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kiimo posted:edit: or I guess specifically, if I'm taking a train from Florence would it be more scenic to go to Milan and then north through that pass or just head north to Verona and then take a train straight up to Innsbruch? Trying to maximize views out the window. I've never taken the Swiss route via Milan but that has a big-rear end tunnel in it, while the Brenner route does not, though it does have some shorter tunnels. They are building a big-rear end tunnel there too, but it's not open yet. On the Brenner route, the views become quite nice after Verona, where you first get Lake Garda and then the rising mountains. I'm pretty sure the direct (EC) train to Munich takes the same route as the regional trains on this route, so there's not much point in taking a slower train unless you want to stop somewhere. That train does also stop in Innsbruck (and various other nice places like Brenner and Bolzano) which is the closest it gets to Garmisch. Garmisch is much farther from Munich than from Innsbruck by distance, but because of the mountains the travel time is about the same, it might even be faster from Munich. The train trip from Innsbruck is sure to be prettier though (I've never done this). I'd probably go from Innsbruck to Garmisch directly unless it's a hassle to have to arrange an extra stop there and drag all the luggage there and you want to use Munich as a base. Entropist fucked around with this message at 02:36 on Nov 19, 2018 |
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In light of this I think our new plan is to go from Florence to Trento. Google image search of Trento knocked me dead, it looks like a must stop. The next day train to Innsbruck to Garmisch. Thanks for the help. Please let me know if you think there's a better stop than Trento like Verona or Bolzano.
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kiimo posted:In light of this I think our new plan is to go from Florence to Trento. Google image search of Trento knocked me dead, it looks like a must stop. The next day train to Innsbruck to Garmisch. Verona has an amazing, ancient amphitheatre that is still in use today. If you can get your head around Italian opera, that's a good stop, too.
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kiimo posted:In light of this I think our new plan is to go from Florence to Trento. Google image search of Trento knocked me dead, it looks like a must stop. The next day train to Innsbruck to Garmisch. Generally the areas between these cities are also littered with castles as it was an important strategic pass through the Alps, you'll see a bunch from the train.
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Yeah I feel like since I'm spending three days in Rome, three days in Florence I'll be good on the things that Verona has to offer. The train ride from Florence to Verona is too short, I'd rather put some space between us and do the 2.5 hours to Trento since I'll only stay there for an afternoon / evening. Considering I'm going to Munich and I've been to Germany a lot I'm good on sausages and Christmas will be over so I think I'll view Bolzano from the train as I pass by. And holy poo poo do I wish we could ski at any of these places but I'm the only experienced skier / snowboarder on the trip so no way is that happening. I'll have to settle for the Après-ski portions.
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Thread necromancy question, not really Germany specific so much as German healthcare specific: In November I saw a cardiologist who prescribed me a course of blood pressure meds, but over the past month or so I've been having what I assume are side effects (bad headaches, apparently common with ramipril). Am I supposed to call the Kardiologe about stuff like this, or do I just call my Hausarzt? When he gave me the prescription to begin with he mentioned that I could go to the Hausarzt for prescription refills instead of going to the cardio office, not sure how it works when I have Beschwerden about some Nebenwirkungen.
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Drone posted:Thread necromancy question, not really Germany specific so much as German healthcare specific: It depends. If you just want general guidance on your meds, you can ask the pharmacist. If you'd like to switch to a different medication, you can ask your GP. He may not be able to diagnose you, but he may know different meds for the same diagnosis. If you're very concerned or want to be re examined, you can go to the cardiologist directly, though it may take longer to get an appointment. You can also go to the GP and he'll get you to the cardiologist quicker if he thinks it's serious / beyond his ken, but that means you may have to go twice.
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Since this thread is active again, I rented a car in Innsbruck in two weeks and dropping it off at the Munich airport a few days later. Other than the fact that they drive on the right side of the road thank Gott can anyone give me some advice about driving in this area? Pulling into Ehrwald should be interesting considering the weather lately.
