D-Day Invasion- "Strange"-ly Imminent!! TRIP REPORT IS UP!!

[All7OfUs]

Wow! So much to catch up on this morning!! I'll be back soon with replies AND


THE START of the GAME!!!

 

[that's nice]

Ok, here it is: How to take a train in Germany!!

What an outline! If Liesa gets lost now it is on her! Great detail!!!!


Liesa:::: Did I hear something about another GAME??????? I've missed a while- hopefully I will still be able to play!

 

[All7OfUs]

It’s TIME!!!

Time to round out this Prequel to Victory, with some good-old fashioned fun- All7OfUs style! With a GAME, or course!

Here’s how

READY, SET, REMEMBER​

will work:


The goal of the game is to be an agent of review of the highlights of our upcoming trip. Indeed we’ve had many exciting twists and turns along the way, and some fun banter between the lines. We’ll see who was paying attention and, hopefully, it will spark some light-hearted chatter over the next month before we leave.


Here are the rules:

I will post a question whose answer can be found in this PTR- Parts 1, 2 OR 3(links to both are in my siggie- Pt. #1 is "Like, They are Going with Strangers?!", Pt. #2 is "An Invasion of a Stranger Kind" and This is Pt. #3). And to make it easy for those who’ve found their way over late in the game (not to be confused with THIS game), I took the questions from the MAJOR posts which have been indexed in handy Tables of Contents at the beginnings of each thread for easy use. So really, there’s no excuse to opt out- the answers are EASY to find. REALLY!

HOWEVER, I may (okay, probably will) throw in a bonus question (or 4 or 5) to make it extra challenging for the long-termers.


Once you find the right answer, just post it right here on the thread and highlight it in WHITE. We play by the honor system here -no need to PM me; my PM box is sometimes not cleared out very promptly, and I’d hate for someone to miss a point because of my laziness; although, it has been noted that there have been some near misses because of my bad eyesight and/or my ineptitude. If you see I’ve made a mistake, just give me a friendly heads up. I am fallible.

You'll typically have 2 days to get your answer posted. A few may run 3 days depending on when the weekends fall, but you'll have plenty of time to go a'huntin'.


I haven’t decided how I’ll keep score yet, except that ALL correct answers for the “from the posts” questions will score a point. Beyond that it will be up to the discretion of the rule-maker- me. Seriously, bonus questions might be just for fun?? Or not. I'm open to negotiation.


With that, here’s your first question:


1) What was Soldier #1’s 2nd Confession (as in #2)



Time to start guessing!! Good luck!!

 

[All7OfUs]

I have found it is bascially the same - although they may have more things scheduled right now because it is summer... it may be more slim picking in September.

And you don't have to worry about writing it down so much, because I have his site book-marked on my iPhone for easy reference. I always check it on the bus on the way to AK, DHS or Epcot.

The thing it did help me with was knowing which days certain people performed in Epcot - because they take the same days off each week, if that makes sense.


Can I play the game?

Awesome you have his site bookmarked!! I may want some of it for my solo day though, so will try to cut and paste a cheat sheet to go into my book. Glenn's template is very helpful!!

But, we should definitely plan on using that on our together days!!

Of course, you can play, I imagine you'd have to go back and look a few things up too, even if they are about you. YOu'll see what I mean....

Oh no! Not another Liesa game! (groan....) I was going to say that I haven't read enough of the banter to be any good at playing, but the last time I said I wouldn't play because I would certainly lose, it didn't end up being a great excuse.

Nope, not catching all the banter is not a good excuse either, because all the questions will be from "official" posts.

Woo-hoo! Another game!

Glad you're in!!!

Hi-ya!


Kathy

KATHY!! I haven't see you around in ages!! Everything going ok?? I miss you!

Liesa you are killing me, usually there is so much going on, I'm anxious to get started on the Ready set remember, things are slowing down here (my home life-extra time for DISing) as we near school

Awesome, we'll get to see more of you! I think a lot of people aren't posting much during the summer- you aren't alone in your lack of free time. Glad you'll get some more downtime as school approaches!

Time to play!

It was funny. Maybe my order will be more like: Cognac. Large and oaky. Immediately.

Oh, gosh, the funnel cake fiasco. They did come out well once I figure out how not to burn down my kitchen making them.

And Monday's game involves having a good memory???

I'm out!

