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My other fave area in Italy is the Tyrol near Bolzano/Trento and Lake Garda
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wap wrote: Thu Nov 16, 2017 11:08 am
MexicanYarisTK wrote: Thu Nov 16, 2017 10:00 am

He loves it. He previously had a mk6 Golf as well 1.6 TDI and a mk4 Golf.
Cool.

I saw a new Tiguan over there, the short wheelbase version we don't get here. It was definitely nicer looking. The proportions looked better, tauter, less ungainly. I didn't get a chance to snap a pic doe. I'm sure you'll see some the next time you go overseas.
I saw quite a lot of new Tiguans too over in Turkey, I am gonna visit there during holidays. I pass by a VW dealer everyday on my commute and see them sitting outside, I just could not get over on how less compact it is proportion wise.
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wap wrote: Wed Nov 15, 2017 9:44 pm :megusta:
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Love those CLA wagons, few years later you bet I'll see a lot of German plated ones in Turkey too.
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MexicanYarisTK wrote: Thu Nov 16, 2017 3:00 pm
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I thought you'd know! :lol:
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wap wrote: Thu Nov 16, 2017 3:32 pm
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I thought you'd know! :lol:
I saw it sitting inside the frankfurt airport when they were new back in 2014, I think.
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wap wrote: Wed Nov 15, 2017 9:34 pm Checkpoint Charlie.
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I went through there in 1986 when the wall was still up.
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wap wrote: Wed Nov 15, 2017 9:31 pm Delicious German pilsner.
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Out fucking standing.
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Desertbreh wrote: Thu Nov 16, 2017 6:47 pm
wap wrote: Wed Nov 15, 2017 9:34 pm Checkpoint Charlie.
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I went through there in 1986 when the wall was still up.
:wat:
Were you a member of the Stasi in a formal life?
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Desertbreh wrote: Thu Nov 16, 2017 6:48 pm
wap wrote: Wed Nov 15, 2017 9:31 pm Delicious German pilsner.
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Out fucking standing.
It really was!
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One night we had dinner in a German tapas place. It served small plates of German food. We ordered 9 and they brought 2 things we didn't order which they let us keep, so we ended up with 11 plates.

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Of course I had some awesome beer, this time a dunkel.Image

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And for dessert we had, in addition to a small plate combo of 3 little sweet things, we had this delicious, dark beer with a hint of coffee and chocolate flavors. Slightly sweet and so, so good.Image

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I want those beers.
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troyguitar wrote::fatty:

I want those beers.
You like Guinness so you'd like these. So flavorful. :megusta:

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On Thursday we took a 2 hour train ride to Dresden. Cool little city. We firebombed the shit out of it in 1945 and they're still doing some rebuilding. This Baroque church, the Frauenkirche, was not rebuilt until the 1990's. 257 steps up to the dome.

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Actually, it's 257 steps down. There is an elevator that takes you up part of the way so you only have to climb like 150 steps up or something like that but you have to walk the whole way down.
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That's the Elba river, by the way.
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On an outside wall of a palace there was this cool, 300+ foot long tile mural of old German Kings going back to the 1200's.ImageImageImage

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An example of typical German over engineering.Check out this crazy fire escape. ImageImage

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Back in Berlin.
Loved this car.
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Got a few more pics for another day. Next stop, Potsdam.
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wap wrote: Thu Nov 16, 2017 9:00 pm
Desertbreh wrote: Thu Nov 16, 2017 6:47 pm

I went through there in 1986 when the wall was still up.
:wat:
Were you a member of the Stasi in a formal life?
No, tourists could go over there for a limited number of hours with a limited amount of money. It was allowed as an economy booster.
Detroit wrote:Buy 911s instead of diamonds.
Johnny_P wrote: Thu Feb 09, 2023 3:21 pm Earn it and burn it, Val.
max225 wrote: Mon May 01, 2023 5:35 pm Yes it's a cool car. But prepare the lube/sawdust.
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Desertbreh wrote: Fri Nov 17, 2017 1:17 pm
wap wrote: Thu Nov 16, 2017 9:00 pm

:wat:
Were you a member of the Stasi in a formal life?
No, tourists could go over there for a limited number of hours with a limited amount of money. It was allowed as an economy booster.
Fascinating.
Any pics, or were cameras not allowed. It would be neat to compare how East Berlin looked in the late 80's compared to now. I'm sure the changes are :mindblown: as you can hardly tell any more if you're in the (former) East or West side now.
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wap wrote: Fri Nov 17, 2017 1:19 pm
Desertbreh wrote: Fri Nov 17, 2017 1:17 pm

No, tourists could go over there for a limited number of hours with a limited amount of money. It was allowed as an economy booster.
Fascinating.
Any pics, or were cameras not allowed. It would be neat to compare how East Berlin looked in the late 80's compared to now. I'm sure the changes are :mindblown: as you can hardly tell any more if you're in the (former) East or West side now.
I'd have to go open some OLD boxes. I was also there in January of 91' for two weeks when things were very much in flux.
Detroit wrote:Buy 911s instead of diamonds.
Johnny_P wrote: Thu Feb 09, 2023 3:21 pm Earn it and burn it, Val.
max225 wrote: Mon May 01, 2023 5:35 pm Yes it's a cool car. But prepare the lube/sawdust.
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