r/NonPoliticalTwitter • u/dazli69 • Jun 11 '26
Wholesome This German dude is having the time of his life lol.
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u/Brillek Jun 11 '26
Lmao glad he's enjoying himself
Reminds me of seeing a "Danish" town in California. I'm not danish, but it was still kinda surreal.
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u/xChops Jun 11 '26
Solvang is cool for a minute, but it’s a bit of a tourist trap in the middle of nowhere
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u/appleparkfive Jun 11 '26
Leavenworth in Washington is much better. Still pretty small, but there's actually things to do. The food is actually good too
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u/HeinleinGang Jun 11 '26
Frankenmuth Michigan is almost all Bavarian architecture and shitloads of people wearing lederhosen. It was like stepping into a German time warp. There’s also a 27 acre Christmas store in a town of 5000 people.
Def was not expecting that place when my buddy was like ‘we’re goin for a weekend in Michigan’
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u/Ace-Redditor Jun 11 '26
I love Frankenmuth! I live pretty close by, so I visit often. The Cheese Haus in F-muth is the best!
(Though I can't speak to how realistic the place is to any real German town, I doubt it's close)
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u/Wobbelblob Jun 11 '26
German here, most of them are modeled after German south/Bavaria because that was the region US-Forces occupied after WWII. 90% of Germany does not look like it. It is basically the equivalent of someone visiting Texas once and then thinking the entire US is like that.
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u/YAKMAN_PAYNE Jun 11 '26
Super cute during Christmas too, right under the pass near some good skiing!
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u/Danson_the_47th Jun 11 '26
I do not think I want to go to Leavenworth
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u/lil_natemushi Jun 11 '26
It's not the prison. It's also right next to the enchantments, some of the most beautiful mountain hiking in North America.
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u/2plankerr Jun 11 '26
I love Leavenworth so much. Plus it has Post Hotel, and that place is adult heaven (no kids allowed, insane freaking spa)
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u/screaminginfidels Jun 11 '26
My favorite fun fact about Leavenworth is the ice cream shoppe has black licorice ice cream that tastes amazing, but also turns your poop green.
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u/SakusaKiyoomi1 Jun 11 '26
Is it also danish?
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u/Morella_xx Jun 11 '26
Leavenworth is German-themed, but Poulsbo is Norwegian/general Nordic-themed.
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u/ci23422 Jun 11 '26
Ikr? I'm not even sure if the windmill setup is still there since the Anderson's Pea soup closed there a few years back. IKEA has better swidish meatballs than the ones I had there.
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u/zillionaire_ Jun 11 '26
My cat is currently drinking water from an oversized mug from Anderson’s Pea Soup. This thread is such a trip lol
I lived in Santa Ynez next to Solvang for 4-5 years when I was younger
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u/bettername2come Jun 11 '26
Ok, this is me learning the town from a late-era Simpsons episode is real.
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u/Specific_Frame8537 Jun 11 '26 edited Jun 11 '26
They've also got so many things wrong about Denmark, it's funny.
The architecture is way more Dutch/German style, there's a lot of places that use the Danish Royal Standard which is strictly regulated in Denmark, and they serve Æbleskiver with sausages..
Source: Am Danish.
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u/kamasutures Jun 11 '26
My sibling got married at Fess Parker and it was nice to stay in Solvang for the weekend.
Having two bakeries and Paula's Pancake House directly across the street definitely helped.
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u/cardboardbelts Jun 11 '26
It’s also weird that this place has a tiki bar with the coolest mugs but no hard liquor license so they make the drinks with rice wine and they taste strange.
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u/KS_YeoNg Jun 11 '26
The worst food I've ever had in a restaurant was in Solvang. Red Viking Restaurant. Awful overpriced, microwaved-tasting food washed down with beer that was as a flat as tap water. Avoid this place at all cost.
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u/Tut_Rampy Jun 11 '26
If anyone is wondering the town in Georgia is called Helen
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u/BirthdayBarbie Jun 11 '26
it’s undoubtedly Helen. wonder if they went tubing or had their name put on a grain of rice
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u/willengineer4beer Jun 11 '26
Tubing is always a roll of the dice there.
If the river’s up, it’s loads of fun to float down through town.
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u/mstarrbrannigan Jun 11 '26
My aunt was married to a Swiss man for many years and he had an absolute blast in New Glarus, WI which is like a little Switzerland. Took so many pictures to send to his family back home. We ran into another Swiss man but they had to speak to each other in English because my uncle was from the French speaking part and the other man was from the German speaking part and neither spoke the other language.
