"How we Bavarians really are"

The front page headline of this morning's Abendzeitung ("Evening News"--I don't yet understand why the "Evening News" arrives in the morning) read "So sind wir Bayern wirklich" ("How we Bavarians really are"). The accompanying photo shows a man with a curly moustache; he is wearing short Lederhosen, a hat, Loferl, and boots. The outfit screams "Bavarian," and look how happy and exaggeratedly dynamic the man is. Most Bavarians I've met masquerade as people who wear mundane street clothes or, occasionally, Tracht of the non-costume-like variety, but such people apprently aren't the real deal.

I hereby apologize to the editors of the Baden-Wuerttemberg Edeka Sunday supplement for previously criticizing their stereotypes of Bavarians, as Bavarians clearly revel in stereotyping themselves. "We're kind of like Texans in that regard," Stefan explains.