Nadja's views on naked Germans

OK, some Germans, not all as the stereotype may suggest, love taking their kit off. They do it anywhere that offers a patch of grass or that can by some stretch of the imagination be interpreted as "nature". They call this Freikoerperkultur (free body culture) and it has led to various interesting stories in the international press. One fondly remembers the naked German hikers who descended on the tiny ueberconservative canton of appenzell http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8019766.stm (this is a remote part of Switzerland where people still dress in traditional attire, even on normal workdays, including cow bell earrings for the guys). On the banks of the beautiful river Isar, one can observe many of that particular species, the naked Teutons. What I find most amazing about this unabashed nakedness is that people actually manage to talk to one another without seemingly noticing whatever is dangling in front of them. I mean COME ON, and this comes from a seasoned sauna user, it is virtually impossible to talk to a naked person in front of you without noticing their bits, even if you'd REALLY rather not. That's why sauna's are great. The light is dim, it's so hot you have trouble thinking clearly anyway and you usually sit next to one another or on some kind of bench that makes it easier to ignore one another's privates.
Anyway, on the pebble-covered banks of said river, naked Germans were frolicking in all shapes and sizes, literally, and I couldn't help noticing (for above mentioned reasons) that most men were sporting Brazilians, and I am not talking about some beautiful eye candy hanging off their elbow! Now, don't get me wrong, I am all for equality of the sexes and all but you are already naked, why take it that step further? Why discard even of that little bit of obvious inhibition nature has so graciously endowed us with? But of course that's just me.
Regarding the Brazilians, male version, it might just be some weird European fashion. Any ideas anyone? More about other fascinating European habits later.