No, never had occasion or wish. Once when my bro was in the army, he was in the regi ski team in the bavarian Alps. I was going to visit and stay with him, (and he was going to teach me to ski - free) when I'd saved up my fare, then he was recalled back to Bunde the week before I was due to go :-(

>Really, in all of your travels, you've never visited Germany?
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>Some of my favorite places:
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>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kehlsteinhaus
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rothenburg_ob_der_Tauber
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linderhof
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuschwanstein
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%C3%BCrnberg
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W%C3%BCrzburg
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regensburg
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herrenchiemsee
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>It is one of my favorite places in the world.

Those places all look sweet but - seen one schloss seen 'em all! :-)

Seriously, did you visit off your own bat or was it when you were stationed in Germany?

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>>Never been to Germany (and for some reason no desire to) and never heard of that beer.
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