If you’ve been there or live there, I’d love to hear your perspective. I’m going for the first time to visit my daughter, who lives with her German boyfriend near Munich in a town called Grunwald. I’m coming from Michigan. The question’s intentionally broad since I’m curious about everything: must-try experiences, daily life, culture, etc.
I live in Germany, if you have a specific question I can try to answer.
In general there are a lot of stereotypes about Germans, but most of them aren’t correct.
Some are slow to warm up to strangers.
Many places only take cash still, though that is slowly getting better.
People do stare, not sure if that is specifically a German thing.
One thing that might be useful for you to know, coming from America. Many Germans get irritated by stereotypical American over sharing.
Be prepared to have your opinions on Trump probed.
And regarding experiences, most towns are older than America. Where I live they recently celebrated 800 years of age. There’s a lot of history to explore.
It would probably be better to get experience ideas from your daughter, since the area will be oozing with history and things to see.
Pfff, those are rookie numbers. 1250 over here! 😉
Damn you beat the 1210 of the city I was born in :(
Not to mention the lame 1171 of the city I currently live in.
When driving through the swabian alps you can often see banners for upcoming celebrations of clubs / associations mostly for music and they are usually way over 600 years old.
Oversharing not appreciated, but opinions on Trump probed. Gonna be some conflict there.
Questions for someone going to Gamescon next week. Anything I should do or know as a Canadian?
Wear something identifying you as Canadian and people will treat you nicer. Though Cologne in general and Gamescom specifically should be very open minded to all cultures anyways.
Dont mistake “Kölsch” for actual beer.