frankenmuth and kilts

[awoodfellow]

for the record ....

Frankenmuth is a very German town. it is also a tourist trap that accomodates those for the desire to spend money. more power to them.

Frankenmuth, Michigan is a small town in Mid-Central Michigan, just South of Saginaw, that boasts a German/Bavarian heritage. The main attraction to Frankenmuth is Bronner's Christmas Store. They carry and sell every conceiveable Christmas decoration that you can imagine.

i wore my Black Watch to Frankenmuth. it took me a few minutes to grasp the reality of driving in a kilt. a bit different than hiking shorts.

While browsing through the store i kept back straight and chin up. i was not about to slouch or look down while wearing the Black Watch.

What i noticed was that many noticed i was wearing a kilt, yet no one had the temperance to question my Black Watch except an elderly gentleman.

He must have been in his late sixty's or older. He was with a female companion, however to what extent their relation was i know not.

he walked right up to me and without any hesitation ask me what tartan i was wearing. i said the Black Watch and he immediately approved. and then i further said as a side, "you know, "The Ladies From Hell". he got a great big smile and started talking about how the Ladies From Hell would fix bayonettes and attack the enemy. and then we parted ways.

awesome. totally awesome.

another thing i noticed is while walking around the premise, many a ladies eye sparkled. nothing overture, however, approval was in their eyes.

how cool is that?

ambrose.
reaping the benefits ....

[GMan]

Ambrose,

You have had a true kilted experience! Great job and thank you for relating it to us.

I remember visiting my sister who lives in Saginaw, and we just had to go to Frankenmuth for lunch, it is a great tourist trap, like you said.

[The Kilted Chef]

What a coincidence! My wife just mentioned last week about spending a get-away weekend at Frankenmuth. Although I'm not much of a shopper, it kinda sounds like a quaint little town.

Larry

[wolfgang]

...
Frankenmuth is a very German town. it is also a tourist trap that accomodates those for the desire to spend money. more power to them.
...

Frankenmuth is a very German town? It is a satire of a Bavarian town.

And Bavaria ist not Germany. Bavaria is only one of sixteen states of Germany. A very German town... So ein Quatsch!

http://www.deutschland.de/home.php?lang=2


However, a nice story.

[awoodfellow]

ok ,,, i give ... what is a quatsch ?

i really had to know ....

balderdash -- der Quatsch
baloney -- der Quatsch [colloq.]
blah -- der Quatsch
bollocks [pl.] -- der Quatsch [sl.]
bunk -- der Quatsch
flubdub -- der Quatsch
hogwash -- der Quatsch
hooey [sl.] -- der Quatsch
jabberwocky -- der Quatsch
malarkey -- der Quatsch
My feet! -- Quatsch!
my feet! -- Quatsch!
nonsense -- Quatsch
nonsense -- Unsinn, Quatsch
poppycock -- der Quatsch
punk -- der Quatsch
rubbish -- der Quatsch

it's just amazing what kiltin' can larn ya

thanks wolfgang. that really gave me a smile!


ambrose

[bubba]

Jabberwocky?????

[wolfgang]

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nonsense -- Quatsch
...

That's it: nonsense

I can't stand Sauerkraut and beer (expect Guinnes) and would be glad if Americans and Japanese would know that Germany is not only Bavaria. There are greate cultural differences between north and south, east and west.

A very German town... Maybe you are right?! Frankenmuth, Michigan is a very German town. If you want to cherish your prejudices at least.

[Casey]

Wolfgang,

You are right about the cultural differences. My wife is from the eastern part of France. The "German" influence is very noticable. In fact, the further east you move in France the more you notice, until you reach Strasbourg and Colmar where you hear as much German spoken as French. Also the restaurants and the buildings reflect the German style.

Casey