One of the six mentioned by Mr. Tongue below. For the fellas that know me personally (will shake their heads when reading this) you all expect this from me...
I hope you don't mind me straying from your 5 questions as I would like to make other comments. The fellas already tell you how nice your contry and people are so you eh need me to mamaguy you any more.
It was the first time I ever came across so many cigarette machines in my life. Left me wondering how much you guys pay for health care. The smokers (not sure if it was the visitors) but.. for such a clean country (BTW, I now live in Canada and we place real clean as well) it was not the most pleasing to the eye, especially outside the train stations to see so many butts on the ground. Further, the hotel that we stayed in (see hotel comments below) allowed people to smoke in the lobby. Not only was it hard to enjoy some of your great coffee in the morning there, I had concerns for the hotel staff (desk) who had to endure all that smoke.
Hotel.. not sure if this was the norm in germany but, the internet sites should say that the rooms are air conditioned or not... I had a hard time sleeping with the time change and when you add the inside temp of the room..
More should be said about the "Free breakfast"... what a treat... nice to have a solid breakfast every morning.
Speaking bout breakfast.. don't flies "pest" Germans? For some reason everywhere in and around Frankfurt had tons of flies. Someone told us that this was diue to the warn temps... but I didn't see anyone being as bothered with the fly problem as me.
Food.. there was a variety to choose from and as a confessed food o holic I was in meh glory. However... what's the deal with the 1/4 slice of bread with the sausage? For one, you have to ask for bread/bun with them big sausage thats so famous in Germany, and when you did get a piece of bread it was very small... the bread was almost like a holding device for the sausage
Ah lil more choice for vegetarians would be nice. And someone should tell dem Indian Rest. that those round crackers that could break man jaw is NOT roti. An area where some Trini expertise could help out.
yea and tell KFC, Burger king etc that we should not have to pay for ketchup..1 lil pack of ketchup is NOT enough.
Ladies... it's not attractive to have funk..especially in the am on the train ride. BTW..did most of the beautiful (hope my wife eh ketch this post) German ladies go on vacation while the WC was in session? Or maybe we rode the train when people already went to work, school etc? BTW.. I came across a street in frankfurtwith a lot of shops with red lights (at night it was particulary busy) and the staff working there (ladies) wore very revealing clothes... I'm guesing this was due to the unexpected heat wave?
Speaking about vacation.. did families leave the main cities during the WC? I stayed a little over a week and probably only came across 1-2 children.
OH.. ah jus remember.. tell the Hotels to invest is some "Charmin" that sand paper they have that they refer to as toilet paper is harsh... and please place a warning sign next to toilet..Step away when flushing... that thing could suck ah grown man in!
Thank the lord I didn't have to run the
magnesia marathon.. I would have been posting form Jail right now. Cause if I had to stop to find money to use the facilities during this time-limited occasion I would have seriously knock-down the bathroom guard. Pay to kaka..
that really is the bess oui!
I'll stop here before the German Embassy take away my visa...
Overall... a great country, with just as wonderful people and many cherished memories with amazing friends. My one regret is not staying much longer and not being able to see what those shops with the red lights were selling.
* The one thing that I tell people about my trip to Germany is... One only had to have a confused look on their face and someone would come up and ask if they could help.
I was hoping to return to Germany next summer with my family, but I've been out voted for Aruba so itll have to wait until 2008 or did someone say European Championships with a stop over in Germany?
Before I forget..It have 2 Trinis and 1 Canadian going around saying that Berlin is not a good place to visit though they got severly drunk and talked about their Berlin vist for 3 days
