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From a year in Munich:

- first day there, a dude from Ft Benning saw my backpack and said something
- one dorm mate recognized the AU stuff bc he spent a year abroad at Clemson
- another recognized it bc she watches cfb, which blew my mind
- I got a War Eagle from a dude during Oktoberfest

- I"ve thought about most of these at one point or another.

I'm not a war buff but Frankfurt had one big battle, and the Main was an artery. There was a US base there (Atterberry Kasern) but I never saw much of any military presence. It closed in '03 I think, and I was there a decade after. Its a banking city, so I met alot of Swedes/Swiss and many Italians which I can't figure out. Italians are cash and carry

- Second point I was in a higher income area (I lived there in my late 30's and early 40's).

- I convinced a few friends to watch amature CFB with me but they just didn't get it. "Why are we watching these amatures?" would be a repeated response. Obviously because you know how college football works and its not a concept that many Euros get with a school affiliation.

- Oktoberfest salutations for any well-known school is not suprising to me.

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Posted by TheSandman

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Posted on 3/6/21 at 5:22 pm to alpinetiger

yeah tbh with Munich/Bavaria being as big as it is for US military operations, and the Ft Benning connection, after day one I kinda figured it would be at least a semi-regular occurrence, but it never happened again

only time I've spent in Frankfurt was flying over here en route to Heidelberg last November. Will actually be going back on Friday to fly back to ATL/AU for a month. Swore after Munich that I'd never sit through another miserable European winter ever again, but holy cow, with the virus and the three-month lockdown, this one was so much worse