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Germanfest

My father and I stopped by Germanfest this afternoon. We both expected a day filled with fine German foods, beers, and cultural activities.

Well, two out of three ain’t bad - I guess. What the hell is Germanfest without German beer?!? Apparently, Sprecher and Miller took it upon themselves to pressure Germanfest into banning any and all imported German beer sales. Nothing against Sprecher - it’s a quality brewery - but c’mon! I wanted some ice cold brews straight out of the Fatherland! Thanks a lot, assholes.

My favorite moment? Read on…

At one of the geneology stands, I got into a long conversation with an elderly German man with a thick accent and a motherlode of historical Prussian information. While he was talking about the unification and resultant military expansion of German territories during the old imperial days, he would occasionally look at me and use a variation of the following phrase:

“These territories, of course, veren’t German to begin vith, but you know, you know…(wink wink, smile smile, nudge nudge)”

Hilarious. Nice to see the old spirit of empire is still alive and well in those crazy ol’ coots.