What's it like living in Germany?

[quote] from what I've seen on travel shows, the traditional food doesn't look very good at all

And goodness knows, six minutes on a travel program will tell us of all the multiple layers of existence in a country of 85 million people!

R1 any suggestions? They show a lot of heavy crap and pork

It's more diverse than that, for sure R2.

Just like Guy Fieri shows the burger joints but that's not all of America.

Yes, the old style traditional German food can be heavy food with lots of gravy. But that tends to be Bavaria - which is what a lot of Americans are shown of Germany on TV because of the Oktoberfest, oompah music, old world "charm" of it. But that is one area of Germany, as the South is one area of the US. (The former East Germany also has some similarities to that cuisine, and to many Baltic areas.)

Many different options in lots of places, almost more Spanish or like northern Italy in some areas. Vegetables are a big part of the diet. Berlin is a truly international city with so many cuisines. There IS definitely a Turkish influence, the same way that SW US has such a Mexican influence, since Turkish immigration has been a big change in Germany over the last 70 years or so.

Actually the “heavy” German food isn’t really heavier than most American food. I have only been to Germany once but I ate the old fashioned stuff and liked it a lot.

Handsome men with massive, unmutilated dongs!

OP, never, do you hear ? NEVER go to bed with a german without knowing EXACTLY what he's gonna do. NEVAH !

I loved it when I was stationed there -- but that was in the late 70s.

I loved riding the trains, I loved driving on the Autobahn, I loved the castles and the cobblestone streets, and I loved the feel of how positively old everything was. I loved the roadside Catholic shrines, and the Frauen gardening their families' graves, and the (what I found out later was) horsemeat burgers with Brötchen and tangy German mustard. Even the forests looked like they were gently manicured and incredibly beautiful -- and then I reminded myself what an ancient country it was compared to the U.S. They had had the time to tend it and make it look exactly the way they wanted it to look.

I'm PA Dutch (a bastardization of the word "Deutsch") and I look very German, and every German was shocked to find out I was an American (when I was in civilian clothes). But they were incredibly friendly to me. And there were plenty of places to eat, if that's what you're worried about.

In many ways, I wish I could retire there. But it is damned cold in the winter depending where you are and the people can be a bit rigid. So there's that. But it's worth an extended visit if you want to check it out.

ALL shops shuttered Saturday evening until Monday morning.

[quote] ALL shops shuttered Saturday evening until Monday morning.

As it used to be in most of America.

German men are beautiful, and a tall German with sizemeat can be a blissful experience.

But German (and Austrian) men can also have a very cool-to-cold demeanor in bed. (And in general - emotions are not on the surface in those cultures.) It's not quite like fucking a robot, but it isn't as far from that experience as you'd think.....

Lots of halitosis. I have no idea why, but they all have terrible breath.

That's very interesting, SL at R7. Were you stationed abroad on any other occasions?

What is Frankfurt like?

Go to Hamburg, friendlier, hotter, and prettier men are there.

The men are all filthy pigs! In the mostly hot way.

Living there is... less hot.

Daylight in the winter was utterly insufficient for my taste.

[quote]ALL shops shuttered Saturday evening until Monday morning.

That's wonderful. Italy used to be that way and I miss it.

German men are by default into watersports and generally very open for s/m play even scat .

I don't think they're better or worse looking than other Euros.

Recycling must be perfect - you will be judged on it by all of your neighbors.

In Germany all seems to breathe freedom and peace and make one forget the world and its sad turmoils.

You know, that quote is familiar, but I do believe it was in fact a 19th-century German woman talking about Scotland, rather than her own country!

I found the germans seemed to fall into two categories: stuck up/rigid versus free spirited/wild. Nazis and Hippies

I love it. East German men were a revelation. Sexy, straightforward, fun. And many learned a trade like stone mason or electrician: hot!

Who cares if shops are closed on Sundays. It's nice that the cities quiet down. (And when I first arrived, they closed much earlier during the week and at 1 pm on Saturdays; if you went out on Friday night, the next morning it was hard to make it to the grocery store before they closed. But now there's always somewhere open until 8 pm or midnight.)

