Monday, May 10, 2004

"I'm feelin donkey; is that a hair net?"

{"vielen Dank, das ist sehr nett" translates to "thank you, that is very nice"}

SUS: "I'm feeling donkey; is that a hair net?"
DEB: "Hey, I'm feeling pretty donkey, myself!"
DAD: "No! No! It's 'vielen Dank, das ist sehr nett'!"
SUS&DEB: "That's what we said, 'feelin donkey, is that a hair net?'!"

Tidbits of the nominations from our Germany vacation:
Award Nominations:
The “I Know the Way” Award: Deborah in the subways
The “I’ve Lost My Head” Award: Susannah
The Best Bargain: Ritter Chocolate and Nutella at Kaufhalle in Frankfurt
The Best Breakfast: Flöckner’s in Salzburg
The Best Cultural Experience: Dachau
The Best Day: Visiting Neuschwanstein in the Alps
The Best Dinner: Nürnberg Crowne Plaza
The Best Food Value: Grocery Store by Salzburg Bahnhof
The Best Hotel: Marriott, Sindlfingen
Best Jay Leno (in English) Fan: Meridith
The Best Lunch: Wienerwald, Stuttgart
Also rainy day lunch in room
The Best Meal: Dad: Hofbräuhaus, München
Deb: Nürnberg gourmet dinner
The Best Service: Manas Bokassa, Munich hotel buffet
The Best Shopper Award: Meridith’s holdout for the Swatch
Also Mom gifts for grandkids
Susannah’s 'NSync CD
The Best Single Activity: Deb: Reading while Riding Trains
Dad: Eating Käsekuchen Rothenburg
The Best tour guide: Australian “Sound of Music” Guide
The Biggest Waste-of-Time: ALL: Walking to the Marriott
DAD: #19 Streetcar to Marienplatz
SUS: Hike up to Neuschwanstein
The Cliché Award: “Look, there are the flowers we ate!”; “That’s So Bavarian!” “I think I’ll have the Schnitzel”
The Favorite Foreign Food: Laugenbrötchen and Spezzi, German Baguettes
The Friendliness Award: All the girls for saying “Danke Schön” often
The Most Un-Friendly Award: The Austrian who shoved Susannah off the sidewalk.
The Most Fun Single Experience: Hirschgarten wedding party
Playing cards in the hotel
The Hungriest Award: All of us at Wienerwald, Stuttgart
The Least Wonderful Activity:
DAD: Washing clothes in the room
DEB: watching German TV
SUS: Hike up to Neuschwanstein!
The Least engaging Cultural experience: The price list for going to
the bathroom in Wittenberg:
Stand up: DM 1,-
Sit down: DM 1,2
Wash your hands DM 1,50
Girls: Fast Meeting in German
The Best Value quality experience: Playing Cards in Frankfurt Hotel
Deb: Running in the Rain
The Least Favorable Meal: Bierstube in Frankfurt
The Least Favorite Foreign Food: Mineral Water and Holenkücherl
The Least Wasteful Award: Susannah and her pop bottles
The Least Wonderful Bargain: Potato pancakes in Mittenwald
The Least Wonderful full Day Outing: Girls: Visiting Thomi-Berg Verlag
Dad: the “Rhein Unriver Trip”
The Least Wonderful Hotel: Nürnberg Crowne Plaza
The Most “Bavarian”: Strip show at the Hirschgarten
The Most Alarming Experience: All: Two boys drinking on the train
Deb: the “Pschyo who followed me off the train.”
The Most anxious: Dad
The Most Awesome: Asamkirche
The Most Beautiful: The Bavarian Alps
Also the Three Girls in Pigtails
The Most Daring Award: Deborah wearing the same outfit every day for the last week
Trying Holenkücherl
The Most Educational: Girls: Sound of Music Tour
Dad: the German Museum
The Most expensive quality experience: Sound of Music Tour
The Most Focused Purchase Award: Susannah’s 'NSync CD in Mittenwald
The Most Patient Award: Mom
The Most Provocative: The Hirschgarten Stripper
German TV programming
The Most Stressful Experience: Finding the München Welcome Card
Finding breakfast in Salzburg
Locating the Marriott, Stuttgart
The Most Unique: Chess Players in Salzburg
Meridith: Pay toilets
The Sleepiest Award: Mom on the Munich airport train
The Slowest Service Award: “Le Chef”, Frankfurt Crowne Plaza
The Thirstiest Award: Dad buying pop everywhere
The “Sweetest Scene” Award: The three girls holding hands
The “Oh I Hate This” Award: Dad running in the rain storm
The “Best Packer” Award: Deborah in Frankfurt
The “It Would Have Been Better in English” Award:
Girls: The Magic Flute & Most TV 
The Best Schnitzel: Mustard, Hofbräuhaus, Munich
Favorite Snack: Fresh strawberries on the street in Munich.
Also ice cream everywhere
SUS: pretzel rolls in the train station
The “Why Can’t You Sleep In?” Award: Meridith

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