Hey, don't make fun of German bureaucracy until you have lived it. After 4+ years in Deutschland in the early 90's I can tell you that their motto is, "Ve have vays to make you cuoperate!"

For a country that touts themselves as the technological leader of the continent, their telephone system is still pulse-based and baud rates are a joke. But they do have push button phones now!

But, remember, you can set your watch by the train system. And it is so much fun walking through Frankfurt Flughafen and seeing all of the Uzzi's proudly displayed.

But I will always be so proud of my BMW as I was the day I drove it off the end of the line in Stuttgart! And the gemuchlesheit is something that just doesn't translate into English. I'll take my doppel bock by the liter, please. And don't forget the Nurnberger sausages, the same ones enjoyed by Mark Twain 100 years ago.

Auf Wiedersehen!