I like their traditional pre-school comfort food: rice pudding with warm fruit sauce; hard-boiled eggs with mustard sauce and potatoes; creamed spinach, mashed potatoes and a fried egg. This week I made an East German classic: soljanka.

It may get chilly this winter (or extremely expensive to heat), but I'll survive.

How long have you been living there, R22?

R23, since 1988.

While not as hot as Italian or Spanish men, Germans are hot in their own distinct teutonic way. Something about the shape of their eyes, or their noses... Also they carry themselves with a quiet cool confidence, as opposed to the fiery passionate bravado of the Latin men.

I visited, and found the food bland, but I really like sausages and such. Next time I go, I will bring my own salt packets or something. I seriously think the food would be great with some salt.

Berlin has some of the most fun night life on the planet. Lots of young Europeans move to Berlin. It's infamous for it's clubs and raves.

It has venues that have backroom areas where you'll see both straight and gay people going at it.

If you love beer it’s the place to be. I was in the army stationed there for two years

Someone mentioned halitosis— it’s the sauerkraut

There are tons of gorgeous men in Germany, but a sizable percentage of them are into the poo poo sex play.

[Quote]it’s the sauerkraut

Sauerkraut = clean colon.

Berlin is a favorite place. I was working there as the Wall was coming down in 89-90. The men are very bossy and deliberate. yet quite good in bed. The food is fine and not an issue. A good place to retire.

No, R12 -- but I just did my time and got out.

When I was still teaching, I used to keep a stack of cards on my desk that the Air Force recruiter had given me. Whenever any of my students expressed an interest in (mostly) going into the Marine Corps, I'd hand them a card from the AF pile. I found out way too late that I should have gone into the Air Force. They have a great life! That's the service to pick if you want to travel. Plus they treat you like you're a college student instead of like a "grunt."

Of course, if you guys want to travel in close quarters on a ship/submarine with lots of sweaty men, obviously choose the Navy instead.

USAF men also fuck like champs.

Why are they into scat? so strange! I met a German airplane mechanic and I was young a fucking coward. he had the LARGEST bulge I've ever seen on a man - soft. He was married but propositioned me (blonde twink at the time).I skimpered away. I was afraid he would wreck my hole. Now I would pay for him to do it.

I know a guy who was discovered to be mildly color blind while in the Air Force Academy. He graduated but he's not allowed to pilot.

Instead he sits in a dark room in an unspecified place and directs drone strikes on the Middle East. It's a living. He's HAF by the way.

My first trip to Munich in the 1990s and I was sitting my first morning at a lovely and typical outdoor cafe on Marienplatz having a beer and a pretzel and who strolled by?

Marianne Sägebrecht, wearing an elegant long woolen cape with a matching scarf. It couldn't have been a more appropriate welcome to the city.

My late German Romeo was all that's been described here. r25, He had that cool confidence you mention he could hold court in the worst dive bars or the most esteemed social situations! The darkest most incredible eyes I've ever seen. glorious bulge, passionate to talk about his shit! The toilets he clogged, the piece of undigested onion with the fervor of writing the great Novel. I loved listening to him piss! loud and strong even with the door shut. Hot fiery temper.

Germany is great to visit, but living here sucks. I’m ready to move back to the US.

They can be task oriented to a fault.

While I really enjoy traveling in Germany, most Germans seem to be very anal ( sexually, socially, and personally) to excess.

UK here. I have a German fuck buddy. He is hung like a Clydesdale and very demanding during sex, which I love. Afterwards he is the sweetest man you could ever meet.

You can visit Germany but only Germans get Germany.

R39 can you elaborate on why you want to move?

Their last 4 heads of state where Russian puppets.

I thought all die Schwüle were camped out at Berghain 24/7. What gives? Do the gayboys really have to get actual jobs and pay actual bills?

Everyone has Toaster Strudel for breakfast, ja!

Hurry, it will be all-Muslim by 2050.

Uncut cocks galore

By rubbing the pfenning over and over and over the Germans inadvertently invented the copper wire.

R11 Maybe this explains bad breath R17

R2 Have you tried sauerkraut?

Gay cruising.

R53 Hot!

(although cut off just as it was getting good)

You will hear German music on the radio

David Hasselhoff is huge over there.

R56 still? It's sad he ever was a thing

BASF is shutting down a lot of production in Germany.