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LSky Aug 4th, 2010 02:56 PM

I can only think of one:
Vacation.

flylow Aug 4th, 2010 03:37 PM

Yeah, what they said and pils, Leberkase, Audi

hausfrau Aug 4th, 2010 05:58 PM

Auf Deutsch oder Englisch? Some of each I guess...

automobiles (M-B, Audi, BMW, VW, Porsche)
castles
forests
Gluehwein
Gelbe Sacken (you probably have to have lived there to understand that one...)
Autobahn
Wildschwein (long story)
fireworks (specifically on New Year's Eve)
walking
wine
beer (all of it)
Kaesespaetzle

Pegontheroad Aug 4th, 2010 06:04 PM

All of the above plus my favorite country.

Cowboy1968 Aug 4th, 2010 08:36 PM

hausfrau..

LOL at the Gelbe Sack..
Mülltrennung, fetish #1 of German suburbia

LunaBella Aug 4th, 2010 09:11 PM

nachst abfahrt

LunaBella Aug 4th, 2010 09:14 PM

Oops, make that nachste abfahrt! (Which would also make my son laugh every time I said it...)

MyriamC Aug 5th, 2010 12:05 AM

Peter Maffay! :-)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebUIYjDeC-Q

PalenQ Aug 5th, 2010 03:34 AM

S-Bahns
U-Bahns
Strassenbahnen (sp?)

kfusto Aug 5th, 2010 04:56 AM

Duvets
Currywurst

hausfrau Aug 5th, 2010 10:46 AM

Cowboy, it never bothered me; I was obviously born in the wrong country.

PalenQ Aug 5th, 2010 12:18 PM

MyriamC on Aug 4, 10 at 2:29pm
Spaghetti-Eis !

Yes Spaghetti Eis - freaked me out when i first saw that in an Italian ice cream parlor/cafe and it looked, duh, like spaghetti. thanks for the recall on that novelty.

MyriamC Aug 5th, 2010 12:34 PM

I love Spaghetti-Eis. It's the first thing I want to have when I cross the border.

PalenQ Sep 2nd, 2010 06:00 PM

Gemuelikeit?

not sure how it is spelt but that word that conveys the feeling of everything is cozy and right-

hausfrau Sep 3rd, 2010 05:46 AM

Almost, Pal - Gemütlichkeit! (The feeling I get when I think of my time spent in Germany...)

bmillersc Sep 3rd, 2010 06:48 AM

Andechs Klosterbraurei!


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