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I'm in Germany with the family. Visiting family and doing touristy stuff. This is the first time we've traveled with all the children. It's challenging when one of the four only eats french fries. Many museums and other attractions have family pricing that admits two adults and 4 children, though typically not places the children would choose to go.
It's also strange being back somewhere you've not really been in ~20 years. There's been plenty of culture war topic noticing. Some of this is seeing all the change at once that was paced over years for everyone else.
There are still many things Germany does better. The ubiquitous availability of beer, still being one. Food quality and price being another.
I really, really enjoyed German traffic culture and the laws that follow from it. I didn't even realize that Traffic Culture was a thing until I went there. The idea that you can lose your license for being a bad driver, not necessarily a dangerous one but one that thoughtlessly ruins the flow of traffic for dozens of other people, was incredibly impressive to me. The focus on maintaining vehicle-lengths between cars to prevent "accordion-ing" of traffic is incredible. Returning to the US felt like a third world country (in traffic) by comparison.
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