“In some ways a lot like parts of Wisconsin.”
With a RIDICULOUS amount of TREES, LOL!
I LOVED when I was in Germany, even IF I was roughing it in an old saw mill and sharing ‘facilities’ with a Panzer Tank Unit. We couldn’t communicate all that well, but we played a lot of cards off-duty. ;) Cute guys, but conditions are kind of ‘ripe’ when your tank is your home! ;)
I got to drive on the Autobahn, but never went over 100. I was driving a VW, but it wasn’t a very solid one. I was ferrying injured and family emergency cases to the airport while we were there for the month.
I can see why my ancestors left New York and moved to Wisconsin once they heard that it looks so much like ‘the Homeland.’ It really does. I don’t remember being homesick while I was in Germany, like I had been when stationed elsewhere.
Wish I had bought more crystal glassware and Hummel Figurines; my only regret, LOL!
No, never went to Germany or Sweden but spent summers in Wisconsin. After joining the service my family moved to Wisconsin. Irritated me to no end.
After he “mostly” retired, my Dad went to Germany for a month “tour”. As a Forestry Professor, he loved it!