Liz Mitchell Live in Frankfurt
Trip Start
May 22, 2005
1
8
107
Trip End
Jan 22, 2006
Frankfurt,
Germany
Sunday, June 5, 2005
Out short time in Frankfurt was very eventful. At Fresspetrols (or Munch-Alley), we happened upon our very first German beer garden. There was a group playing there led by a lady named Liz Mitchell who started off with an acapella rendition of Amazing Grace and went on to sing funky German dance tunes about someone's "cool Daddy". The Germans went into a frenzy and we joined in.
Random thoughts: (1) Trains are a great way to travel around Europe. However, the window of time they give you to get on and off is very short, especially when they are running late, children and old people be damned. We saw one group of travellers consisting solely of old people carrying children and lots of luggage. We couldn't help them because we could barely get on before the train sped away. (2) Germans love their roasted meat. They roast them in trucks on the side of the street. Paul loves roasted meat AND trucks. (3) We know very little German. Unfortunately, "Achtung baby" doesn't get you very far.
Comments
schnitzel frenzy
hey guys, heard the mugs there hold 1L! And that the women can hold as much beer as the guys?! Have some schnitzel for me. :)
Cleanliness and french fries
I found Germany to be very clean compared to their poorer southern neighbours Spain and Italy. Love their supermarkets but not their food which consists of a variety of sausages of different sizes with different names that sound the same. (PG)
Did you drop by their popular french fries shops for a variety of delicious spicy fries and cholesterol-ful mayo?
Re: schnitzel frenzy
Yeah they have these bathtub size mugs of beer. We watched with amazement as little old German ladies slung these back as if they were filled with water. We saw one schnitzel place that had a sign with Arnold taunting potential customers, 'Don't be a girly man. Eat the big sausage.' The sausages were thick like the arm of a child.
Re: Cleanliness and french fries
Yeah Germany is very clean. There does seem to be a national obsession with sausages. We did try the great fries, but we wimped out and did not get the mayo.