ccg Posted February 20, 2006 Report Share Posted February 20, 2006 Here I can do transfers, but I think that they cost around $30. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlavicScott Posted February 22, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2006 Well, it's a very common type of payment here. In case you bid and win, and the seller wants the amount to be transferred via Überweisung, let me know. Christian I bid, let's see what happens. If I win, I am going to owe you!! I will find something special for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabbs Posted February 22, 2006 Report Share Posted February 22, 2006 If I win Seems you did. Christian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlavicScott Posted February 22, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2006 yep, waiting to hear from seller. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottishmoney Posted February 27, 2006 Report Share Posted February 27, 2006 All the Deutsch I know is "Ein bier bitte" and "danke schoen" Do you really need to know anymore than that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabbs Posted February 27, 2006 Report Share Posted February 27, 2006 All the Deutsch I know is "Ein bier bitte" and "danke schoen" Do you really need to know anymore than that? Depends. If you go to a German speaking country (as a tourist) on your own, a little more would come in handy. And if you travel in a tour group, even the two phrases above are not necessary ... Seriously - if I go to some place where I don't speak the local language, I try to keep in mind what "I don't speak (insert local language), sorry" means in that language. After that, it is usually easier to switch to whatever the other person and I both speak. (Besides: Beer ... yuck. ) Christian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottishmoney Posted February 27, 2006 Report Share Posted February 27, 2006 Depends. If you go to a German speaking country (as a tourist) on your own, a little more would come in handy. And if you travel in a tour group, even the two phrases above are not necessary ... Seriously - if I go to some place where I don't speak the local language, I try to keep in mind what "I don't speak (insert local language), sorry" means in that language. After that, it is usually easier to switch to whatever the other person and I both speak. (Besides: Beer ... yuck. ) Christian Okay, I admit I probably know a bit more German than that, in fact for all my mumbling about it, I never ordered beer in Germany, just lots of marzipan(food of the gods and cheap there), pizza, strudel etc. And hotel rooms, sleeper cars on the train etc. And I knew enough to buy coins when the occasion chanced Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabbs Posted February 27, 2006 Report Share Posted February 27, 2006 Marzipan + Münzen = Great Combination. I love it. Christian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottishmoney Posted February 27, 2006 Report Share Posted February 27, 2006 Marzipan + Münzen = Great Combination. I love it. Christian Marzipan is one thing about being in Europe I miss most. It is very expensive where I live now, a tenderloin steak cost less by weight. But in Germany I could buy these 1/2 kilo logs of it for only a few DM's. I remember having a bunch of it on the train and trading away hunks of it for fruit, schnapps, etc. Maybe it is in the blood of Germans or something? I hope sometime to go back, perhaps after my Portugal vacation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ageka Posted February 28, 2006 Report Share Posted February 28, 2006 I never tried it but Marzipan should be easy to make Now in Belgium too it is cheap so I never tried When in Germany I prefer Weizenbier I order two because of the foam they have to pour slowly and I have finished the first by the time they have poured the second Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trantor_3 Posted February 28, 2006 Report Share Posted February 28, 2006 When in Germany I prefer Weizenbier I order two because of the foam they have to pour slowly and I have finished the first by the time they have poured the second LOL, so it's not just me..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabbs Posted February 28, 2006 Report Share Posted February 28, 2006 I never tried it but Marzipan should be easy to makeNow in Belgium too it is cheap so I never tried Right, marzipan is not really expensive here. But there are considerable differences as far as the quality is concerned. Niederegger, for example (the most famous one in DE) makes marzipan with a high almond content; cheaper marzipans often have more sugar ... What is interesting (and brings us back to coins!) is the possible origin of the word marzipan. There are many different explanations, and it seems that nobody knows for sure, but the most numismatic one is that "marzipan" is derived from an Arabic word for a kind of lethargic king/ruler. That word - mataban or so - was then ironically used (by Arabs in the times of the Crusades) for a Byzantine coin showing the seated Christ. In the late 12c it was used for a Venetian coin (matapan). No idea whether that is the most likely explanation, since I don't quite see the link to the stuff we can eat, but it's the most appropriate one for CoinPeople. Christian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiffibunny Posted February 28, 2006 Report Share Posted February 28, 2006 Niederegger, for example (the most famous one in DE) makes marzipan with a high almond content; They make a marzipan hot chocolate too that I can't live without in the winter. Marzipan is awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottishmoney Posted February 28, 2006 Report Share Posted February 28, 2006 They make a marzipan hot chocolate too that I can't live without in the winter. Marzipan is awesome. I just knew you have good tastes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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