CW: american privilege

Also doing a bit of Amsterdam and Paris. Not an ideal time with COVID, I know, but... its probably never gonna be a better time, either.

Experiences? Things to try? Avoid?

Hoping to get a feel for every day life in Germany. Don't care too much tourist stuff. First time over the pond, so looking to soak in as much "non-american" stuff as possible.

  • Invidiarum [none/use name]
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    3 years ago

    Depends a bit on what you want and when you're going (november/december might not be the best time for outdoors activity). I guess I would tell you to avoid Berlin or Munich (teeming with tourists/expats, gentrified, very international).

    If you want to go to cities I would suggest smaller ones. Heidelberg and Mainz would be my suggestions for more "typical german" life and the juxtaposition of beautiful oldtowns with post-ww2 building that is very typical for germany while still being nice to look at. On the ohter hand, if you're coming from Amsterdam going to Maastricht and then Aachen is a good pick if you want to see "european style cities".

    Or you could learn something from the pensioneers and hike/travel along a river and stop at villages/small towns/(ruined) castles to eat and drink. Which in my experience a good way to meet some folksy characters and is a more unique experience than are the cities. For this the middle-rhine or mosel regionsget my recommendations, but maybe not this time of year.