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kiimo posted:Since this thread is active again, I rented a car in Innsbruck in two weeks and dropping it off at the Munich airport a few days later. Other than the fact that they drive on the right side of the road thank Gott can anyone give me some advice about driving in this area? Pulling into Ehrwald should be interesting considering the weather lately. There's a huge amount of snow in the mountains right now, to the point that some streets may be blocked for a while. If you want to go into Munich city, driving and parking there is pretty annoying, you might have more luck getting a public transport pass and leaving your car at a park&ride (or dropping it off first; public transport day ticket to the airport is cheaper than one-way, this is not true about other day tickets in Munich). Other than that, idk
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pidan posted:If you're very concerned or want to be re examined, you can go to the cardiologist directly, though it may take longer to get an appointment. Yeah that's the crux of it: I literally don't know if I should be concerned or not  I mean at the end of the day, a headache is a headache, they just happen to be very common for me since about mid-December. I know that this side effect exists for this medication and my complaints very roughly line up with my starting to take the meds, but I mean a headache can literally be anything... chronic headaches themselves are a symptom of both the blood pressure medication, from having high blood pressure itself, or even from having -low- blood pressure, so I have no idea where to even start.My GP's office returns phone calls in the evenings if you just have questions that don't necessarily involve a visit, so I guess I'll start there. Edit: and on that note, who the hell do I talk to about issues with anxiety/depression? I was a bit of a wreck over Christmas because I can't really handle not having something to do (read: work) every day, and just sitting at home stewing about not feeling good kinda made my thoughts run away a bit about "omg what if it's a tumor" or "omg what if I'm dying at the old and venerable age of 31". I've not really had hypochrondriac tendencies before but for some reason over the past couple years every little health issue that isn't something easy to identify like a cold has had me getting worried over nothing. I know there's a stereotype about Germans and seeking mental health advice being a bit taboo but I don't really know how true it is.
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You can search for a therapist through your local Kassenärztliche Vereinigung and go from there. https://www.kbv.de/ Call as many therapists as you can, I’ve heard you get 1 reply out of 30 calls so be prepared for a lot of calls. You may also want to consider Psychotherapeutische Ausbildungsinstitute, they give you therapists close to finishing their degree (they’re being supervised obviously) and it might be easier to get a spot there.
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kiimo posted:Since this thread is active again, I rented a car in Innsbruck in two weeks and dropping it off at the Munich airport a few days later. Other than the fact that they drive on the right side of the road thank Gott can anyone give me some advice about driving in this area? Pulling into Ehrwald should be interesting considering the weather lately.
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Drone posted:Edit: and on that note, who the hell do I talk to about issues with anxiety/depression?  Your gp can prescribe you antidepressants and anti anxiety meds. He can't really do much else, other than call the police if you're suicidal. If you're having heart problems watch out which meds he gives you, some are incompatible with heart meds. You can call up some therapists and ask for an appointment, but they're unlikely to have any. If you're in a big city there may be centers with multiple therapists, those tend to be able to fit you in somewhere in the next months. If you're ever acutely suicidal or psychotic, you can go to the hospital and they will fix you up. This can be helpful in some situations, but generally I don't recommend it. Also your gp may be able to prescribe you a Kur to spend a week or two painting your life story in a nice hospital in the countryside. Other than that, there's self help stuff, like my Versicherung offers an app that's supposed to help with depression, though maybe don't actually get it from your insurance you know
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Default Settings posted:Unless you stick to town centers and highways, be prepared to encounter steep roads with several cm of snow at the same time. Make sure the rental company provides you with snow chains and practice putting them on, preferably on a parking lot somewhere. It's a bit like knowing how to change a tire - you might not need them, but WHEN you need them, you'd wish to have practiced once. I'm pretty adept at putting them on in general if they're the same kind we use. Skiing Mammoth over the years has taught me well. But thanks for the advice, I hadn't even thought about it. Driving from Innsbruck to Garmisch to Ehrwald to Munich so there will definitely be snow and the forecast is getting sketchier as time goes by it seems.
