Hello Dave and Carol Thanks for your comments: If you haven't been back since the USarmy (mostly) and all Canadian Troops pulled out of Germany, you wouldn't recognise Heilbronn. All of the American Kaserne has been pulled down, with the exception of one or two barracks, which are being converted in condominiums. Just after the pull out, the German government used all the barracks for gastarbeiters and refugees from the east. In their place today, is a huge shopping Centre called OBI, where you can buy everything from Aardvarks to Zebras. Every time we drive into Heilbronn from Flein, Sonja say to me "Thats where the Ami Kaserne was." There is a lot of construction going on now and the Intercity S bahn goes right through the centre of the city by the Church. It connects about 15 towns and cities throughout the area and it has a rail right of way. The Bahnhoff is under construction and the entire street in front of it is torn up. Maybe you could comment on two matters I have always wondered about. 1) Who are the young German girls going to marry now that the Canadian and American forces are gone? :) 2)When we were stationed in Munich from 1964 to 1967, I had access to the PX . When I went in the front entrance, I saw piles and piles of American beer. Schlitz, Miller, Schultz, Molsons etc. How come they were so popular, when the best beer in the world could be purchased dirt cheap on the local economy? :) Those were the days huh? Ralf and Sonja >Resent-Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2001 07:04:35 -0600 >X-Original-Sender: Newtross@aol.com Sun Jun 10 07:04:34 2001 >From: Newtross@aol.com >Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2001 09:04:30 EDT >Subject: Re: [GERMAN-LIFE] NO MAIL >Old-To: GERMAN-LIFE-L@rootsweb.com >X-Mailer: AOL 6.0 for Windows US sub 10524 >To: GERMAN-LIFE-L@rootsweb.com >Resent-From: GERMAN-LIFE-L@rootsweb.com >Reply-To: GERMAN-LIFE-L@rootsweb.com >X-Mailing-List: <GERMAN-LIFE-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/4315 >X-Loop: GERMAN-LIFE-L@rootsweb.com >Resent-Sender: GERMAN-LIFE-L-request@rootsweb.com >X-MIME-Autoconverted: from 8bit to quoted-printable by lists3.rootsweb.com id f5AD4ZB28758 > >Ralf: Your story of your trip has made very enjoyable reading for us. I was >stationed in Heilbronn/Neckar 1n 1959-60. We've just recently returned from >our 12th trip (mostly for research, but also for traveling and enjoyment) to >Germany. In all the years of our traveling over there, I think we've been to >every place you mentioned, and the reading of YOUR experiences has brought >back a lot of memories pof [places we've not visited for awhile !! > >Thanks for sharing > >Dave and Carol Ross >

> Maybe you could comment on two matters I have always wondered about. > > 1) Who are the young German girls going to marry now that the Canadian and > American forces are gone? :) Ralf, I had to comment on this :-). My son found one of those young German girls about 10 years ago and married her. He too is in the Military and at this time is stationed in Bamberg. I have visited there several times and love the country. A year and half ago we visited for a month, my son and daugher in-law took us to Belguim. Luxembourg, Austria and many other interesting places. And about the beer, my son says the same thing now. What was said about the American beer I CAN'T PRINT HERE. I will just let everyone take a guess. I hope to be able to make another visit some day. Phyllis > 2)When we were stationed in Munich from 1964 to 1967, I had access to the > PX . When I went in the front entrance, I saw piles and piles of American > beer. Schlitz, Miller, Schultz, Molsons etc. How come they were so > popular, when the best beer in the world could be purchased dirt cheap on > the local economy? :) > > Those were the days huh? > > Ralf and Sonja > >

I think you answered your own question ..... there were piles and piles because everyone was drinking the best beer. Man, what I wouldn't give for a good, room temperature Hasenbraeu from Augsburg. Klaus Dieter Cook, Houston, Texas > 2)When we were stationed in Munich from 1964 to 1967, I had access to the > PX . When I went in the front entrance, I saw piles and piles of American > beer. Schlitz, Miller, Schultz, Molsons etc. How come they were so > popular, when the best beer in the world could be purchased dirt cheap on > the local economy? :) >