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<blockquote data-quote="Dillon" data-source="post: 153252" data-attributes="member: 473"><p>If/when you're in Germany, and you get good weather, go to a pub/cafe in the afternoon and sit outside and people watch with a drink and a smoke. If you're worrying about anything at that point, you're doing it wrong.</p><p></p><p>The German countryside as seen from a train or along the autobahn is really gorgeous. Don't get discouraged by how train tracks and stations look in smaller cities, as for some reason or another they're one of the dirtiest places in any town. But the main train station in a big city is a sight to behold--they have about anything you would guess people can put into a train station and then some. Ice cream, books, fast food, jewelry, travel agencies, baked goods, and tobacco shops: the big German tobacco chain is called Dürninger, they have affiliates in big (and not-so-big) stations and malls across the country and sell a variety of products from a variety of producers (it's where I was able to find Three Nuns).</p><p></p><p>Finding people who speak English well enough to really understand is kind of hit or miss in my experience. Most blue- and some white-collar Germans learn English in school as kids and almost never use it in their adult lives. People who only speak broken English will tell you they don't speak any out of embarrassment or because it's really difficult for them. Areas that get more tourism obviously have more English speakers. American tourists who don't get drunk and/or insult people should have no problem making friends, so don't worry about that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dillon, post: 153252, member: 473"] If/when you're in Germany, and you get good weather, go to a pub/cafe in the afternoon and sit outside and people watch with a drink and a smoke. If you're worrying about anything at that point, you're doing it wrong. The German countryside as seen from a train or along the autobahn is really gorgeous. Don't get discouraged by how train tracks and stations look in smaller cities, as for some reason or another they're one of the dirtiest places in any town. But the main train station in a big city is a sight to behold--they have about anything you would guess people can put into a train station and then some. Ice cream, books, fast food, jewelry, travel agencies, baked goods, and tobacco shops: the big German tobacco chain is called Dürninger, they have affiliates in big (and not-so-big) stations and malls across the country and sell a variety of products from a variety of producers (it's where I was able to find Three Nuns). Finding people who speak English well enough to really understand is kind of hit or miss in my experience. Most blue- and some white-collar Germans learn English in school as kids and almost never use it in their adult lives. People who only speak broken English will tell you they don't speak any out of embarrassment or because it's really difficult for them. Areas that get more tourism obviously have more English speakers. American tourists who don't get drunk and/or insult people should have no problem making friends, so don't worry about that. [/QUOTE]
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