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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Love in the Backseat – Uber Style, Texas vs. Bavaria

Zefix nochmal, only in Texas can you get brisket smoke, George Strait on the radio, and a proposal all in the same Uber ride. In Bavaria, nobody even talks to the driver – you just sit there like a Kartoffel, staring out the window in dignified silence. But here? Texans treat an Uber like a rolling honky-tonk confession booth. Small Talk vs. Big Silence Let me tell you: In München, if your taxi driver says more than "Grüß Gott" you…

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Bull Riding: Like Hugging a Beer Barrel with Horns

Ach du lieber Himmel, who in their right Kopf thinks it’s a good idea to strap themselves to 1,600 pounds of angry steak on hooves? That’s right, bull riding. Only in Texas, my friends, would people turn ‘don’t die in 8 seconds’ into prime-time entertainment. And jawoll, it’s as wild as trying to ride a Bavarian beer barrel that decides it wants to punt you into the parking lot. What Is Bull Riding, Anyway? Bull riding is the crown jewel…

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