German friends: Safe for Americans in Berlin?

[Boris Godunov]

My roommate was in Berlin about 5 years ago, and he thought it was a beautiful city and that the people were extremely nice.

I could also do Munich, but was thinking that would be better in the Fall, for obvious reasons.

I'm also toying with Rome or Prague, though I don't know if I can get prices as good there.

I had thought about Greece, but then thought that if everyone there is like pattycakes, I should avoid it like the plague.

[Bereta_Eder]

gays are passe in greece anyway.


FP, I'm talking about the people not its culture. and i admit its second hand.

[Bereta_Eder]

BTW its the second largest turkish city in the world
so ring a bell if you actually come across any german at all

[Hueij]

Originally posted by Boris Godunov
My roommate was in Berlin about 5 years ago, and he thought it was a beautiful city and that the people were extremely nice.

I could also do Munich, but was thinking that would be better in the Fall, for obvious reasons.

I'm also toying with Rome or Prague, though I don't know if I can get prices as good there.

I had thought about Greece, but then thought that if everyone there is like pattycakes, I should avoid it like the plague.

Try Amsterdam

[Bereta_Eder]

Rome beautiful but ****ty like athens.
too densely populated but GREAT sights.
The People ROCK in rome.

Amsterdamn people are friendly... a bit too friendly
a bit of scary place IMHO (imagien walking down the main bulvard and having a black guy chasing you trying to sell you crack EVEN thiough you told him twice youre not interested)

prague not been there yet
hear about exguisite beauty ****head impolite people

[Boris Godunov]

Actually, I found a great deal to Rome. Maybe it's time to start practicing my Italian...

[FrustratedPoet]

Originally posted by paiktis22
BTW its the second largest turkish city in the world
so ring a bell if you actually come across any german at all

The city with the 3rd highest Greek population is Melbourne.

No real point behind that ... just FYI ... (although I expect you already know).

[Bereta_Eder]

But Prague is probably amongst the most beautiful european capitals.
Piteresque.

[Nevs23]

Re: German friends: Safe for Americans in Berlin?

Originally posted by Boris Godunov
My question is, do you think as an American it will be too risky to come to Germany? What is the level of Anti-American sentiment, and has there been any word of American tourists being treated poorly?

Is this really a serious question?

Don't be afraid, some germans do not agree with the USA, but they don't kill them.

[Bereta_Eder]

Originally posted by FrustratedPoet


The city with the 3rd highest Greek population is Melbourne.

No real point behind that ... just FYI ... (although I expect you already know).

huh i thought it was the 2nd?

and the relevance?

[Boris Godunov]

"Picturesque"

Yeah, a friend of mine spent a month in Prague last year and loved it.

Germans: Is there any place you would recommend travelling to instead of Berlin? I admit I'm not too familiar with popular tourist destinations in Germany.

[Bereta_Eder]

Piteresque????


small, petite (and beautiful)

[FrustratedPoet]

I can recommend Prague VERY highly - the cost of accomodation/eating/drinking etc. should be much lower there than in Berlin.

Munich is extremely extremely expensive in the Fall ... for obvious reasons . Hell, it expensive any time of year.
If you're gonna fly thousands of miles to get to Europe there are many better places to go IMHO, although I did enjoy my time in Munich (but it's cheaper for me to get there ).

[Main_Brain]

LOL ;=)
Dont spend too much Time listen to the Media.
Its not like Germans go arroudn killing Americans ;=)
No not at all. We still like your Money and so your welcome.
Most germans will presume that you are against the War so try to stick out of debates of Politics.

[BeBMan]

Re: German friends: Safe for Americans in Berlin?

Originally posted by Boris Godunov
Hello meine deutschen Freunde!

I am seriously considering a long weekend trip to Berlin at the end of March, thanks to a really good deal on travel I have found. My question is, do you think as an American it will be too risky to come to Germany? What is the level of Anti-American sentiment, and has there been any word of American tourists being treated poorly?

Keep in mind my German speaking skills aren't very good, so I will be an obvious American. I thought about masquerading as Canadian, but think it would be hard to keep that up for long.

Well, what do you think?

Don´t worry. Even if a big part of the people disagrees with your government, most people won´t do anything against you because you´re from America. There isn´t a lynch mentality here against Americans. Except some extremist idiots which exist in every country, most people here can behave civilized....

You can expect probably some hot debates over the current political situation, but that´s all. Of course, there are certain areas of Berlin where it is generally not the best idea to show up as tourist, but that´s the case in every big western city (probably in every city).