u/BlackshirtDefense

Yep, I'm the Ausländer.

We've traveled to Germany a half dozen times and I'm very familiar with the culture, social norms, and how to travel efficiently.

This last week, we had a DB train from München to Nürnberg, which was maybe an hour and fifteen minute ride. Our family has five people, so my wife and kids sat at one of the 4-chair tables, ​​and I sat across the aisle. 2nd Class.

About ten minutes left in the trip, a group of middle aged German women came up and demanded our seats. They had another older man with long hair with them. He was not part of their group, and he looked like Deutsches Jimmy Buffett. He was randomly herding people around the cars to their proper seats. Naturally, he helped them demand our seats from us. ​

I kindly explained that we had tickets...this isn't my first time on DB.

They STILL demanded our seats and Fabio was all too happy to run and get the conductor.

He comes back and starts whining to the conductor about "dieses Ausländer," and how all the problems are these nasty Ausländer who steal seats from old ladies on the train. ​That's when I spoke up.

"Ja, wir sind Ausländer. Ich habe ​tickets...und sitzplatzreservierung. Ich habe auch die reservierung gekauft. Aber wir haben diesen älteren Damen freundlicherweise unsere Plätze überlassen. Weil uns in Amerika beigebracht wird, andere zu respektieren."

None of them figured I spoke German. Well, high school level German maybe. I'm not fluent. But I know enough. ​

The conductor just laughed at the man. We were right. They were our seats and our reservation. And Fabio caused some big ruckus on the train so he could justify his negative perception of foreigners. At this point we were 5 minutes from the Nürnberg station. Who really cares?

I looked at the ladies and wished them a schönes tag. And they agreed the whole situation was sehr traurig. ​​

​My wife and kids are still laughing about it.

Lots of fire trucks and an ambulance.

It looks like one of the salons was evacuated. There were people mid-haircut in the black capes standing outside with stylists. ​

--edit--

Sounds like a gas leak from what others have posted.

I'm getting pretty late stage in the game and have amassed well over $100k stealing, fencing, and selling jewelry and potions.

What do you do with all the gold you've stockpiled? I own homes in most of the cities at this point. ​​

I'm looking for a crossbody or sling style bag, but specifically a "tall" or "vertical" type.

Most of the crossbody and sling bags tend to lay more horizontal, like a landscape oriented photo. Does anyone have suggestions for a more portrait shaped bag?

Maybe I'm too choosy, but here are some of the criteria I'm looking for:

• Medium sized - can hold a water bottle, wallet, keys, etc. This is for travel / day trip, not a suitcase.
• Portrait / Tall / Vertical orientation
• Long, adjustable, or removable strap for Big & Tall sizing
• Preferably double zippers or zippers that could be easily locked or secured to deter pickpocketing.

For example: you're a full-on UGA fan, but you have some random bit of Yellowjacket swag, like a calendar magnet from your realtor or a stadium blanket from some local restaurant you happened to win. ​

For me, I'm a Husker but we live in Oregon Duck territory. We have a few Duck things laying around, but one of my kids has a random-ass Beaver shirt from some "bike to school, sponsored by Oregon State" thing.

Anybody else have random rival gear? ​​

My family is traveling throughout Germany this summer and want to use the D-Ticket subscription for a month while we visit.

However, I have two problems:

• Many D-Ticket vendors require a German Bank account / IBAN to directly debit from your bank.
• Most D-Tickets are delivered virtually, as e-Tickets.

I need to buy tickets for a family of 5, including children. Not everyone has a smartphone.

How can I purchase a D-Ticket subscription for multiple people, using an American credit card (Visa/Mastercard) and receive physical, plastic tickets to use at train stations?