful. Sausage in Germany is die Wurst.
boonhet@sopuli.xyz · 9 pts · 131d
Purely for the memes, go acquire yourself some VW original part 199 398 500 A
Lemminary@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 131d
Why does a sausage have a serial number?? Damn, Germany, you scary.
Bytemeister@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 130d
Ridiculous. It doesn't have a serial number...
A model number on the other hand...
boonhet@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 130d
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.
Schmuppes@lemmy.today · 3 pts · 130d
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.
boonhet@sopuli.xyz · 3 pts · 130d
This part actually breaks the rule because the B variant is ketchup, not an improved variant of the original
Schmuppes@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 130d
Oh my God...
boonhet@sopuli.xyz · 1 pts · 130d
You can also get a plate to put it on: 33D 069 602
Brkdncr@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 132d
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.
EfreetSK@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 132d
Wait, isn't it like that in other countries also?
FurryMemesAccount@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 131d
In france you have to go to foreign restantrants to get repetitive menus (pizzerias, kebab places, etc)
Brkdncr@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 131d
No. Most restaurants have a selection of flavors. Germany was sausages on kraut, in water, or pounded out chicken/pork.
Rumo161@feddit.org · 3 pts · 131d
You havent been to an actual german Restaurant. That sounds like a tourist trap.
technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 131d
They've got some awesome falafel.
FelixCress@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 132d
What's the point of going somewhere and then looking for non-local food?
Brkdncr@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 131d
After a week the âGermanâ food was repetitive. The ânon-localâ 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 wasnât that easy by the end of the 2nd week.
The German food in the US doesnât get close to the German restaurant experience though. The old buildings, the efficiency in getting you in, the abrupt âtime to leaveâ even if youâre not done. Buying a keg of beer for the table.
glorkon@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 131d
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.
Miaou@jlai.lu · 0 pts · 131d
Do you eat the same thing every day at home?
la93@thelemmy.club · 5 pts · 131d
Cute! I would like to go someday.
jimerson@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 131d
I highly recommend!
passepartout@feddit.org · 5 pts · 132d
TSCHĂSS đ
craftrabbit@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 131d
TSCHĂSSI FRĂ BĂSI đ
FireWire400@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 129d
Lol if only it was this good...
tetris11@feddit.uk · 2 pts · 128d
Some guy's house he converted into a studio and charges people to enter
whaleross@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 131d
Belgium has plenty of free potatoes right now.
technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com · -19 pts · 131d
Why go to "museums" when you can watch Germany participating in genocide right now?
Rise1547@feddit.org · 5 pts · 131d
Kleiner Dummkopf
Lemminary@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 131d
Do tourists go to museums to watch politics? And what's the difference between "museums" and museums?
backalleycoyote@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 130d
Because they have the raddest Archaeopteryx specimen.