Texas Women: Not Your Barbie Dolls, Mein Freund

Heilige Sauerkraut – if one more tourist asks me if Texas women are just cowgirl Barbies with big hair, I’m gonna spill my Dunkelweizen right on their cowboy boots. Texans Frauen are no decoration on a pickup hood ornament, jawoll – die Ladies hier pack as much grit and fire as a Bavarian woodcutter with a hangover. The Myth of the Barbie Cowgirl Ja, I see it, Hollywood loves to paint the picture: teeth white as Alpine snow, hair bigger…

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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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