I'll be in Aachen next month. Is that close enough?
Free beer! Free beer!
Free beer! Free beer!
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well, it's about 77 kilometers from Aachen to Cologne, that's pretty close, I guess. What will you be doing there ?oug wrote:
I'll be in Aachen next month. Is that close enough?
Free beer! Free beer!
I'll be in Bremen for the billionth time next month,
@Iowing, listen to the guys above (some good stuff to see)
if it's one thing I'll never do again. then it's taking the bloody IC train from Amsterdam to Berlin, 6 hours of crying babies!
@Iowing, listen to the guys above (some good stuff to see)
if it's one thing I'll never do again. then it's taking the bloody IC train from Amsterdam to Berlin, 6 hours of crying babies!
visiting my gfB.Schuss wrote:
well, it's about 77 kilometers from Aachen to Cologne, that's pretty close, I guess. What will you be doing there ?oug wrote:
I'll be in Aachen next month. Is that close enough?
Free beer! Free beer!
it's about an hour and a half by car if I remember correct
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Poetic Justice?
Lowing - Watch out for all the moslems - brightly coloured clothes and a starsnstripes bandana won't help, don't take the anti-american comments you'll get too seriously or personally, have a great time!
Good advice above from the others - although watching Americans try real beer for the first time can be a good evenings entertainment.
Note to the Europeans - Americans do have micro-breweries which produce great beer on a par with the best in Europe. I think under the law they are only allowed to sell it on site?
Bottled beer is mandated by law to be undrinkable, somewhere between soda-water and weak urine.
Good advice above from the others - although watching Americans try real beer for the first time can be a good evenings entertainment.
Note to the Europeans - Americans do have micro-breweries which produce great beer on a par with the best in Europe. I think under the law they are only allowed to sell it on site?
Bottled beer is mandated by law to be undrinkable, somewhere between soda-water and weak urine.
Fuck Israel
Well, as Schuss said, the Katterbach post is in the middle of fucking nowhere, but if you drive around the area in a 100 km circle,
there are a lot of cool things to see.
Cities worth seeing are Nürnberg/Nuremburg and Würzburg (check out the Residenz, they have english giuded tours on saturday, as far as I remember). Bamberg (where I live) is not that bad either.
All of those cities have a lot of cool history stuff.
I would show you around a bit, but I´m in the middle of moving places and broke like hell right now.
I would NOT recommend Neuschwanstein though, it´s the biggest tourist rip-off I have ever seen. You pay a huge entry fee and then they pull you through that castle in 15 min. and you are not even allowed to take any pictures.
Other than that, just swing by the travel agancy on post, they can normally hook you up with some good and cheap weekend trips for germany.
Oh and a few little tips.
- If you want a pepperoni pizza in germany, order a "pizza salami".
Pepperonis are little chillies in german. Every american makes that mistake the first time they are here.
Always a hilarious story
- The german girls in the bars and clubs around army posts are mostly sluts from hell. Drop the words "american soldier", buy them
a few drinks and you normally have a guranteed lay for they night.
- Stay away from russians girls. They russian guys around here don´t like the fact that a lot of amercian soldiers "steal" away their
girls and they are pretty aggresive.
- German beer is VERY potent.
- If you rent a car, be sure to get a bunch of gas coupons. you can use them at every "Shell" and "Aral"
gas station along the autobahn.
-Oh, and the rumor, you will most probably hear around post about german cops being allowed to beat you up for every little
reason is NOT true.
- DON´T leave the tip on the table in a restaurant. If you pay your food, just round up the amount upwards to your liking,
that counts a the tip then.
Meaning you bill is like 18,80 € then round it up to 20,00 € and give it to the waiter.
Drop me PM if you need some clubs or bars.
Edit :
And please, please, please don´t walk into a bar or club around post and try to pay in dollars. A lot of soldiers try to do that the first time they are here and it pisses off the bartenders very much.
The only place dollars are good for are on post, nowhere else.
Always have some cash on you, we don´t really do the credit card thing in germany.
Meaning you can pay with them in the bigger places, but don´t expect that to happen everywhere.
there are a lot of cool things to see.
Cities worth seeing are Nürnberg/Nuremburg and Würzburg (check out the Residenz, they have english giuded tours on saturday, as far as I remember). Bamberg (where I live) is not that bad either.
All of those cities have a lot of cool history stuff.
I would show you around a bit, but I´m in the middle of moving places and broke like hell right now.
I would NOT recommend Neuschwanstein though, it´s the biggest tourist rip-off I have ever seen. You pay a huge entry fee and then they pull you through that castle in 15 min. and you are not even allowed to take any pictures.
Other than that, just swing by the travel agancy on post, they can normally hook you up with some good and cheap weekend trips for germany.
Oh and a few little tips.
- If you want a pepperoni pizza in germany, order a "pizza salami".
Pepperonis are little chillies in german. Every american makes that mistake the first time they are here.
