Friday Feierabend Texas-Style: Rodeo, BBQ & a Side of Karen

Ach du liebe Zeit, if one more Texan tells me “TGIF,” I’ll remind them we Bavarians invented Feierabend before America was even a twinkle. Ja, Friday afternoon hits different here in Texas… no church bells like in the Alps, just the rattle of diesel trucks leaving the jobsite and that sweet smell of mesquite smoke drifting over the neighborhood. Feierabend in Texas – Not Just Beer O’Clock Back in Bayern, when work’s done, we head to the Biergarten, order a…

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Fun in Texas – A Bavarian-Texan Survival Guide

Himmel Herrgott, you call this a weekend? In Bavaria, we drink Bier and climb a mountain. In Texas, folks somehow manage to fry the sun, ride bulls, and call it "fun". Na gut, let’s dive in and see what a poor Bavarian brewmaster like me has learned about having Spaß here in the Lone Star State. BBQ Pits & Bier Steins – The Holy Combo If you ain’t eating BBQ in Texas, are you even alive? Brisket, ribs, sausage –…

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