• My brother is going to Germany and he has some questions.
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My brother is leaving to Germany for one year (he is on student exchange). He got selected in the University of Saarland and he wants to know some stuff about the country since it's his first time going there. He wants to know if there is any dangerous parts/area that he may take in count while travelling around the state (and the country if general) and if there is any interesting places to visit or events to see there. I hope you guys could help him out. Edit He would also like to know some tips during his trip and stuff that he should know while living there.
The Nazis are still there.
He's gonna love the bread and beer. And the views.
mcribs all year round
Don't mention the war. Also, make sure he walks up to random people and tells them "Du bist schön!" :v:
Drink up!
Try to avoid any invading Brazilians.
I heard once that german women love american accents, but I have no idea if it's true.
[QUOTE=Schmaaa;45335781]I heard once that german women love american accents, but I have no idea if it's true.[/QUOTE] i once knew a german chick or recorded every conversation we had and would listen to it on repeat whenever I wasn't talking to her all because she loved the english accent needless to say i cut off all communication pretty fucking quick she was damn hot though albeit a little crazy
Well theres many cities with nice stuff to see, some dangerous places would be some districts in berlin at night and some parts of frankfurt at night. Getting a blowjob here is quite cheap aswell :v: Also I love american accents just like all my german friends alot.
I'll get every other german here. [B]HIER WILL EINER ZUM BESTEN LAND LEUTE[/B] Just remember that you shouldn't greet strangers. That doesn't work here. At least it doesn't work for me :v:
Well dunno if he's going to travel around and shit but I don't think we have any particular 'ghetto areas' over here. You might want to avoid the Kreuzberg part of Berlin but even there it's not too hard during day.
It's a tradition, to walk up behind policemen, and then open up their gunholsters and try to take out their gun, to show them that you trust them with it. This may or may not be done whilst chanting "Ich werde dich erschiessen du schweinhund, fur was Sie Brazil angetan haben."
When he arrives at the air port he should shout "ICH HABE EINEN GEWEHR" If he's religious and he goes to church the German equivalent of amen that they use to end prayers is "Ich liebe schwulen mensch alle nacht".
The toilets are awful. At least, the German style toilets, common in the southeastern parts. Google poop-shelf-toilet if you desire more info.
[QUOTE=Crimor;45335662]Try to avoid any invading Brazilians.[/QUOTE] [video=youtube;P_O6Kf7D79g]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_O6Kf7D79g&feature=kp[/video] [QUOTE=sphinxa279;45335633]Don't mention the war.[/QUOTE] My good friend's Father is German. He and his parents were born in the US. But his Grandparents were in Germany during the war. So my friend's father's parents told him not to watch Hogan's Heroes when they visited because of 'don't mention the war'. So one day while everyone but he was gone, he watched Hogan's Heroes on television. His grandparents came back, and he thought he was going to be in trouble. Turns out his Grandparents who were in Germany for the war found it hilarious.
On a serious note, OP, I just came back from Germany. Tell your brother that he needs to go to Berlin. It's a great party city - literally, they don't clean up the graffiti just so they can have that image. The only downside to Berlin is all the construction, but it's really not that big of a deal. Cologne's Old City is beautiful, as well as Munich. I regret not being able to spend time in Southern Germany - the Alps are very pretty. Tell him to go there. As far as actual language things that are NOT obvious lies (see above for examples of obvious lies), the only thing I found that was different when speaking German in Germany rather than a classroom is the use of excuse me. "Eine Moment" is the German equivalent of 'excuse me' (I bumped into people all the time in Cologne during the World Cup game, and when I said 'Entschuldigung', which literally means 'Excuse me', there was no response. The only responses I ever got were when I said 'Eine Moment, bitte,' and they'd respond positively to that.) If your brother hasn't taken German for a long time in school, he's going to struggle when going out on the town.
[QUOTE=Riller;45340507]The toilets are awful. At least, the German style toilets, common in the southeastern parts. [B]Google poop-shelf-toilet[/B] if you desire more info.[/QUOTE] Actually, don't. (some gore pops up)
[QUOTE=J$ Psychotic;45340598]On a serious note, OP, I just came back from Germany. Tell your brother that he needs to go to Berlin. It's a great party city - literally, they don't clean up the graffiti just so they can have that image. The only downside to Berlin is all the construction, but it's really not that big of a deal. Cologne's Old City is beautiful, as well as Munich. I regret not being able to spend time in Southern Germany - the Alps are very pretty. Tell him to go there. As far as actual language things that are NOT obvious lies (see above for examples of obvious lies), the only thing I found that was different when speaking German in Germany rather than a classroom is the use of excuse me. "Eine Moment" is the German equivalent of 'excuse me' (I bumped into people all the time in Cologne during the World Cup game, and when I said 'Entschuldigung', which literally means 'Excuse me', there was no response. The only responses I ever got were when I said 'Eine Moment, bitte,' and they'd respond positively to that.) If your brother hasn't taken German for a long time in school, he's going to struggle when going out on the town.[/QUOTE] Actually "Einen moment" means one moment, like "one moment please" if you bump into somebody you just say sorry or "Entschuldigung", you get no reaction because you said the right thing :v:
Just don't BJ Blazkovic.
[QUOTE=bdd458;45340591][video=youtube;P_O6Kf7D79g]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_O6Kf7D79g&feature=kp[/video] My good friend's Father is German. He and his parents were born in the US. But his Grandparents were in Germany during the war. So my friend's father's parents told him not to watch Hogan's Heroes when they visited because of 'don't mention the war'. So one day while everyone but he was gone, he watched Hogan's Heroes on television. His grandparents came back, and he thought he was going to be in trouble. Turns out his Grandparents who were in Germany for the war found it hilarious.[/QUOTE] I know you love sabaton and all, but wouldn't in extremo be more fitting? :v: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5c4MhVz4_Yo[/media] [editline]10th July 2014[/editline] Also the biggest tip ever, don't ask for more curry stuff on your sausage at a truckstop etc, truckstop cooks get more offended than the top chefs in the world if you send shit back. A friend of mine once had one dump like half a thing of curry dipping on his plate because he asked for more, but since us danes can eat pretty much anything, he ate it all and asked for more :v:
Be nice to other people on the street but don't randomly start talking with them. Most people are feeling uncomfortable with that. Don't get caught by the police when you piss at a tree or something because that's not allowed and will cost money.
Buy some frankfurter wurstchen. They are the most delicious goddamn sausages on the planet. Pure pork and mutton intestine sounds gross, but its really tasty
[QUOTE=Prollgurke;45346291]Be nice to other people on the street but don't randomly start talking with them. Most people are feeling uncomfortable with that. [/QUOTE] Can't imagine any part in the world where that would have to be different by default
[QUOTE=Riller;45340507]The toilets are awful. At least, the German style toilets, common in the southeastern parts. Google poop-shelf-toilet if you desire more info.[/QUOTE] That's an awful design..
You should tell him to go to Baden-Württemberg, too. It's safer here.
He should come to Austria. We're much more likeable than the German's. No offense. Also we got the "Wiener Schmäh".
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