All the staff are bloody English! How am I meant to practice German if none of them bloody speak it?!

False advertising.

  • Z3k3@lemmy.world
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    What’s a German Christmas Market?

    Is that an England thing or just a long name for Christmas markets

    • Manchester and Brum have them round Xmas time selling ‘German’ Bratwurst and beer for £8 with lots of German flags waving.

      People were buying tiny pots of baked beans with curry powder in them for silly money.

      If they plan to charge me a tenner for a sausage I demand to be served in bloody German!

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        OK, one thing I can tell you is that “baked beans with curry powder” is 100% NOT genuine for a German Christnas market.

    • ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝A
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      What’s a German Christmas Market

      They’re quite common in most of the big cities (I’ve been to the one in Manchester quite a bit, that’s been running since the 80s) you get to drink gluhwein, eat schnitzel, but wooden toys and get a bit cold and underwhelmed in the process.

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        Edinburgh has a regular Christmas Market. Not a German in sight.

        Although I will admit it is superbly underwhelming.

        Never seen the personally in Glasgow but I’m not there as often as Edinburgh

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      You drink weird tasting warmed wine and eat stale pretzels. Creepy European Santa is present. Also, pop-up shops and I didn’t know dried horse meat was a thing in Frankfort.