Always a hilarious story
- The german girls in the bars and clubs around army posts are mostly sluts from hell. Drop the words "american soldier", buy them
a few drinks and you normally have a guranteed lay for they night.
- Stay away from russians girls. They russian guys around here don´t like the fact that a lot of amercian soldiers "steal" away their
girls and they are pretty aggresive.
- German beer is VERY potent.
- If you rent a car, be sure to get a bunch of gas coupons. you can use them at every "Shell" and "Aral"
gas station along the autobahn.
-Oh, and the rumor, you will most probably hear around post about german cops being allowed to beat you up for every little
reason is NOT true.
- DON´T leave the tip on the table in a restaurant. If you pay your food, just round up the amount upwards to your liking,
that counts a the tip then.
Meaning you bill is like 18,80 € then round it up to 20,00 € and give it to the waiter.
Drop me PM if you need some clubs or bars.
Edit :
And please, please, please don´t walk into a bar or club around post and try to pay in dollars. A lot of soldiers try to do that the first time they are here and it pisses off the bartenders very much.
The only place dollars are good for are on post, nowhere else.
Always have some cash on you, we don´t really do the credit card thing in germany.
Meaning you can pay with them in the bigger places, but don´t expect that to happen everywhere.
Last edited by HellHead (2008-04-21 05:37:31)
I would say Hellhead's account is the most realistic so far.
Seriously, I should open up my own travel agency for "my first german tour" american soldiers.
Wouldn´t be the first time I pull somebody through a wole bunch of castles and bars around
here.
Wouldn´t be the first time I pull somebody through a wole bunch of castles and bars around
here.
If any of you are ever in Berlin and are lucky enough to go to the train station have a Kebab they are the best in the world.
I just had a look at Katterbach Base in google maps. Funny, how detailed that is, even in the cheap online version. You can even see the little helicopters parked on the airfield.
But it truely is in the middle of nowhere. I wonder how people actually get there from the states. Fly to the nearest airbase, and then via chopper or bus ?
But it truely is in the middle of nowhere. I wonder how people actually get there from the states. Fly to the nearest airbase, and then via chopper or bus ?
Yeah, they fly into Rammstein (after they closed the airbase at Franfurt airport) and then get a bus ride to post.
Chopper would be a bit to expensive in the long run for all the little privates.
Chopper would be a bit to expensive in the long run for all the little privates.
I almost forgot: Dachau is a short bus trip to the outskirts of Munich. Worth a look.
Maybe a Rammstein concert?
I can relate. It's kinda like the lobster red Europeans walking around my beaches with their fanny packs ..lolB.Schuss wrote:
one fashion note: if you can, please avoid wearing sports caps, hooded sweaters, shorts, and other "typical US tourist insignia". We do not care if you suppport "St.Mary's Lacrosse", and the Alabama Crimson Tide doesn't play here, either...
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wait so germans don't wear hoods and shorts? that's not what i've seen... ok maybe not shorts cause it was cold
and who the fuck wears a fanny pack? lol
and who the fuck wears a fanny pack? lol
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Tourist who try to tan with third degree burns. I cringe every time I see it.oug wrote:
and who the fuck wears a fanny pack? lol
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Guys, I thank you for all the advice and I will be using it while I am there.
I want to buy my wife a cookoo clock while I am there, any suggestions for German quality and craftsmenship and reputation?
I want to buy my wife a cookoo clock while I am there, any suggestions for German quality and craftsmenship and reputation?
He'll only get ideas....CameronPoe wrote:
I almost forgot: Dachau is a short bus trip to the outskirts of Munich. Worth a look.
always fun those tourist, we got it with mostly Germans here, 1,5million during summer timeKmarion wrote:
Tourist who try to tan with third degree burns. I cringe every time I see it.oug wrote:
and who the fuck wears a fanny pack? lol
but they got the old reputation of building huge holes, which isn't that accured (well sometimes)
Are you serious ? That is such a tourist ripoff...lowing wrote:
Guys, I thank you for all the advice and I will be using it while I am there.
I want to buy my wife a cookoo clock while I am there, any suggestions for German quality and craftsmenship and reputation?
oh well, if you must...swiss made clocks are generally considered to be of superior quality to those made in the black forest, but those are still better than the cheap imports from china.
ironically, most of the clock manufacturers in the black forst survive because of the exports to countries like the US..
make sure you get an authentic clock, not a cheap import, and you'll be fine. Can't name any companies though. I am not into clocks, you know...
I might do Cologne on my way home this year
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Don't forget your Ihram Lowing, you will need it to escape the Muslim controlled Europe.
Who you renditioning back home anyway?
Seriously, have a good time.
Who you renditioning back home anyway?
Seriously, have a good time.
lowing is gonna convert them all. I see he is already having an effect. ..lol :Dsergeriver wrote:
Watch out for appeasers.
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Plane leaves Tuesday, I really appreciate all of the helpful advice.