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My favorite story from Germany

The city of Dusseldorf has matured a bunch since I first started coming here back in 2004. In this, my fifth trip, finding souvenirs was not nearly as difficult as years before.

Yesterday, I was buying a pretty traditional German stein, had a nice painted scene of the city with the Rhine in the background.

So I go to the shopkeeper to check out. He tells me this stein was hand crafted, as he showed me the bottom on the mug, "here's the mark that proves it," pointing to a triangle stamped into the ceramic. "all things made in Germany have this mark. "

Now, I should mention that I've been shoe-shine-boy happy at a trade show for 4 days prior an we did lift a few mugs of Alt bier before shopping. I couldn't let the broad generalization slip bye.

So, with eyebrows raised, i commented, "my great grandparents were made in Germany; I don't think they had this mark."

The shopkeeper smiled a big grin and lifted a finger to his temple contemplating my smart ass remark. After a quick moment, he spoke these words in a low, slow cadence: "did you check their bottom?"

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