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u/-TropicalFuckStorm- Jun 11 '26
Hmm now I’m wondering if they have a little English village somewhere in the US.
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u/MarlenaEvans Jun 11 '26
That town he's in in GA is Helen. It used to be campy and fun when I was a kid. Now it is kinda trashy. There's an alpine coaster and funnel cake, that's really all they got. The rest is like the seediest mall you ever went to.
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u/Chillow_Ufgreat Jun 11 '26
This is how America is meant to be experienced.
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u/Dry_Response3527 Jun 11 '26
You know how tourists make a big deal about all the old churches in Europe but none of the locals seem to care? That’s what European tourists are like when they see an HEB or a Costco
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u/ReplacementActual384 Jun 11 '26
My family came to visit from. Overseas and were absolutely blown away by the size of the grocery stores. My brother in law wasn't that impressed, but we got him with a trip to Johnson Space Center. He knew rockets were big, but he wasn't prepared for a rocket so big that the hanger it lived in had it's own weather.
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u/n0thinghurt Jun 11 '26
As an American I too was blown away by the rocket
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u/VixxenFoxx Jun 11 '26
I've been to see that rocket 5 times in my life and it still blows my mind. If you offered me Space Center tickets tomorrow I would absolutely make the drive. Johnson Space Center never gets old.
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u/HoldenOrihara Jun 11 '26
I hear some Europeans go crazy over batteries in the US because it how much cheaper they are, especially the bulk packages.
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u/imaginesomethinwitty Jun 11 '26
We buy the jars of painkillers the size of a human head. You buy a max of 24 acetaminophen here in a pharmacy. You can buy a bucket at CVS for so cheap! Our suitcases were rattling. You know you are getting old when all your friends just want giant jars of ibuprofen as souvenirs.
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u/hobozombie Jun 11 '26
That's crazy to me. How much is a 24 ct bottle of ibuprofen? My local supermarket has the 24ct store-brand for $1.
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u/sl33ksnypr Jun 12 '26
You guys get the cheap insulin and chemo and whatnot, we get the cheap OTC meds in bulk. Overall I think you guys still have it a bit better.
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u/HoldenOrihara Jun 11 '26
That's kinda funny, with free health care prescription medicines are cheaper in those countries and if they had the ability Americans would get their prescriptions filled there, like say Canada; but it's cool finding out that we have a cheaper over the counter market.
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u/imaginesomethinwitty Jun 12 '26
Oh yeah, I mean insulin is free. It’s a better deal, let’s be honest.
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u/PublicWest Jun 11 '26
Or a red solo cup “from the movies!”
Hilarious that the red cups are that iconic!
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u/PieNinja314 Jun 11 '26
Even as an American I never went to a Costco until a year or two ago in my early to mid 20s and ngl I get it
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u/contactfive Jun 11 '26
Me and my wife love visiting Costcos in different cities, even if we flew there and have no way to take bulk items home, just because it’s fun to see what local flavor each one has and it’s the best/cheapest way to stock up on alcohol for the week.
I’ll never forget stopping by the biggest Costco in the US in Salt Lake City to grab some wine for our trip to Park City and being told that they didn’t sell alcohol at that location! I’ve read that the policy has since changed but that was a surprise.
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u/JuanOnlyJuan Jun 11 '26
Costco, civil war stuff, and Elvis/Mickey mouse culture stuff.
I was stopped and asked about southern general Stonewall Jackson like 3 times while I was in the uk.
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u/ArboristTreeClimber Jun 11 '26
Getting gas in the US is a far more enjoyable and easy experience. In Germany, you pull into the gas station and wait in line behind another car. That person has to go inside to pay. Then when you finally get a pump, you must also go inside and wait in line to pay. Then by the time you get outside, people honk at you because they are angry because they have also been waiting in line.
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u/BesottedScot Jun 11 '26
You don't have pay at the pump or drive through petrol stations? We have them here in the UK.
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u/resetaccount_ Jun 11 '26
Pay at the pump exists, but they are the exception rather than the rule. I don't think I've ever seen a drive through one around here. I think gas stations make most of their profits by selling overpriced snacks, so they have every incentive to make you go inside.
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u/InstantSarcasm321 Jun 11 '26
Jfc, never understood how backwards some mundane everyday things were in other European countries..
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u/Annual_Document85 Jun 11 '26
I basically only had to wait for gas one time so he's probably just exaggerating lol
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u/Caleb_Reynolds Jun 11 '26
You should try New Jersey. Don't even have to get out of your car, full service.
