Walt wrote:
Mike wrote:
"Walt" wrote

Maybe lack of mountains has something to do with it?

I've never been to Germany, but I thought the Alps extended into that
country.

Yeah, sort of.

See:
http://preview.tinyurl.com/38re8d

You can see the Alps pretty clearly from this Sattelite view. They span
Slovenia, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, and France; Germany basically
ends where the Alps begin. Yes, there are real mountains along
Germany's souther border, but most of the country is not what you'd call
mountainous.

Pretty mountainous around Hitler's Eagles Nest - the Berchtesgaden area
near the Austrian boarder and Saltsberg.

I went down in the Eagles Nest bunkers about 35 years ago - interesting.

Later that trip hooked up with an American chick in Greece for a few
weeks of hanky panky. Turned out her father had liberated the Eagle's
Nest and scored some swastika bearing gold place settings which her
family had used for special dinners. Lots of coincidences in this small
world.