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Drone posted:Yeah that's the crux of it: I literally don't know if I should be concerned or not What I read about Ramipiril is that it is actually very common for people to get headaches during the first weeks because you are used to your high blood pressure and simply can't cope very well with your new normal one. My advice -besides visiting a real doctor- is to get a cheap blood pressure measuring tool (I use a Stethoscope and the classic armwrap/pump) and casually/daily check it and maybe keep a record of the tendency. Maybe the dosage is too high or too low, it looks like that can be a bit tricky with Ramipiril so your blood pressure tendency would be valuable information for your doctors. (Disclaimer: I have around 140/90 and beeing a fatty that is getting old, this is considered ok by my doctor. I just worked as a nurse during my conscription time so I have all the stuff at home from habit.) Also depressions. Well I suffer from a classic vitamin d depression when the days get shorter and since I don't want to take any medicine for that my solution is to take a sunbath in one of those tanning salons when I am feeling down and alone. Works for me, maybe works for you, too. Otherwise your Hausarzt is another person to ask about where to find help. (I hate psychologists though, they annoy the gently caress out of me.)
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I hit 180/100 yesterday while sitting on the couch reading a book. According to the 24-hour test I did back in November, my average daytime BP is 140/90 though. Legit convinced that most of the problem is anxiety, as even when I measure my blood pressure at home, I get a huuuuge Weißkitteleffekt. Like, I can be resting just fine and my smartwatch reads a pulse of 70 bpm (my normal, more or less), and decide "hmm, let's measure my blood pressure" and my pulse skyrockets to like 110 as I put the cuff on my arm. Called the cardio today and told them about my issues. Doctor called back a short while later and says "yeah, it doesn't really sound like this is related to the ramipril, you should go to your Hausarzt and see what they say... and if they feel like they need to send you back to us, get an Überweisung"). In general today I'm feeling better than yesterday... took my cuff to work and measured after my lunch break and got a nice, comforting, normal-for-me 140/90 again.
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So I’ve been in Berlin a couple of months now. Are the people here just rude, or is it a cultural thing? In the UK, if there’s a small space and I step aside to let someone through first, the other person will usually say thank you, or at least acknowledge you. Over here, nothing at all, no thanks, not even a vague look in my direction. It’s very off-putting, honestly. 
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That’s Berliner Schnauze, and yeah, it’s about normal round here.
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bronin posted:gently caress yeah Berlin 
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The_Doctor posted:So I’ve been in Berlin a couple of months now. Are the people here just rude, or is it a cultural thing? In the UK, if there’s a small space and I step aside to let someone through first, the other person will usually say thank you, or at least acknowledge you. Over here, nothing at all, no thanks, not even a vague look in my direction. It’s very off-putting, honestly. Irish here in Berlin, so a similar cultural background. Yes, people are quite rude.
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Berliners are rude, yeah. Not as rude as New Yorkers, though. There’s also a cultural difference in what is considered rude. You don’t have to thank the bus driver like in England, it’s just not a thing and they wouldn’t care. General German thing many Anglo countries do different: Politely declining an offer, expecting another more insistent one afterwards, doesn’t work in Germany. You say yes if you want something and no if you don’t and then the matter is settled - it’s not really about rudeness in this case because people are used to different ways of dealing with each other.
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Is it me or is XING exclusively populated by super cringey recruiters?
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Randler posted:Is it me or is XING exclusively populated by super cringey recruiters?
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Hi, me and my girlfriend are going to berlin at 31.1.-4.2. and i'd like to know what the best places for some local craft beer and decent prized vegetarian food are. Also some cool museums and other good places to visit. Our hotel is in charlottenburg. Edit. Oh yeah, and what's the best city/travel/museum pass to get for our stay, we arrive in the morning of 31st and leave in the evening of 4th. Hiekkakauppias fucked around with this message at 10:17 on Jan 27, 2019 |
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Eschenbräu is cool and cheap and local https://www.eschenbraeu.de , 0.5l beer €3.30, pretzels and Flammkuchen (vegetarian option available) aren’t anything to write home about but cheap too. They cycle through seasonal beers and you can buy growlers in varying sizes as well as apple juice and spirits. You can bring your own food too! Falafel Dream 2010 is nearby, Müllerstrasse 14, next to the job center. And then there’s http://www.stonebrewing.eu/beer which I haven’t been to but it sounds pretentious as all hell. 0.5l beer for €7-8.
