Thread:BrewChris/@comment-88.78.148.201-20160220233609/@comment-27675805-20160306145236

Very informative, Merrimacga. I sincerely appreciate the info. I used to live in GA myself until several years ago. I can't say that I miss the heat, but I do miss the sunshine. Germany is cold and dark for most of fall and winter. On the other hand the crime is much, much lower as compared to around ATL so I can't complain. If you'd like to add me as a friend my current code is in my profile.

Yes, Kate, these stubborn Bavarians are stuck in their ways. I think that's why they've survived as long as they have. America tends to thrive on change. We are continuously adapting and improving (for the most part) which means new beats old. The town I live in here is over 1,000 years old. You'll never find something like that in the USA unfortunately. Many of the traditions and much of the culture in America is changing or mixing with others or being forgotten. Not here in Bavaria. People are content with doing the same thing over and over and over until they can't do it anymore. It's interesting to experience this.

As for Americans, Brits, and Aussies... our languages are just like in Bavaria, Nordrhein-Westfalen, or Berlin. I work with Brits, Scots, Irish, and Australians on a regular basis and sometimes we have to stop mid-sentence to think about what we just heard from each other. We speak English but we don't speak the same language... especially the Scottish and Irish chaps. We actually had to create a cheat sheet of common terms at one point so we had a reference point due to the glaring irregularities in terminology. We eventually got on the same page but it was a learning process. Have you met many from the UK?