Then it's a good thing you don't need a good memory, just a finger to push the links in the TOC's.

Didn't get around to posting yesterday!! Came home from the graduation and fell asleep within an hour and slept 14 hours !!!

WOW! I'm so wound up, I wish I could get more than 4 hours of sleep in a row.

 

[Flossbolna]

Here is my answer:

Liesa gags when she brushes her teeth.

I need to tell Katharina that she has to get on the DIS immediately when she gets back tomorrow evening. She would not want to miss the game!

 

[All7OfUs]

First, I love your soy sauce volcano! It looks really tasty!

It was fun! But didn't steam nearly as much as I thought it would.

Second, sorry, but I won't reply to every tiny bit in our epic conversation - just the highlights! I think otherwise we end spending all our spare time carrying multiple conversations on in your PTR...

It's all good, I'm rather behind, and don't have time to be as chatty as I'd like to be anyway.

I better not post this on the DIS... Might be a topic that is more apt for a private discussion!


I think the German - American relationship is very complex (at least from the German side), since America was on the one hand the "good" allied power which gave us freedom from the Nazis, but then when the cold war dragged on, it was more and more seen as an occupying foreign force. I think that shaped the way we see Americans a lot.

The things you mentioned are seen the same way here. I think on the positive side we also admire the American believe in that you can acchieve anything if you set your mind to it and the general friendliness and excellent custormer service people experience when they are on holiday in the US. On the negative side, Americans are considered superficial (or shallow?). Also they are seen as the foreigners that are least prepared to accept that things are different abroad than what they are used to at home - and don't hesitate to let everyone know about it.

I think you hit the nail on the head here. We hear the same things here- exactly.

You know, I don't think American strip malls are beautiful, but they are interesting to me - I think in a way that camels were interesting to you when you first moved to the steppe!

I think it's probably very much the same! Good analogy!

Katharina's DH was just over for dinner at my place and brought some pictures from their trip to Southern Bohemia last week (she is still in the Czech Republic). You need to bug her to post some pictures of castles. Wow! They do have pretty ones there!!!

Is she still there for touring, or for work??


KATHARINA!! Please post some castle pictures!!! I think everyone would LOVE to see them!!

We had some friends vacation in Prague not long ago, and they LOVED IT!! They said it was VERY affordable and VERY beautiful!

Yes, they live in Nuremberg now. I think they might think it fun meeting you and your family, so that might be an option. You would get a chance to experience my father's "special terrific grammar free English"! Just don't be surprised when Katharina and I will be sitting under the table when starts talking... No, actually my father is amazingly able to converse in English even though he never learned it at school, and only picked it up from American military during his time in the German army (he was a captain with the engineers, but they made the mistake to send him to university to study engineering and he figured out that civil engineering was much more to his liking...). Once when we were on one of our walking trips in England we arrived at a B&B and had a cup of tea with the landlady. And my father wanted to excuse himself and his not so good English and kept telling the poor landlady how "terrific" his English was - he had gotten mixed up about the meaning of the words terrific and terrible!!

WE would LOVE to meet your parents and listen to your dad's special English!! He sounds charming, and outgoing! If they are up for it, let's plan on it!

You learned some German! I saw you using it on other threads as well.

The general rule is that if you don't use a foreign language you will NOT learn it.

Well, they store the beer in the tunnels, so the brewery really uses them. And it is a small brewery in itself. At the end of the tour they will show you the boiler/cauldron/kettle (please pick the correct word!!) where the beer is brewed in and it is small.

I am so stoked to see this! SEriously, this is really so very interesting!

Ok, here it is: How to take a train in Germany!!



I hope you will arrive in Nuremberg well rested and without any train problems!!

Now I am looking forward to the game tomorrow!! But I am still stuck in Part 1 (at post 90 now...). It is so much fun to read it all, not just the updates!

I won't quote the whole post about the train, but am thanking you PROFUSELY!! It's an amazing display of your thoroughness and thoughtfulness!!! You can be assured I will come back to this several times and sort of memorize it so I am very familiar with this process. The more you know...

THANKS!!

I hope we will be well rested too; if we can resist Lufthansa's yummy food and 5 servings of wine, maybe we can get some sleep!

I see you were the very first guesser in Ready, Set, Remember!

