Lessons From Deutschland

Just returned from: Hamburg, Germany

Here's three things I've learned about Germany:

• It is perfectly acceptable to have a pint of beer at 9am on a Sunday morning. It is also perfectly acceptable for men to dress up like women while enjoying their pints of beer at 9am on a Sunday morning.

• "Es ist mir Wurst" or "It's sausage to me." Bratwursts, currywursts, frankfurters... I'm all wurst-out. My heart thanks me for it. (And no, the only hamburgers you can find in Hamburg is at McDonalds.)

• Long live the Hoff! Where else in the world can David Hasselhoff of Knight Rider fame be a singer and a national hero but in Germany?