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Guest Madmatt

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HEY!!!!

Hey, guys, I finally found a store with pay per view internet service and I thought I would drop a line and say HI!!! I see that both my sites are still intact and that things are progressing about normal here on the forum. Man these German keyboard is a little weird, the Y isnt where it should be!!! Lots of crazy punctuation marks too, oh well, proper grammar never stopped me.

So, how is everyone?

Germany is truely beautiful and I have been very lucky to have Moon take me under his all knowing wing and show me around so some incredible areas.

So far, we have visited the military Muesem in Kolenz (spelled wrong, of course smile.gif) where they had about 6 floors of just about every weapon ever manufactored. Next door was a book store so extensive that my eyes began to bleed and Moon and I barely escaped with our sanity in order. I will have to get back there soon!

The people here have been warm and friendly and try and keep their compusure as I muddle and torture their language. The currency exchange rate is more than 2 marks per dollar so its a buyers paradise right now.

So far we have been to Belgium and visited Malmedy (although I couldn't find the monument that I hear is their to honor the victoms of the massacre), we also ventured about as far as the outskirts of St. Vith. We hope to get to Bastogne later this week.

We also spent a day in the amazing Hurtegwald and let me tell you that is a wonder to behold. Its amazing that the Allies took this area as the tree are so thick they choke out all the light to the ground.

Thats something I noticed too. I have always thought that the LOS penalties for trees were a little liberal. Well the thing is about European forest is that the trees on average are much older and grow VERY close together. Becasue of this there is LITTLE to NO underbrush. In all the areas we have traveled I have seldom encountered a forest were you COULDNT see in 50 or so meters, sop it seems CM has got this down pat.

We also journeyed down the Rhine stopped at Ramagen (the bridge is now gone) and then continued south to a impressive Castle and had lunch. The view of the Rhine Valley is unbeleivable.

Tomorrow we plan on either going all thew way to Bastogne or north to Nijmegen and Arnhem.

We also swung by Aachen but there wasnt much to be seen.

Areas like Elsdorf, Stolberg, and more a mere minutes drive along the effeceint Autobahn.

If it sounds like I am taken with this land then it is true. I could move here without any hesitation. That scream you hear is a nation in shock and horror! wink.gif

Well, my thirty minutes of internet time is almost done. Take care everyone! I will try and get online again later this week and say hey!

Auf Weisdesen (or however they spell it!) biggrin.gif

Madmatt

Live from Köln

By the way, Nazi humor does NOT go over here!

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Especially after what Matt said about the H-39 Hotchkiss. He expects mercy? smile.gif

Glad to hear you're having fun Matt. I'm jealous - now I want to go!

Charles

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Fionn Senior Member

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" By the way, Nazi humor does NOT go over here!"

And just how many attempts at Nazi humour did you make before you realised this ? wink.gif

Ps. I wouldn't worry about missing Malmedy... The monument is on the wrong side of the road for tourist reasons so even if you'd gone you'd have been shown the wrong field ( bloody tourist boards twisting history).

As for Koblenz museum... I hope you took LOTS of pictures. if so I want scans of them all wink.gif. I've got to live vicariously until I can afford to get over there next year.

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Hah BTS Steve how dared you write such thing on H39 rolleyes.gif

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>They couldn't knock out jack squat and anybody with something bigger than a sling shot could knock 'em out <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Won't pay your ransom either wink.gif

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You lucky SOB. I was in Germany 4 weeks in 82 courtesy of the US Army but didn't have the chance to tour like you are. I agree, though, the people and countryside are amazing..

enjoy...........Chris

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Uh, Matt...after you left, this letter came in from the IRS. They say you haven't paid your exclamation point tax for the year. Seems you owe them...wow, man, the zeros run right off the page. I don't suppose there's anybody over there who could put you up until you raise the dinero, is there?

Michael

P.S. Please convey my regards to Moon, will ya?

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Matt,

The Malmedy monument is outside of the town proper, at a more-or-less deserted crossroads. You would have missed it if you went right to the town of Malmedy.

Fionn: Don't know why a tourist board would care about switching corners...all 4 corners are empty fields anyway iirc.

Ren

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Fionn Senior Member

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Fionn: Don't know why a tourist board would care about switching corners...all 4 corners are empty fields anyway iirc.

No Renaud,

What I meant was that the tourist board put the monument in the WRONG FIELD wink.gif.

The reason they did this was because so that the monument would be on the side of the traffic heading into the town IIRC.

It's been a while though so I forget the precise reason but I do remember it is the wrong field.

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Hey Maddie, glad to hear that you like the area. But be careful, don't let Moon feed you Kölsch.

Lewis, you have got the ratio of beer tongue.gifetrol about right.

I think that tours of the European countryside and small towns should be made mandatory before people are allowed to use the map editor, BTW.

Have a great time, and have a Pils on me, if you can still remember CM and the board.

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God save us from Matt moving over here wink.gif Hey, Matt... I guess it's time to show you some of the uglier areas of Germany... have a look at my tax report, please eek.gif

Martin

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Hey speaking of "hidding history", ive experienced a similar occurance in my time in Europe.

I was in Austria with my family (I was only about 13) and my dad wanted to visit a few historical monuments/sites/what have you that wew a reasonable distance from the city of Linz.

Well we ended up choosing the Mauthausen concentration camp. Mauhausen was the camp that housed both POWs and Jews. It not just one of the largest concentration camps, but the one that had the infamous quarry in which the Nazis forced Allied Airmen to carry 60 pound blocks of rock up a steap incline and were either beaten to death if they fell or died from carrying the rocks. Thousands of Jews were also gassed and incinerated there by the SS.

The camp was not on any maps as a tourist location and we had to ask a relative (my dad's aunt) were it was exactly. SO upon arriving at the town, we found that there were no signs saying where the camp was located. It was not easy to find (believe it or not) since the town was built around it and civilians can only get to it on a thin, winding road that we only found because it had a small sign indicating what it led to on a brick wall next to the road.

Upon arriving, the camp was barren save for only about 6 or so other American tourists and a few curators. There was a small museum inside a building and not much else to show what happened there.

Yes the Germans and the Austrians are ashamed of what their ancestors did, but is forgeting about really the beat think to do? Iknow that this is way off subject (Hi Matt, have fun!) but you can expect this kind of thing when you travel to Germany. The people there either dont know or dont want to talk about it.

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See, Matt? Europe ain't such a bad place to live, eh?

'N if you think German is difficult, wait until you're in Arnhem or Nijmegen. Dutch is ever weirder. smile.gif

Have fun!

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR> Tomorrow we plan on either going all thew way to Bastogne or north to Nijmegen and Arnhem. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

The dutch nation trembles in fear .......

What if MadMatt tries to speak dutch *shudder*. biggrin.gif

Grtz S Bakker

[This message has been edited by s bakker (edited 08-10-2000).]

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Jarhead:

Ok, I think we need a planned group trip to Germany. Set a date, get a list of people going, and buy a new drinking stine. We might even get some decent group rates.

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I hear there are some cheap group Concord tickets right about now.

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