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Zwille posted:Eschenbräu is cool and cheap and local https://www.eschenbraeu.de , 0.5l beer €3.30, pretzels and Flammkuchen (vegetarian option available) aren’t anything to write home about but cheap too. They cycle through seasonal beers and you can buy growlers in varying sizes as well as apple juice and spirits. You can bring your own food too! Falafel Dream 2010 is nearby, Müllerstrasse 14, next to the job center. Those first options sound cool, and yes beer should be cheap as well, i don't care about the pretentious part.
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Yeah then it doesn’t get much cheaper than Eschenbräu unless you go looking for dive bars. If you buy it to go (in a growler preferably) you get it for 50% off, so 2 liters are €6.60. The growler comes with a free first fill (I think).
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Zwille posted:Yeah then it doesn’t get much cheaper than Eschenbräu unless you go looking for dive bars. If you buy it to go (in a growler preferably) you get it for 50% off, so 2 liters are €6.60. The growler comes with a free first fill (I think). Grabbing a falafel and going to that place to drink beer sounds exactly what i want/need from berlin,thanks for your tips! I don't mind the divier locations neither.
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I just got back and had the most amazing time. However, the thing I absolutely loved the most was Innsbruck, Austria and I only spent about four hours there. It reminded me of Park City without the Mormonism. Highly highly recommend, especially if ski towns are your jam.
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Speaking of vegetarian food, I was in Germany six years ago and didn't see many of the "veggie versions" of foods that were fairly common in the United States. They were around, just not that much, and definitely not on par with how easy they are to find here. Is it starting to gain popularity of late? I see a couple of curry fast food chains that are now offering vegan versions of currywurst, for example.
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Sand Monster posted:Speaking of vegetarian food, I was in Germany six years ago and didn't see many of the "veggie versions" of foods that were fairly common in the United States. They were around, just not that much, and definitely not on par with how easy they are to find here. Is it starting to gain popularity of late? I see a couple of curry fast food chains that are now offering vegan versions of currywurst, for example. It's relatively popular now but I wouldn't rely on it. Most supermarkets have a selection of vegan food now, and some / many restaurants understand what "vegan" means and will be able to figure something out even if it's not on the menu. But the further you get from the cities, the lower the chances are.
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Yeah, it has become a lot more common, there's some holdouts but in general I think you can get vegetarian stuff at the bare minimum. Vegan is hit or miss.
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Burger restaurants are a good bet, actually. Obviously not McDonald's or Willis Grillstube from the 70s but modern hipster burger joints with chalk art designs and manbunned staff.
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McDonald's has (had?) vegetarian burgers though. Obviously of meh quality. Ikea sometimes has vegetarian hotdogs and köttbullar but whenever I was gonna try them they didn't have them anymore all of a sudden.
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Zwille posted:McDonald's has (had?) vegetarian burgers though. Obviously of meh quality. Ikea sometimes has vegetarian hotdogs and köttbullar but whenever I was gonna try them they didn't have them anymore all of a sudden. I ate vegetarian Köttbullar (they're called something else), and they were pretty good.
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So my thoughts on Munich are that city is not at all walkable unless you want to just hang out at hofbrauhaus all night. Also I went to Pusser's based on its rating and, let's be honest, its name and welp. That place sucks. Super expensive whiskey served by snotty waiters. Y'all love Woodford Reserve for some reason. FYI, Woodford Reserve is just ok. 
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kiimo posted:So my thoughts on Munich are that city is not at all walkable unless you want to just hang out at hofbrauhaus all night. Uh, central Munich is pretty drat walkable. Dunno where you were walking. Whiskey isn't really much of a German thing, so I'm not sure why you'd come from the land of bourbon in order to... drink more bourbon?
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Well I didn't know it was a bar dedicated to bourbon until I got sat. My point about walkability is that there didn't seem to be a central hub of a lot of nightlife. It's all restaurants where you can also drink which is very much not my jam on a Saturday night. We should have planned better but it was a lot of "this place is rated well on Yelp...nope this place is cash-only. This is rated well....nope another restaurant where small groups are eating. What about this place...no this extremely small bar is more in line with what I want but it's jam packed and all seating is reserved." I think I was just looking for something closer to Florence since I had just came from there.
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