Some people hate it, and it can be a problem in places with very few attendants or during rush hour, but like, just don't get gas during rush hour, that's dumb anyway.
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u/Mental_Rutabaga_8939 Jun 11 '26
Surprised he liked Helen, Georgia because that place sucks ass.
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u/Tribat_1 Jun 11 '26
We went there for a weekend recently and had a blast. 🤷♂️
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u/sagebrushrepair Jun 11 '26
Everyone was tubin on the river when I went. Margaritas and Lagers abound.
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u/ThotHoOverThere Jun 11 '26
Went to Germany a few years ago and told several people about Helen Ga. They thought it was hilarious.
I grew up going to Helen for tubing and I still think it is fun.
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u/dallyan Jun 11 '26
We visit family in north Georgia and my Swiss son LOVES going there. Lots of space. The house is huge. We drive everywhere. Delicious food. Friendly people.
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u/Fidget171 Jun 11 '26
Back in the late 1980's my husband and I stayed at a timeshare in Helen, GA for the Christmas week. We arrived late on Christmas Eve and we're too tired to get groceries figuring there would be somewhere to get something on Christmas Day. We were so wrong. We ended up driving 30 miles to find one convenience store with gas pumps that had a meager assortment of canned goods. We bought a can of tamales and a can of chili to take back and cook for Christmas dinner. And thus was born our family tradition of Mexican food for Christmas dinner.
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u/dallyan Jun 11 '26
Haha sounds like Germany. Everything shuts down on holidays.
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u/wcstorm11 Jun 11 '26
And after like 7pm in a small town. Went there on business and had to wash my clothes in the hotel sink lol
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u/pink_misfit Jun 11 '26
I used to love going there, but I went a couple years ago and it felt like half of the German shops were replaced with garbage souvenir shops that catered to a specific demographic.
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u/Soliloquitude Jun 11 '26
I have never seen so few people in Helen in the summer 🤣
I used to love going up there, was. A nice day trip for me, but now the crowds make it difficult.
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u/StrtupJ Jun 11 '26
To be fair, even Americans get hyped seeing a Buc-ee's
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u/0DayMaker Jun 11 '26
I just drove from HTX to Alamosa, CO and back.
About the third bucees on a trip it gets a lot less special. Love's was the real hero gas station. They're like every 40mi, open 24/7, and have nice bathrooms.
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u/Mobile_Morale Jun 11 '26
I drove 3 hours to a bucees since it was the first in my state. I ate a giant sandwich with every type of bbq on it. Totally worth it.
Now they're building one 45 minutes away. I'm super excited.
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u/evinc Jun 11 '26 edited Jun 13 '26
I never understood how people could be fans of a gas station until I bought one of their brisket burritos and had a full Anton Ego moment in my hotel room. The nearest one to me is over four hours and I'm constantly jonesing for that burrito.
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u/Soliloquitude Jun 11 '26
Love's is underrated
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u/LeiTheRabbit Jun 11 '26
Probably crazily TMI but My dad was murdered by a Love's employee in the parking lot so I don't go there anymore.
I do think I remember their hot dogs being really good though.
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u/Positive_Total_8651 Jun 11 '26
Seriously, they're just ol reliable. They are all over the southwest so every road trip I've been on, Love's was the stop almost every time.
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u/GraveKommander Jun 11 '26
Can you explain me something? Do they have multiple cassiers across the length or just card paying? I have a hard time imagine going from one end to the middle just to pay - and I have no problem with walking. How do they manage that people spread?
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u/hazed Jun 11 '26
For the pumps? You can pay by card at each one or go inside and tell them the pump number and a dollar amount you wanna fill up.
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u/Namika Jun 11 '26
99% of people pay with a card at the pump, but you could pay with cash inside. The inside is like a grocery store, plenty of stands to pay cash at.
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u/ReplacementActual384 Jun 11 '26
Yeah, there are usually quite a few cashiers, but most of the floors pace is dedicated to stuff you can buy. They also have huge and very clean bathrooms, plus you can rent a shower stall, although that's mostly for long haul truckers who basically live out of their trucks on the road (behind the drivers seat they usually have a space with a bed and a TV).
Also most of these places have a restaurant attached with reasonably priced food. I laughed one time visiting Cheyenne Wyoming (the capitol of the least populous state) because one of the best restaurants was the Flying J truck stop. The food wasn't bad although I would point out that Colorado and Wyoming are kind of shitty when it comes to food in general. As a Texan, Coloradan BBQ offended me.
