You make self-serving assumptions. You say I have been to Germany “a few or several times” but the number is closer to 20. Most of my stays have been a month, some as long as a year. Yes, actually living there. I have friends and family all over, north, south the Rhineland and former DDR. I speak German and am quite aware of a large number of dialects but Hochdeutsch is universally used. Political differences are not as simple as your comment suggests. I majored in Central European history as an undergrad and have remained a lifelong reader of the same. I am glad you developed a lifelong interest in Germany and also hopefully its history and culture, seemingly far moreso than most guys stationed there did. Tschuss!!
…Okay good to know that. Up until now you only mentioned a few trips. I am online with Europeans frequently.
I play the internet game “Conflict of Nations”. Last week was allied with a Father-Son team from the Netherlands, some guy from France and another from Algeria. In a new game now starting to form a new alliance. So far this game I have Japan, both Koreas, Phillipines, moving into Vietnam/Cambodia. Nobody in the world seems to know Airmobile doctrine so I usually win (like taking candy from a baby…they always do the “whack a mole” against my airmobile units but can never do much damage because they move so quick) but am surprised every once in a while and run into an opponent that is a challenge. Getting bored with it and will probably move on in a bit.