re: #108 Obdicut

So if I take them up on their offers to visit them in Germany, I should come prepared for stolidness? Or, because I’ll be on vacation, am I allowed to act like a wild man?

And, does this also apply to Austrians, or should I not generalize between Germans and Austrians?

Hope that they take some vacation time off. Yes, it will be comfortable, well-organized but a bit stodgy. Not sure about Austrians, never spent much time there, but it seems to be similar.

But that was my experience in a nutshell: we met some butt-nekkid German girls in the Grand Canyon, had a great time with them, came over to find them very different.

I stayed anyways. That had a lot more to do with the point in time: 1989 when all those interesting things started happening in Germany and all over Europe.

Things have loosened up a lot since I came over in the late 80’s. Even though I am no fan of soccer, the 2006 World Cup was like a cultural shoulder massage for Germany; there was a considerable change of atmosphere as a result.