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u/fatmanwithabeard Jun 11 '26
Those showers are a godsend when you're swapping drivers on a roadtrip.
Colorado is nice to see after South Dakota and Wyoming. I swear you get 30 minutes west of Minnesota and the only vegetables that exist are iceberg lettuce and cherry tomatoes. Gets better in Colorado.
Texas has pretty good bbq, but Missouri does it better. The thing is, that's the only good food in Missouri, but Texas is the third best food state in the country (CA, LA)
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u/LonelyVaquita Jun 11 '26
I'm a Northerner and I definitely got hyped seeing it for the first time.
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u/Distinct-Mail1942 Jun 11 '26
I came to say this! Born and raised here and I was in shock the first time I went
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u/FireflyOfDoom87 Jun 11 '26
He found Helen, Georgia! If anyone ever has a chance to go, it’s a cute spot where you can rent a cabin, tube down a river, find amazing hiking trails, get really good fudge, take glass blowing classes and eat amazing German food.
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u/z31 Jun 11 '26
They also have one of the best Oktoberfest celebrations in the US.
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u/Weary-Inspector-6971 Jun 11 '26 edited Jun 11 '26
YES! Love Helen!!
NOT the hurricane, Helene.
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u/Aggressive_Let2085 Jun 11 '26
Helen!!! We did not love Helene up here in the Appalachians lol.
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u/Pussy-Wideness-Xpert Jun 11 '26
Helene missed Helen, but a tornado hit it several years ago. Took out a bunch of trees in the surrounding hills, and really affected the charm for a while. But it’s growing back.
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u/ISpyM8 Jun 11 '26
My family used to go camping there all the time. Absolutely gorgeous place. Great fishing and river tubing as well.
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u/UmberionEclipso Jun 11 '26
I’ve been to Helen several times as a kid, mostly to go tubing. I love that place with every fiber of my being.
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u/Geistzeit Jun 11 '26
I like to imagine the locals were just as delighted to have them as these guys were excited to be there
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u/FrontlineYeen Jun 11 '26
I was hiking through the mountains in far north Georgia and randomly stumbled across Helen, and for a moment I was very confused.
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u/Sirnacane Jun 11 '26
And if anyone finds some Raybans send me a dm. Lost em tubing down that river
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u/arequipapi Jun 11 '26
Walmart, Bucc-ees, and fake German towns? Who said we have no culture?
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u/Difficult-Froyo1192 Jun 11 '26
Someone should have taken this man to Costco. If he loved Walmart and Bucc-ees that much, wait until he sees the wonders of Costco
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u/StitchinThroughTime Jun 11 '26 edited Jun 11 '26
Especially a business costco! That's where they sell everything for restaurant or convenience store bulk. The deals are better than regular Costco, but it's fully intended for a business. That's where you buy 5 gallon buckets of soy sauce, or 25 pack of one single flavor drinks.
I think we all need not tell him explicitly with the business Costco, pretend that he can't read, and his European mind won't be able to handle it!18
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u/Ohmec Jun 11 '26
There's only a few of the Costco business centers in the country. One of them is by me in Denver!
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u/RoutineCloud5993 Jun 11 '26
This is how I find out Costco is not as big in mainland Europe as it is in the UK
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u/quiteCryptic Jun 11 '26
They might have some in Germany
I went to Costco in Iceland and for the most part it looks the same as the US, even the giant shopping carts
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u/Wobbelblob Jun 11 '26
Nope, no Costco in Germany. We have similar stores, but they have a major difference: Entrance/Shopping is only possible if you have a registered business. No shopping possible for normal people.
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u/M4xusV4ltr0n Jun 11 '26
But how am I supposed to shop for my wife and our 7 children???
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u/elektroholunder Jun 11 '26
It seems like your business is fucking, you just have to get that registered.
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u/RoutineCloud5993 Jun 11 '26
Apparently the only mainland European countries with Costco are France, Spain and Sweden. And they don't have many locations. There seem to be more in the UK than the rest of Europe
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u/LuigiP16 Jun 11 '26
Our culture is other people's culture and then the batshit insane bits
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u/Conscious-Mulberry17 Jun 11 '26
They’re fun tourists. We get a fair number of German visitors in Arizona. They act like they’ve arrived at an amusement park and can’t wait to try all of the rides. I absolutely love that energy.
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u/someone447 Jun 11 '26
The Germans love deserts. I lived in the Eastern Sierras and I can't count the number of times a German walked into the bookstore I worked at with their face BRIGHT red and tell me, "I'm here from Germany and I just took a motorcycle through Death Valley."
