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Anonymous
i've been living in deutschland for the past 3-4 months now... i've been in baden this whole time, but maybe i can give some advice.
every single german here has told me that berlin is just alright. hamburg is supposedly the best city in the country. it's supposed to be very very nice.
travellers i've met say that check point charlie and the wall are both boring, though you obviously have to go there. everyone has told me that berlin takes maybe 3-4 days to see everything.
bar scene? i've been told that the bar scene there is super. apparently, the more sketchy a place is (a.k.a. the more it looks like a dive), the more happening it is. BARS not diskotheques.
also, i was told that the guided bike tours are a must. they are free, apparently (tips are an option, of course), and through this you will see everything, and really figure out what you want to do.
1) the autoban isn't as scary as the normal roads themselves... being a canadian used to wide-lanes and slower paced drivers, it's a bit much. parking is tricky in many places, but really when it comes to driving... the autoban isn't so bad. i see many drivers do 140 normally. though yeah expect to hit 200 km/hour.
the food? i think berlin is a little too modern to expect real german style. but fr germany in general, they love eating everything with bread or a bun on the side, and much of their food is loaded with fat (milk is normally 4%). this MAY taste a little too rich for you if you are north american. doner is turkish food... but actually yeah there are turks all over germany.
if you are there in december, go to some cafe and have some hot wine. some germans love it (at least in the south west)
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