"Everywhere I looked, all I saw was white death."

A 54-year-old German man is facing jail time for having an Adolf Hitler speech as his cellphone ringtone. Yeah, aside from being offensive and morally reprehensible, the ringtone was also a poor choice in a country intent on getting beyond its bleak past with a constitution that forbids public display of Nazis and their works.

A German dude has broken the world record for the largest structure ever built with beer mat coasters -- 300,000 of them. In the western German town of Schleiden yesterday, Sven Goebel, 21, completed construction on a five-room apartment made entirely of beer mats. It even featured a table and chairs and and a fireplace. But then, it all came crashing down.

Two German women have been arrested after trying to board an easyJet flight from Liverpoool to Berlin with a dead relative. Gitta Jarant, 66, and Anke Anusic, 44, attempted to bring 91-year-old Curt Willi Jarant, the women's husband and step-father, respectively, aboard the flight claiming he was just "sleeping." He was actually dead.

This is totally Sex and the City's fault. Sarah Jessica Parker, Magnolia Cupcakes, we blame you. McDonald's in Germany are now offering a series of cupcakes named after New York City neighborhoods -- Central Park, Soho, Chelsea, and East Village. Because, really now, what is New York now but a series of cutesy cupcake shops?

A German hotel where you get to pay for your stay with art? Seems pretty natural for Berlin, but actually it's in the south German city of Stuttgart. There, a once derelict house is now part of an art project: a hotel where guests pay for their stay by putting on a performance.

File this one under travel hell, and/or reasons you can't get your significant other to hit the slopes with you. On Tuesday, a technical failure at a Bavarian resort left 43 skiers hanging, literally, for hours, trapped in four-person gondolas hundreds of feet above the ground. Turns out, German engineering isn't always so perfect.

Nudists in Germany are getting pretty pumped about the hiking trail that will be officially designated as a clothing optional trail come next May. Heinz Ludwig, a campsite owner has pushed the trail forward, overcoming adverse reactions to hikers in the buff by pointing out the potential tourism boom that naked hikers could bring to the area.

If you're going to take advantage of the multitudes of deals going on to get the hell out of dodge, you might want to take a look at some of the more bizarre laws that are in effect (or at least on the books) in foreign countries. Take note, or you might have to pay up.