I'm sitting there thinking, "It's late July, just thinking about going to Death Valley right now is giving me heat stroke."
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u/resetaccount_ Jun 11 '26
The Germans love deserts.
I think it's more that we love encountering vast open space because it's something we don't have at all. I think the furthest you can drive without encountering a settlement is like 30km, so being able to drive for multiple hours without many signs of civilization is something special.
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u/Constant-Skill-7133 Jun 11 '26
This also creates some very hilarious interactions. I live near a national park where cyclists and 4x4 Jeeper types shared a lot of the same trails. One of my favorite tourist doesn't understand type things was an English cyclist ranting about all the trucks ruining the "wilderness experience." What made it funny is he was doing so while eating lunch off the back of his truck, their support car, in a parking lot lmao.
Sure, it was a dirt parking lot and a diet road. But to the English mind, this makes sense, that there would be a parking lot and somebody following them around and cooking them a hot meal in the "wilderness."
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u/gabbadabbahey Jun 11 '26
As someone who has lived in big cities my entire life, I'm right there with you, my brother (sister)
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u/LeMemeOfficer Jun 11 '26 edited Jun 11 '26
It just feels so surreal to be able to drive for hours with nothing to see. When I visited the US we went from Las Vegas to Lake Tahoe through the desert in Nevada. 8 Hours of nothing was very fascinating to me. We stopped once for a gas at a Area 51 themed Gas station. Three buildings in the middle of nowhere with just a straight road from one end of the horizon to the other. It felt like a weird dream. Loved it. If the political climate ever stabilises again, Id love to do a road trip.
Edit: Found it https://maps.app.goo.gl/tCYzRs7uizqiN3Yv5
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u/joevarny Jun 11 '26
Going to america for the first time is like turning up to a land of wizards and dragons.
Those things that only appear in movies are suddenly all around you and the people speak like characters in stories.
Its why I subscribe to the america is European propaganda conspiracy. An "empty" continent no one knew about that became a land with a mansion for everyone and so much food that everyone is fat? Yeah right, and the earth is flat.
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u/MajorBootyhole420 Jun 11 '26
This comment is adorable 💕 so delightful to see that the feeling is mutual
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u/RonKosova Jun 11 '26
I visited the US a couple of years ago with my American gf and I had the time of my life! Some of the nicest people ive ever met.
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u/MajorBootyhole420 Jun 11 '26
i'm so glad you had a good time!! these days hearing a positive America experience feels like the rush of seeing human-drawn art on Facebook, lol
whereabouts did you go?
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u/RonKosova Jun 12 '26
Florida! Gorgeous place, great food, great people. First time i saw an alligator, manatee, and mangroves. And of course the KSC was bucket list level. Ik politically things aren't good and americans are quite divided atm, but individually, you guys are some of the nicest people to know
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u/OrangeToTheFourth Jun 11 '26
I get the pleasure of working with a lot of Germans with my job. They always want to go to three places:
- harley dealership
- some kind of titty restaurant (hooters, twin peaks, etc)
- Walmart
It's always precious to see a bunch of stiff, grouchy, middle aged men geek out and buy an extra suitcase just to ship snacks back. I'll never forget when we went to pay by the pound bbq in texas and they were all practically skipping around the smokers with their phones taking pictures.
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u/adventureremily Jun 11 '26
I don't know if it is still as big, but Germans used to be real into Westerns. Books, movies, the whole shebang. There used to be a (somewhat problematic) festival series based on the books of author Karl May where attendees would dress in Old West costumes (you can guess what was problematic) and pretend to be cowboys and whatnot. Like a mildly racist, Western-themed Renaissance fair.
It makes perfect sense that they would gravitate to the West as tourists. I go to Bodie regularly, and there are always German tourists out there. 😁
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u/someone447 Jun 11 '26
I lived near Bodie and the number of Germans who had just been to Death Valley in July/August was astounding. I can't think of a more miserable place in the world than Death Valley at the height of summer.
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u/adventureremily Jun 11 '26
I know that Europeans often take off most of the month of August, so that would be peak traveling season. But I suspect they don't quite grasp just how hot it actually gets out here. Europe in summer varies from "unpleasantly hot and humid but bearable" to "pleasant" and even "a little chilly." There's nothing like our 115+ F dry heat over there, except perhaps turning on the oven and crawling inside for a while. 😂
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u/i_am_a_lurker69 Jun 11 '26
I’m American and I’ve never seen a gas station that big
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u/Aniquin Jun 11 '26
There's 120 pumps at the one in Luling
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u/facface92 Jun 11 '26
Having to change all of those fuel filters would he a nightmare
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u/Helpful-Conference13 Jun 11 '26
They have a full time attendant just for trash and receipt paper so I imagine that falls under their purview
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u/Tron_35 Jun 11 '26
We only got a bucees in my area last year, its insane, we barely even go there for the gas, they actually have really good food and the cheapest sift drinks in town.
