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Foist Sultan of Sweat
Joined: 08 May 2006 Posts: 3974 | TRs | Pics Location: Back! |
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Foist
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Thu Oct 29, 2020 10:32 pm
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Wait, there's also a faux-Bavarian village in Georgia?? The article doesn't even acknowledge that they ripped off the idea from our little dorflich on the Wenatchee.
And this raises the question -- just how many faux-bavarian villages are there in the U.S.?
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ale_capone Member
Joined: 22 Sep 2009 Posts: 720 | TRs | Pics
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Frankenmuth in Michigan is cool. Not as nice as Leavenworth, but feels more authentic. It was a settlement started by Germans from franconia. It wasnt originally meant to be a tourist destination. They just built things like they knew how. Best chicken dinner at the Bavarian inn, then watch the show on the glockenspiel.
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treeswarper Alleged Sockpuppet!
Joined: 25 Dec 2006 Posts: 11277 | TRs | Pics Location: Don't move here |
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treeswarper
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Fri Oct 30, 2020 1:52 pm
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Hmmm, this place still exists, although I think they added an extra consonant to their name.
https://www.dersportsmann.com/
Just down the street used to be Der Junkyard. Fact.
What's especially fun about sock puppets is that you can make each one unique and individual, so that they each have special characters. And they don't have to be human––animals and aliens are great possibilities
What's especially fun about sock puppets is that you can make each one unique and individual, so that they each have special characters. And they don't have to be human––animals and aliens are great possibilities
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grannyhiker Member
Joined: 29 Jul 2006 Posts: 3519 | TRs | Pics Location: Gateway to the Columbia Gorge |
Lotsa fun with the fractured Deutsch, TS!
It seems that everyone in WA with guests from Germany insists on taking them to Leavenworth, which is a severe test for the Germans on keeping a straight face.
Well,maybe not everyone; some of us know better, or at least let our German friends know that this is for laughs!
May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view.--E.Abbey
May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view.--E.Abbey
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zimmertr TJ Zimmerman
Joined: 24 Jun 2018 Posts: 1227 | TRs | Pics Location: Issaquah |
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Fri Oct 30, 2020 4:52 pm
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Grew up in Michigan, cool to see someone talking about Frankenmuth. People just don't understand what I mean when I describe Bronners as the world's biggest Christmas store. My girlfriend's uncle works there.
It feels authentic because it is! It's named after the Bavarian province Franconia where the original settlers are from.
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Leafguy Member
Joined: 16 Sep 2003 Posts: 525 | TRs | Pics Location: Wenatchee |
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Fri Oct 30, 2020 7:11 pm
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Steve and I chatted with a thru hiker once on the pct. He was from Germany and mentioned he had taken a break from the trail and gone to Disneyland. We gave him a puzzled look to which he laughingly told us he had gone to Leavenworth. He was not impressed to say the least.
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treeswarper Alleged Sockpuppet!
Joined: 25 Dec 2006 Posts: 11277 | TRs | Pics Location: Don't move here |
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treeswarper
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Fri Oct 30, 2020 8:44 pm
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I have talked to Germans who said that Bavaria is considered to be a backwoodsish place. I got the impression that it is Bavariatucky in their minds.
Der Junkyard was real. It was a typical walled in junkyard with a not up to standards, home made sign that said, Der Junkyard. The sign was a joke.
What's especially fun about sock puppets is that you can make each one unique and individual, so that they each have special characters. And they don't have to be human––animals and aliens are great possibilities
What's especially fun about sock puppets is that you can make each one unique and individual, so that they each have special characters. And they don't have to be human––animals and aliens are great possibilities
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ale_capone Member
Joined: 22 Sep 2009 Posts: 720 | TRs | Pics
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I grew up in detroit, and went to Bronners a lot as a kid. Grandma would take us once a year. Went back when I was older and it didn't seem nearly as huge as I remembered. Still pretty big though. I have a picture somewhere of my husky lifting his leg on the giant Santa.
Dertown should have glockenspiel like the Bavarian inn, but use real humans. Charge tourists to be part of the show. 20$ to be one of the kids following the pied piper.
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