Not to be miserable forced to sit two hours in McDonalds near a motorway?

[Maninadirndl]

I'm a nature child born and bred. My garden is a paradise on a hot day, an oasis of cool shady apple and plum trees, herbs and a small veg garden for my organic attempt at life. I grow my own veg, watch River Cottage and Gardeners World almost religiously and own a wood burning Austrian tile stove.

So the invite last week to spend two hours whilst my daughter went to a friend's birthday party was quite a culture shock. From planting up geraniums in their boxes for the summer in the morning to the concrete and metal of McDonalds just off a major European Autobahn was quite a culture shock. My daughter sat in this stuffy red London bus for the party whilst I clackety-clacked with some German mothers who were very nice and friendly but a world away from mine. I found it hell. The children climbed up awful plastic climbing thingies to the soundtrack of roaring cars and lorries with the blare of MTV out of nearby speakers.

The idea of a treat was chips and cola and a bag of goodies filled with sweet rubbish from a major corporation filled one who has been trying so hard to feed his kids on organic natural home grown food where possible, with revulsion.

Upon telling others how much I hated the experience no one really understood my point of view. Is there anyone who also hates these so called "great places for the kids"?

Onepieceofcremeegg: I'll have you know I have eaten more goat than you ever will in a lifetime when living in Saudi my dear.

I agree with Nighbynight, there are soooooooo many Germans who would never set foot into a McD's that it's really your own fault that you're mixing with the wrong crowd

Ooh yes post something in German and I'll judge

Tut mir Leid Nightbynight daß ich Dich verletzt habe. Ich sage nichts mehr.

Yo! Maninadirndl is my next door neighbour. Well pretty close, anyway. Gruess aus Landkreis Rosenheim!

I have to say, it sounds as though you arent trying very hard[Tch, tch]. There are literally thousands of mad organic German parents whose Precious First Borns have never tasted white bread, so how on earth did you manage to end up at McDs?

Why not move to Glonn, it is mad organic centre of the universe. I am told that even the Freibad is natural and has no chlorine in (sounds interesting, but we havent checked it out).

I find the Indian comment a bit out of order, by the way. How's your German, can people spot that you're a Brit the moment you open your mouth?

I have just spat my tea out reading this thread

Indian comment is a bit though!

I would have thought that you were a really rude person had you said that to me