Germany Recap

We were in Germany for all of 4 nights which we can tell you is definitely not enough.  Things just sort of played out that way, which is ok, we'll be back.  Here's some quick thoughts on Deutschland... specifically Southern Germany around Munich.

-Beer:  Wonderful.  I (Scott) really enjoyed all the Weissbier and Oktoberfest beer.  Now that we're in Vienna, I hate to say it, but the beer doesn't match up.

-Efficient and Clean Public Transit:  We found Germany to have great efficient and clean public transit.  This really just pertains to Munich (the only big city we visited).  We always stood in a big group at the Subway expecting the train to be jammed.  Then a gigantic train would arrive and we'd all have seats.  Even with Oktoberfest crowds.  I think this was also reflected in the cleanliness of Munich in general.

-Big Pretzels and other Foods:  We really liked most of the German food (wurst, schnitzel, etc)  we had.  Big pretzels are good.

-Autobahn:  Zoom zoom.  Enough said.

-Reaction to WW2:  It seems like Germany has done a really good job of acknowledging WW2 and many of the travesties that occurred during that time while focusing on not allowing those things to happen again and not letting the past cripple the nation's future.