Germany: Land of Beer, Sausage and Sex Shops

Shopping in Germany is a pleasure. Souvenirs are plentiful and there are sex shops in every city, town and village. But be sure and leave your prudishness at home.

Shopping in Germany along the pleasant "Marktplatz" - market square - is always such a pleasure. There is the butcher where I can buy some of that famous and delicious German sausage. There's the drinks shop where I can buy some of that famous and delicious German beer. I can always find a shop full of gifts for my mother with a toy shop not far away full of presents my young nephew would be delighted to receive.

And - should the need arise - there is a shop right next door where I can buy massive dildos, latex masks, and a wide selection of explicit pornography.

Sex shops seem to be all over Germany - and in the most mundane of places. In malls, on shopping streets, and even in the Frankfurt International Airport where the first site greeting international visitors once they clear customs are giant vibrators and cock-rings on prominent display in the window of a sex shop. And they say Germans don't know how to have a good time!

For Americans, of course, sex shops are the "dirty" stores that are located on the bad-side of town. It's a place you might go if you have any money left over after buying crack cocaine from the neighborhood drug dealer and are looking for some good old American porno. Here in Germany, it's a little different. Here, if you have any money left over from buying grandma a Hümmel figurine for her birthday, you may consider going to the shop next door for some good old German porno.

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