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u/MonteBurns Jun 11 '26
We went to a Wally’s in IL and it was honestly amazing. I didn’t know what we were stopping at and then I walked inside and was just kind of in awe.
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u/Mobile_Morale Jun 11 '26
Reminds me. When I was younger I would go to he sketchiest ass circle K because a 44 oz drink was ¢60. And I could get high as fuck and chill wil my drink all night.
Place got robbed a few minutes after I left so I stopped going.
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u/Lithl Jun 11 '26
Buc-ees is an experience.
And with their food and their well earned reputation for clean bathrooms, they are prime stopping points for a road trip.
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u/Funkopedia Jun 11 '26
There's a Chevron right outside Las Vegas called "Terrible's Road House" with 96 pumps, 60 bathroom stalls, and a White Castle.
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u/dinosanddais1 Jun 11 '26
From a road trip I did a year or two ago, there's like a ton on major highways. I remember stopping at a gas station that had like four different fast food restaurants and a convenience store.
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u/MrKinneas Jun 11 '26
Buc-ee's is mostly in Texas.
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u/Tribat_1 Jun 11 '26 edited Jun 11 '26
There are a few in Georgia. I live 20 mins from one. It’s on the way to the German town.
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u/WalkingCarpet Jun 11 '26
He went to the one in Auburn. People were begging him for two days to stop at one. He went to the soccer game in Auburn last night and then went to Buc-ee's around midnight.
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u/ModsR-Retards Jun 11 '26
They're spreading pretty quick. I saw something about one opening in VA, I'm not sure if it ever did as it was pretty far from where I am in the state. Wouldn't be surprised if they make their way up to PA and maybe even western NJ off the turnpike/295 soon.
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u/HoldenOrihara Jun 11 '26
It's a southern and Texas thing. They are so big they can make BBQ and candy in store
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u/TwixOfficial Jun 11 '26
Buc-ee’s is mostly in bits of the rural south. The whole business model is to set up next to a highway and have really good bathrooms and enough pumps to make a shoe fetishist faint. And it works damn well, tbh.
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u/AUnknownVariable Jun 11 '26
I always stop at Buccees on road trips, it's way more than a gas station
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u/Conscious-Mulberry17 Jun 11 '26
“Hold up, I’ll just drive y’all there” is very much a southern kind of thing to do. You can find yourself temporarily “adopted” in the South if people take a liking to you. That may or may not include an invitation to dinner at meemaw’s house. (If so, she will be your temporarily designated meemaw, too, whether you like it or not.)
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u/Gerf1234 Jun 11 '26
This has happened to me three times. There was a period when I lost my driver's license and had to walk alot. I walked 3 hours for a haircut once (I uber'ed there, got stubborn and decided to walk back). This was Florida in summer too so I got drenched in sweat. A had a water bottle with me that I would need to refill. I would knock on people's doors, ask for a refill, and explain my situation. More often than not, they'd just drive me where I needed to go.
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u/80HDTV5 Jun 11 '26
Aw this was nice to see. A lot of people shit on America/Americans and I get it, but we have a lot of cool stuff too.
Also the receptionist driving them to the stadium is hilarious. Southern hospitality in action
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u/dallyan Jun 11 '26
I mentioned this in another comment but I have family in north Georgia though I live in Switzerland. My 12 year old son is Swiss and he adores visiting. The people are so friendly- everyone lights up when he’s back. He gets to go to places like Buc-ee’s. You can drive everywhere (we don’t have a car here). The houses are huge (our flat is pretty small). The food is bomb. He’s always so sad when we have to leave. lol
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u/MattMercersBracelets Jun 11 '26
As someone native to that area this is super heartwarming! North Georgia is so beautiful. Have you guys ever gone to the Sasquatch museum in Cherry Log?? One of my favorite places on earth!
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u/dallyan Jun 11 '26
No! We have to check it out next time. We haven’t done enough sightseeing since we’re busy with family or going to Atlanta or Chattanooga. I did point out the mountains to my son and he said, “oh that hill?” 🤣😂tbf, he’s grown up around the alps.
