Kulmbach would be the best choice. Sure they have different kind of beer in Munich, too, they only don't produce all these sorts there. Or maybe they do, who knows. The beer in Hofbräuhaus is very good, and this is Munich, too Nah, Pilsen is Czech and Karlsbad is Russian (but in Czech Republic)
Europeans would do well not to bite the hand that feeds it. Without Germany the whole EU would be a distant memory.
Sounds like the Hofbräuhaus you are writing about is the parent company of the Hofbräuhaus we have in Las Vegas. (Excellent place.) I wold like to propose that more beer for them will definitely cure them out of this seriously debilitating mental disorder (czech?-itis slav-itis).
I always find it fascinating that Americans like to visit German B and C cities. The greatest German city is Berlin, obviously. It's like travelling in the future. You'll understand when your been there. Is it because so many Americans are from German heritage.
Texpat, I sooo agree with this, which is why #1 and #2 in Volker's joke is not only very funny but also very practical.
USA_student_123, There was hardly any "little juicy nationalistic flame baiting" to be quite honest. The occasional, uninformed (no surprise there) American, spouted some untruths that, e.g. Belgium had to thank here existance to Germany. Vivien pointed out that at the time Belgium was formed, Germany was non-excisting. Red, not entirely correct, pointed out that Belgium was formed under the Treaty of London of 1839. (It was more under the Treaty of XVII Articles of 1830 - but Willem I of The Netherlands refused to sign it, the rest did -- which resulted in the later Treaty of XXIV Articles/Treaty of London of 1839) Soooo, it mainly was an American rant, not so much of an European.
Yes, I have been to Berlin, I loved every inch of it, it is indeed like life in the future. I don't know who the architects were, but they were absolute geniuses. As for the B and C names, we Americans love them because we don't have to think and count the alphabet too long to find them before we athorize them to exist on the map (and physically, to make life simpler). Good news for Belgium, it starts with a B. Interesting that you find American attraction to Germany. Heritage is definitely a maybe, considering that it was a very narrow vote that kept the official language of the USA English as opposed to German. But the cause for attraction is probably more like the English skills of the general German public, the beauty of architecture and environment, clean streets/roads, well organized customer services, more service oriented government ... .
No worries. I've often lamented the fact that my neighbors are more knowledgeable about the contents of Hannah Montana's closets than they are about US monetary policy, or the North Korean conflict, or, or, or... Anyways, I take it you find me deserving of my passport?
There has to be a reason why you spent a fair portion of your life in Asia. And I can almost guarantee that it's not because you enjoyed chatting about American Idol with fellow suburbanites.
I don't agree that Germany is the bully of Europe; and I quite like Angela Merkel: she looks like an intelligent and level-headed person - very much unlike Nicolas Sarkozy, who looks to me like he's gonna have some nervous breakdown and start insulting people at the first opportunity.
Berlin, really? I like it for nostalgic reasons, but I have heard it lost some charm during the last twenty years. Future? They don't have skyscrapers or stuff and they even closed their last city airport.
Having Belgium is clearly a Spanish fault. On the other hand, without the Spaniards Belgium would be Dutch now. I must think about this for a moment. Viva Espana
So now how will I (*)(*)(*)(*)(*) about Czechs/Slavs? More importantly, how will I start a fight when I am in "their" "country"? I love being a tourist and having a lot of fun whilst at it.
I must say, that we Americans may have had the 1st skyscrapers, but now the real masterpieces of this technology are in Asia. I like Berlin, in that it is so futuristic, amongst others things, and I didn't even think of imagining a skyscraper there.
Sorry, but, compared to Sarah Palin, Angela Merkel has a lot of work to do: I think she should come to us, we Americans have a perfect silicon implant technology and we love doing it. (Until then this forces me to vote for Sarah Palin.)
Like USA_student_123 said, a skyscraper in Berlin is not the way to go. It would ruin the entire city. This is typically European if I may add. I'm a curious person, so when I encounter a person here on the forum who is (a) totally fabulous or (b) a total dumbass, I will try to find out more of the place where they live (the last place I checked was the USA state of Nevada -- this was a "B-case". Anyhow, on my quest -- I've encountered many American "cities" whith a "downtown" area with "skyscrapers". It's really horrendous (not to mention that a lot of these buildings were built during the golden era of the USA, being 1950's-1960's). Most European cities are "spread out" and have low to semi-high type of buildings. Berlin is a great example. It's an A class world city, but when you live there you can totally have the feeling that you're living in your typical European suburb (in contrast with e.g. living in NYC). You know, and this is something to be proud of, Europe is the shining light of architecture. Sure, there is the occasional American architect (OK - there are more than one ) but most of their work stands in Europe too. And it's not about the archtecture alone. It's about the S-bahn, the U-bahn, bikepaths,... everything "fits" great into eachother. It's fabulous! (And quite intresting, before I replied on this thead I planned to make a thread about it here on the forum, it will be about the Villa Savoye). Oh, and about Tempelhof-aeroport,... It's one my favourite buldings in the entire world! The last time I went to Berlin, which is already a couple of years ago, I went with my friend who's mother is Chef de Cabin at a notable airline. Anyhow, the steward came asking my friend if she would like to follow the landing out of the cockpit (no worries, this was only an AVRO-RJ100 jet), but she went on suggesting maybe I could follow the landing out of the cockpit. The steward went asking the pilots, and before I knew it,... I was sitting there with a set of headphones on my head! It was AWESOME! And the weather was great! It was really, really, sooooooo nice! Anyhow, to return to Tempelhof -- I really don't understand your remark either. Tempelhof, "the mother of all aeroports" was built-out by the Nazis. And it isn't like they blew it up! (they would only need to try -- ). Isn't it used now for "entertainment venues". What an amazing thing that is! Berlin Festival 2010 - BN Set
No kidding. I remember the first time I went to Tokyo... My mind was utterly blown -- I couldn't help but think that Tokyo was what New York was meant to look like.
