I do have to say, I've seen many more mullets (on male youth errrr....foreigners) in Zurich than in the US.

I can't really see any newbie bashing, groaning, or anything particularly negative here. As with most things, there's a happy medium. If a newbie started a thread asking where to buy a good fork to eat his morning cornflakes with, would you tell him, or would you respond, "hey buddy, maybe you'd like to try a spoon?"?.

What Carrie says.... True that, Hoff really did handle the thread with class.
Good for you

Now I have an important question to ask you:

Do you like rootbeer ?

Ha ha! I'm not sure who you're aiming that question at, but I was just asking a worker in Coop the other day if they carry rootbeer. He had absolutely no idea what it is, and I had a horrible time trying to explain to him (with my far from perfect German) that it is NOT beer.

Mmmmm... a rootbeer float sounds sooo good right now!

But are you implying that only rednecks drink rootbeer?

Nope I'm implying that we seem to be the only ones with a craving developped taste for it

So if Hoff likes it.... he'll be ok.

ps. you can find rootbeer in the "lollipop" stores (check out the malls)
otherwise, google: American Market

Gee.... I'd love a float just now !

Root beer is a fine integration tool, though the SVP might be against it if they ever realized its power.

The Villa Chiengmai Thai Shop near the Zurich Hbf carries Root Beer...with Thai on the cans of course. chf 1,50 an AW. I imagine the American grocery store with its 3-liter generic stuff would be the best deal though.

ewwwwwwwww

lol... I love root beer! I grew up in a town with an A&W that would serve you in your car by hanging a tray on the window.

When a group of my Swedish friends came to visit, they seemed to think it tasted like toothpaste... I would hate to think that Root Beer is the American equivalent to Rivella!

fduvall

YUM!

birch beer is good too.

Yes, but I prefer birch beer.

Tom

Mmmm... I'm not sure how to break this to you...

Nein, aber if you have a good education of enjoying drinking Feldschlössen then you are just only a little tiny step from enjoying Budweiser, which is subject of being adored by the local 'necks. Surely or I should rathey say Shorley you will be fine either way

That's part of what drew my hubby and I together actually... he sooooooooo wanted to see the US and live there. (Poor luck for him, we're here. ) Sometimes I think he's more "American" than I am. Part of that though is that I'm a military brat and my views and beliefs and connections are somewhat self-formed from living in many parts of the country and some are steadfastly held onto as a result of those formative years being spent among thousands of US Marines, sometimes in areas that were not too happy to have us there.

I agree, one of the "tricks" to finding Americans in Switzerland is to hang with some, we tend to find each other somehow, whether it's the accent we hear when out or we gravitate toward each other a bit from a forum (this one or another like it).

So, a part I skipped... welcome to the forum.
If you're truly interested in meeting some of us aside from at festivals and such, become truly a part of the forum, as there are quite a few of us actually... and come to the events where we are.

Oh, and, this country festival in Zürich which is more than a month long...? When is it? I'd like to know more about it. Thanks!

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Root beer is a delicacy compared to the Swedish Julmust! Both taste like toothpaste (well, Julmust like bitter toothpaste), but all this talk of root beer floats takes me back to my childhood and now I want one - with the tray and car service!

I'm curious where these mullets are...
One of these days, I'm going to have to grab my camera and go mullet-hunting.

it's fine the boy knows what he likes and well at least he doesn't sit around crying that it's not around but posts on a forum like this and holds his own. good for you. if good ol boy (or gals) mentality is what you're after you have plenty of it all over the u.s, not just in texas and the south but traveling to over 20 states you probably already know that.

i have family in royston georgia and family in st. regis and onchiota new york and i'll say that the upstate new york bunch are clearly more redneck than the georgia folks but not by far (then again that's coming from a city girl).it's actually quite nice to hear someone who likes the u.s so much, especially the folky side of it, even if it isn't as disney-tastic as it seems from the outside.

if you wanna meet some girls in the south let me know when you go next (i'm not even kidding) but i know for a fact the swap meet in royston (don't remember if it's friday or saturday evenings) is a mecca for pick up driving, nacho eating, gun shooting folks looking for someone to love. people are sweet and they move slowly and there is something kinda nice in that but i think that's quite the same with country folk around the world, for sure here in c.h.

and for the root beer option, i've seen rootbeer, cream soda and welch's grape soda in a few of the chinese shops here in lausanne. funny place to find it but it was a lovely discovery.

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Hey Amaraya,
that sounds awesome :-) I'll let you know when i go over again... Thanks for all the kind words... If you ever know someone from over there who needs a travel guide through Switzerland let me know though ;-) Yes... Im right now in the middle of a country recording, i record with a studio in Nashville... So im sure into the folky side of the US...

And the weekens you describe sounds like a lot of fun ;-) Thats exactly what i've experienced when i was in the south for the last time...

Of course i have lots of root beer, a&w cream soda, BEEF JERKY!!! yummmy!!! and more stuff like that.... www.afoodave.ch, great swiss store for American Goods!!!

:-)

my pleasure. but, i'm afraid if you head out to georgia you gotta get into fatback, one of the reasons i love visiting my family in georgia, grew up on chicharrones from the homeland and they are almost the same disgustingly delicious thing.

anyway, good luck in your recording. i'm gonna put some patsy cline on in honor (the only country i can stomach, sorry ) and finish making my cupcakes...

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