That train catching thing looks so complicated. I would surely get on the wrong train

I think they've done a pretty good job at letting you know where you should be, however, I am SOOOOOOOOo glad that Magdalene told us that you need to look for the END POINT of the train, not necesarily YOUR destination. THat would be cofusing!

 

[All7OfUs]

Here is my answer:

Liesa gags when she brushes her teeth.

I need to tell Katharina that she has to get on the DIS immediately when she gets back tomorrow evening. She would not want to miss the game!

GREAT!! Got your answer recorded- I had a feeling you'd be first, since your closest to my time zone.

YES, give your sister a head's up! I know she'll want to play. And I can't wait to see a few of her pictures!

 

[marvali]

After much research, here is my answer:

You gag whenever you brush your teeth!

Note to self......

 

[All7OfUs]

After much research, here is my answer:

You gag whenever you brush your teeth!

Note to self......

Love your "note to self..." I"m sure this will provoke round number #2 of flaming. Fodder for ya'll.

 

[marvali]

Love your "note to self..." I"m sure this will provoke round number #2 of flaming. Fodder for ya'll.

Yeah, well I loved the reference to Psych majors in your revelation!!!

 

[All7OfUs]

Yeah, well I loved the reference to Psych majors in your revelation!!!

Are YOU a psych major??!! Good night! I better watch what I say from now on- I might be getting analyzed. Or worse profiled!!

 

[marvali]

Are YOU a psych major??!! Good night! I better watch what I say from now on- I might be getting analyzed. Or worse profiled!!

No, an engineer, but I thought that comment was hilarious!

Doesn't mean I won't be profiling you though......

 

[All7OfUs]

Doesn't mean I won't be profiling you though......

That goes without saying...

 

[jenbear123]

Oh, Oh! I know, I know!

Liesa gags when she brushes her teeth

I'd hate to be your dentist

 

[glennbo123]

Okay, that took me waaay too long to find. I was looking in the whole wrong thread (one of yours (duh), but the wrong Part).

The answer is that you gag when you brush your teeth (or smell/eat/think of bananas).

 

[maroo]

I can play! I can play! I can play!!


Here is my answer:

She gags when she brushes her teeth.

PS: Lauren is COMPLETELY grossed out by this.

 

[Flossbolna]

Okay, that took me waaay too long to find. I was looking in the whole wrong thread (one of yours (duh), but the wrong Part).

Well, you see, I did start to prepare for this game when Liesa start hinting about it - and now I have read (nearly) the whole PTR!!

Some people are just more dedicated than others...

 

[Flossbolna]

I can play! I can play! I can play!!

Oh I am so glad to see you posting! Liesa just mentioned on LL's TR that you were in an accident this weekend. But your post sounds like you are ok? I hope it wasn't too bad!

 

[Flossbolna]

I think you hit the nail on the head here. We hear the same things here- exactly.

I just wanted to add that I hope it is clear that these are just generalized stereotypes - and I know a lot of Americans who don't fit them. And I am not blind to the fact that my fellow Germans have characteristics which make them less popular with other nations as well (and there have been numerous occassions when I was ashamed by the way other German tourists would behave...).

Is she still there for touring, or for work??

She is now visiting her former host family, so it is still for leisure, not for work!

WE would LOVE to meet your parents and listen to your dad's special English!! He sounds charming, and outgoing! If they are up for it, let's plan on it!

I will find out wether they are up for it! We might have to reconsider where we want to eat though, that will make it 9 people... Quite a large group!

The general rule is that if you don't use a foreign language you will NOT learn it.

That's right. I wasn't good at English at all in school until I spent four weeks with my aunt in California one summer and therefore was forced to speek English and started reading books (I got the whole Anne of Green Gables series and loved it! ).

I won't quote the whole post about the train, but am thanking you PROFUSELY!!

I am SOOOOOOOOo glad that Magdalene told us that you need to look for the END POINT of the train, not necesarily YOUR destination. THat would be cofusing!

That was actually the one thing that I was thinking that I had to make sure you had to know. I have so often seen (and helped) confused tourists being scared to get on a train because they did not realize that the final destination of the train was different from their destination.

I am glad that you enjoyed it.

I actually put it in a word document and saved it. If you want it, I could email it to you, that might be more practical.

 

[All7OfUs]

UGH! It's a "run" night. Not sure I'm up for this after a week off, AND after eating pasta carbonara! 25 minutes??!! Hmmm... I'll let you know how it goes.


Keep those answers coming!!