[vikingerik]

What Americans think is German is often mostly the Bavarian stereotypes. Pretzels, sausage, lederhosen, Oktoberfest. It's common for Americans to be surprised when they find Berlin or Frankfurt isn't full of that stuff.

The same happens in reverse: some Europeans think America is the land of cowboys and guns and fireworks, but that's really more like just Texas, and when they go to New York they're surprised by seeing none of that.

[whall6]

It’s funny that you say it’s just Texas because even as a Texan that’s not Texas to me.

[Xylakant]

If you’re having trouble finding Bavarian food in Berlin, then you can’t be looking very hard. Hell, there’s even a Hofbräuhaus in Berlin https://www.hofbraeu-wirtshaus.de/en/berlin/

(Not that I’d recommend going there)

[MisterBastahrd]

The article was written by a Londoner for a British audience. The man literally served in the British armed forces and didn't emigrate to the US until the 2010s. Not sure what America has to do with any of this.

[jeltz]

Sure, but Bavarian places certainly must be included in "Germanic".