I started going to the every-odd-year ISH show in Frankfurt, Germany in 1990 and haven’t missed one since. I feel quite comfortable in Frankfurt. So much so that there’s a barstool in Römer with my name on it.
One of the things I noticed right away about the Germans is they are very precise in just about all they do. I once asked a German engineer whether the term “anal-retentive” should or shouldn’t have a hyphen. He didn’t laugh.