I just moved from the 'Land of Dixie' after being born and raised there... to Germany the other day. I thought it would be a big culture shock...but upon leaving the Frankfurt airport, I noticed the countryside looks just like all the Southern states, NC, SC, Georgia, even the Florida woods in places.
I made a web page yesterday to show my family how similar the deep South is to Germany so that they wouldn't worry about me:
http://my-stuff-dot-com.com/Heidenhe...heim2index.htm