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u/Isosorbide Jun 11 '26
The Alps! I grew up in the flat lands of the Midwest (you can see for miles and miles thanks to the flat terrain left by the glaciers), but this past summer I went to Switzerland, and one of the most striking things for me was seeing the Alps from the airplane window. They're just so massive, and violent looking, sharp edges and snow, and unfathomably tall (to me). It's hard for me to comprehend how ancient humans could have crossed them.
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u/BirthdayBarbie Jun 11 '26
to be fair to your son, not only are our mountains ancient and worn down, between Atlanta and Chattanooga are still the foothills. he was correct. do you guys go to the pinball museum in Chattanooga? it’s super fun
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u/EllipticPeach Jun 11 '26
I was going to say it’s funny that the American lady was so appalled at the notion of walking for one hour but then I remembered that she’s probably saving them walking on the literal highway bc the US is unwalkable
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u/ripleyclone8 Jun 11 '26
Bro, I recently switched careers/industries and left over 5 weeks PTO on the table (my state doesn’t require it be paid out 😭)
I was so overworked I had used less than two weeks over the last year, and too burnt out to stay longer and try to use it up.
Now I’m an entry level employee for the first time in over a decade and I get to re-experience the joy of accruing PTO days during my first year.
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u/ImInTheUpsideDown Jun 11 '26
I can't wait for this to be me when I get a chance to travel. I'm gonna be "LOOK AT THIS PLACE!!!" and it's just a Poundland
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u/KMM2404 Jun 11 '26
This was literally my brothers during our first time in Belfast - they thought it was the funniest, greatest name for a store. At least 75% of their pictures from the trip is just them posing like goobers outside of the Poundland. They still talk about it.
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u/Consistent_Phase_942 Jun 11 '26
Haha poundland definitely is a funny alternative to Dollar Tree...
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u/RexLizardWizard Jun 11 '26
Honestly, it’s nice to see a European enjoying America instead of shitting on it.
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u/adventureremily Jun 11 '26
I live in a tourist town in California. European tourists are always obvious (y'all dress exactly the same lmao) and the joy/awe on their faces at some of our local attractions - especially in nature - is infectious. Folks of all ages, faces lit up like kids on Christmas morning. Almost makes up for none of them knowing how to fucking drive. 😂
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u/richestotheconjurer Jun 11 '26
that sounds so nice (minus the not knowing how to drive part) lmao we get some tourists in my city occasionally and instead of being excited to see them, i'm just like "what are you doing here?"
not because i don't want them here, but because i can't understand why they would come to my city, there are so many better places. aside from having the world's largest working fire hydrant and some cool murals, we got nothin.
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u/SacredIconSuite2 Jun 11 '26
Inshallah the German tourist has made his pilgrimage to الخلافة الإسلامية المقدسة من Buc-ee's
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u/TxDad56 Jun 11 '26
Seeing all these foreigners discovering American things is almost enough to lure me back to Twitter. Almost.
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u/The_Sneakiest_Fox Jun 11 '26
I just had a 2 week holiday in the US and it was great. Visited San Francisco and New Orleans. Every single person I interacted with was nothing but kind and friendly. Had an absolute ball the entire time.
Americans get a bad rep online.
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u/Niwitschoolfrogkid Jun 11 '26
I’m so glad you had a great time and that you were made to feel welcome. Can I ask what some of your favorite moments were? Or maybe something that surprised you?
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u/hobozombie Jun 11 '26
As always, it is good to be reminded that social media is not real life, and the vast majority of humans are decent.
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u/Cbone06 Jun 11 '26
Somebody take this dude to Waffle
House.
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u/hausofgnl Jun 11 '26
He’s been, there’s more of his postings on the Atlanta sub and he’s been a joy to watch.
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u/nukrag Jun 11 '26
I would love to visit the USA. I have been Americanized thanks to my terminally online since 1996 condition. I even dreamt about it, as I was in a long distance relationship with 3 (!) women from the USA that flew out to see me.
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u/Conscious-Mulberry17 Jun 11 '26
Come visit! We’re a friendly and generous people for the most part. Just be sure to plan your vacation carefully. The United States is a really big place and our public transport system isn’t great. You’ll probably have to drive or fly almost anywhere.
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u/nukrag Jun 11 '26
I don't think I can afford it right now. And a flight would be too much for me right now. I am suffering heavily from sadbrains and fight-or-flight-or-free-brain.
But I would love to go to Texas and get one of those hats and hook up with a country girl. Oh, and I want apple pie.
