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I looked it up: According to German law, you're allowed to carry a folding knife - that can only be opened by 2 hands and has a blade at or less than 4 3/4 inch long. That means no switchblades, butterfly, knife or knife with a blade wide enough that you can flick it open with one hand. I'm pretty s...

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You won't walk out happy, but I strongly recommend watching this film....

Well, at the risk of revealing something I shouldn't: it's a very powerful movie on a subtle level. There's very little soundtrack and when sound comes, it's perfectly integrated into the film. So I imagine the lady was already emotional, and when the girl started playing the piano, it took her over...

I don't know about the discrimination aspect, but I was refused in Tx. at a liquor store because my only American I.D. was my passport (I didn't even bother showing my German driver's license). I couldn't believe it, but there you are....

Would love to say hello. Pro tip: listen to the radio, especially news programs because of the pronunciation. Don't fall into the seductive trap of consuming English-speaking media all the time. When I came here there was one newspaper (Times Herald Tribune), and books in English were really expensi...

Happy Easter and welcome to Germany and Niedersachsen. Down here we have it a lttle better regarding travel: Austria in 40 minutes, Italy in 3 hours, Switzerland in 1, etc. Asia is one flight away. But you're close to the sea, and Hamburg is a really cool city to visit. Berlin isn't far from you eit...

Way south of you, about 45 miles SW of Munich. My wife comes from Thüringen. How long you been here? ...

I learned to drive in a 1947 Chevy truck with a stick shift. Later in a 1968 Ford truck with 3 on the tree. Been in Germany for almost 36 years and never owned an automatic. Since then I've only driven automatics in rental cars in the States. I'll never buy an automatic......

That might be it, but we had talked about that town before, and it seems like it was something else. Like I said, could definitely be wrong. Thanks for the reply, will have to check it out the next time I'm in country....