rpanonmod ([personal profile] rpanonmod) wrote in [community profile] rpanons2012-04-09 10:54 am

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Re: German

(Anonymous) 2012-04-10 04:04 am (UTC)(link)
Have you traveled to Germany? If so, what really struck you as super different between there and the US?

I also have German ancestry! I've always wanted to go visit. :)

(Anonymous) 2012-04-10 04:19 am (UTC)(link)
Yep! Got to go see Opa's old house, meet the people who moved in, and visited around other areas.

What's most striking about the differences... I'd say the demeanor. Germans feel really... grounded, and reserved? Compared to the Americans or the English (they are a lot more like you guys than they'd like to admit). One thing that's always been really striking about Americans is how loud and brash and rude they are, as well as how violent, and yet you're all renowned for your hospitality. You're basically all regarded as the "douchebag friend". The one who goes WHOA DUDE at explosions but will be the "cool bro" and let you stay over and show some good hospitality. It's not that it's absent in Germany/Europe, but Americans have their own particular style for it, so it's interesting. Then again, I lived in the South until recently so that may have a huge role in it.

It's beautiful! The one really impressive thing about Germany is the history. Not... the Nazi thing, obviously, but the stuff that's just so much more ancient. America's structures are just underwhelming after seeing the history woven throughout Germany. A place my father recommends going is Rothenburg, which is a tiny town somewhere in the northern part of Germany.