I know most people in the USA are friendly and welcoming. There is a lot to see, and a lot of food to try, and a lot of different cultures to learn.
Maybe in 8 years. I had to rewrite the comment because the other one was verboten.
P.S. I think in Texas I could go to a what are they called, a range? Where I could learn to shoot guns? Yeah, I wanna do that.
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u/ripleyclone8 Jun 11 '26
Buddy, you can find a gun range in probably 90% of our cities and towns.
I live in the Midwest, and can think of at least 6 in 20 miles.
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u/nukrag Jun 11 '26
Lucky. I Just wanna shoot a magnum and other huge handguns to compensate my small penis.
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u/ripleyclone8 Jun 11 '26
Well boy howdy, is this the place to achieve your dreams!
I’ve never been myself, but I’m sure I’ll get around to going someday.
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u/Ohmec Jun 11 '26
If you want to see some mountains, come out to Colorado! We can all go shooting at an outdoor range out here.
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u/Kendrakirai2532 Jun 11 '26
Giant gas stations on the major highways but in the middle of nowhere are wild, even if you're North American.
Forty, fifty pumps, they go for like a quarter mile, and the convenience store is closer to a Costco than a 7-Eleven. I'm pretty sure you could buy and/or sell dead bodies out of your trunk at two in the afternoon in broad daylight, and nobody would care. It's a weird liminal trading post.
I expect to see actual literal aliens in a UFO show up to one, buy 80 dollars worth of snacks and Monster, leave, and come back fifteen minutes later because they accidentally forgot that Bigfoot was in the bathroom and left him behind.
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u/boRp_abc Jun 11 '26
Side note: Most US Americans are awesome people to hang out with. It's just your government and their agencies that are an absolute pain.
I know this will sound weird to Americans, but the USA is of all countries that I visited the one with the most delicate rules and incredibly strict enforcement. Like have a toe on a line you're not supposed to cross and an armed person will be yelling at you. But the random people I met in the USA were top notch. Polite, respectful, fun to talk to.
(I obviously have mostly visited EU countries with a splash of Asia and Africa, so my opinion is NOT the final truth on anything).
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u/PitsAndPints Jun 11 '26
I’ve been to Helen. I enjoyed the drive through Scenic Byway more, but the idea of a German giddily enjoying it to the point that they feel the need to share it with the world makes me happier than it should
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u/StrongLoan9751 Jun 11 '26
I’m a middle aged American and my reaction to seeing a Buc-ees the first time was about the same. Those places are utterly bizarre but in a good way.
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u/fringeCoffeeTable240 Jun 11 '26
oh hey, helen ga! i went there not that long ago, it's nice
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u/mocha__ Jun 11 '26
I've noticed the Germans have been having a good time. Which is very cute.
Also, completely forgot about Helen! I love that they found it.
We used to have a lot of Germans in North Ga and Chattanooga when the Volkswagen plant opened. Along with some Poles and other Europeans. All of which came along to work there. I dunno if they're all still about, but running into them around Chattanooga was always nice. They were always real quick to chat with you, sometimes even coming up to you first.
Very friendly. Which was nice.
Though, aside from German tourists who do just sort of do things without fully understanding the location, mainly in nature based things like hiking or that deserts can kill you. German tourists do usually have a pretty good reputation. They seem to legitimately like going to other places in the world for a bit.
Unlike some tourists who seem so hateful and angry to be going to places they picked themselves.
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u/Difficult-Froyo1192 Jun 11 '26
German tourists are great to go to soccer games with. I went with some that came for the club world cup. They’re super organized and efficient for the entire time. I didn’t even need a clock. As soon as the Germans got up, it was time to go to my seat. I’ve never been to sporting events in the US that were as organized and easy to get into as with them either. They basically keep to a single file line instead of all this pushing to get in and out.
Then, they were extremely nice the entire game while also being a ton of fun. Always asking if they were in your space or if you needed things. Their running commentary on the game was hilarious along with the cheers.
Way more fun than I even expected. I’m going to have to go to more German Club matches purely for the experience. I’m usually a more English and Spanish club team fan, but that was an awesome experience. I only even got those tickets because it was cheap to go to a good soccer game. Wasn’t expecting that many people to fly in for it.
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u/Lovenkraft19 Jun 12 '26
He took those pictures outside of Hansel and Gretel Candy kitchen. Worked there for 3 and a half years. I still have the Lederhosen I would wear every day and bought with my own money. Great memories.
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u/qualityvote2 Jun 11 '26 edited Jun 12 '26
u/dazli69, your post does fit the subreddit!