Army, Marines, Navy – Texas Tall Talkers in Uniform

Scheibenkleister, if I had a dime for every time a soldier, a jarhead, or a sailor strutted into a Texas bar and claimed their branch was toughest, I could buy myself a new truck AND fill the tank. Texans love a good braggin’ match, and when you stir in uniforms, beer, and Friday night football vibes, it turns into a national championship of who’s got the bigger… boots. Army Boys – The Big Ol’ Herd Army fellas in Texas are…

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Are Americans Good Drivers? Ja und Nein, My Friend!

Ach du lieber, don’t get me started. The other day I’m sittin’ in my pickup at a Kreuzung in Austin, waiting for the green light, when—zefix!—the car behind me honks before the light even changes. Relax, cowboy! This ain’t a rodeo start. But that’s Texas: fast foot on the gas, faster hand on the horn, and patience shorter than a Brezn fresh out of the oven. Speed Limits: Suggestion or Law? In Bavaria, if you see a Tempolimit, you actually…

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Texas: Bigger Than a Stein of Bier

Scheißwetter in November? Ha! In Texas, even the rain comes with fireworks. That’s the thing, Leute – Texas don’t do anything half-sized. It’s either blazing sun, or thunderstorms that make a Bavarian spring shower look like kindergarten with a watering can. Texas Size, Bavarian Eyes So, what’s the best about Texas? Easy: it’s BIG. Die Weite – the space. In Bavaria if you drive 30 minutes, you’re in another village with three cows and a bakery that closes at noon.…

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Boots, Bier & Barracks – Top 10 Texas Military Bases

Ach Himmel, let me tell ya straight: driving across Texas you’ll see more military fences than cow pastures, and that’s saying somethin’. Some folks only notice the endless barbed wire and the gate guards with that serious face. But me? I see a whole world inside, voller Tradition, duty, and a kind of Ordnung that even us Bavarians respect – jawoll. Texas: Where Bases Are Bigger Than Bavarian Beer Tents In Bayern we brag because Oktoberfest has six million visitors……

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Cows, Cowboys & a Cold Bier – Texas Ranching Brewkraut-Style

Ach du lieber, only in Texas can a man see more cows than church steeples and nobody bats an eye. Back in Bavaria a farmer with five Milchkuh is already bragging at the Stammtisch. Here in Texas? Pffft, if you’ve got fewer than five hundred head of cattle, you’re basically just running a petting zoo. From Spanish Saddles to Dusty Trails Let’s roll it back, Freunde. Texas ranching didn’t just pop outta nowhere like a gas station kolache. The Spanish…

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