"Poverty tours.
By all means, get off the beaten path and see the “good” and the “bad” if you want to. However, don’t go to a struggling neighbourhood to feel better about yourself or learn to appreciate what you have. Poverty is not entertainment"
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Osaforus 3 year s ago
I have a better one for Croatia :)
Do not go hiking unless you really know what you are doing. Every year we have several tourists that decide to climb a mountain with beach equipment. It doesn't end well... Yes those mountains look really close to the beach and nice but they are really dangerous to go with flipflops :)
Do not go hiking unless you really know what you are doing. Every year we have several tourists that decide to climb a mountain with beach equipment. It doesn't end well... Yes those mountains look really close to the beach and nice but they are really dangerous to go with flipflops :)
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Yeona 3 year s ago
Osaforus, same thing in Portugal, in multiple areas... every frigging year some dumb tourist thinks he/she things doing this...
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Corey 3 year s ago
Osaforus, agree on that one
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Vonnie 3 year s ago
Osaforus,
The same applies to the austrian and bavarian alps
The same applies to the austrian and bavarian alps
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Mitzie 3 year s ago
In the United States, don’t start shooting until they shoot first.
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Wilbur 3 year s ago
A lot of good information here. I just hope it's true. I've traveled a good bit in Asia and the US but the information on Europe and Australia is welcomed.
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Max 3 year s ago
Wilbur,
Dutchie here.
Holland isn't the Netherlands. It's a part of it (North and South Holland)
Amsterdam isn't the only place to visit in the Netherlands. There are many more beautifull places to visit.
Heineken or Amstel isn't the best beer we have.
Dutchie here.
Holland isn't the Netherlands. It's a part of it (North and South Holland)
Amsterdam isn't the only place to visit in the Netherlands. There are many more beautifull places to visit.
Heineken or Amstel isn't the best beer we have.
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Jos 3 year s ago
Max,
When I was a kid, the Netherlands was actually called Holland.
When I was a kid, the Netherlands was actually called Holland.
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Barbery 3 year s ago
Jos,
Were you a kid in the 19th century?
Were you a kid in the 19th century?
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Christiana 3 year s ago
Jos,
Growing up in England I don't recall hearing or using the term "Netherlands" until I came to the US in 1981 (Not 1881)
Growing up in England I don't recall hearing or using the term "Netherlands" until I came to the US in 1981 (Not 1881)
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Almina 3 year s ago
Max,thats why yall chant hup holland hup in the football stadiums when ur national team is playing and not hup nederlands hup..
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Yeona 3 year s ago
13# same thing in Portugal: we have proper coffee, not that blackwater cr#p from Starbucks.
And DON'T try spanish here...
And DON'T try spanish here...
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Leanne 3 year s ago
#6 Uh...pretty sure those are Koreans.
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Cory 3 year s ago
#30 This is absolutte bullsh#te. Almost every one i know and including my self have no problem talking to strangers. So pleace. Come say hi..
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Victor 3 year s ago
Quote: Cory
try to join in to any conversation americans have in the subway about how weird "those Germans" are!"
It's true for most people.
Travel a bit and you will notice the diffrence between home and away :P
Exept if you go to New York, that is mostly like home when it comes to talking to strangers.....
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Effie 3 year s ago
Cory,
Fun fact: I'm a German and speak (a little?) English, French, Italian, Spanish, Norwegian and Danish.
The "trick" is to have Latin at school (I don't speak it - cause it's a dead language) but it offers you the way to Italian, Spanish and gets you closer to French.
Once I overheard a very pretty lady (speaking French in Hamburg) saying
"That's horrible here, no one speaks French, I think I'm going to marry the next guy speaking French". So I asked her in French, what she has planned on next Friday afternoon. And she asked back, "why not in the morning?" My response was:" Oh well, My plans for the morning are to buy the rings".
We both laughed and I let her free from the promise, she made.
Also in Hamburg I overheard a group of Norwegians feeling save and planning their tour (including the "Metro" stop, where they wanted to get of the train).
The look on their faces, as I told them, that they better should walk to the door right now, because the trains stop only for a few seconds at the Stations, was great!
Fun fact: I'm a German and speak (a little?) English, French, Italian, Spanish, Norwegian and Danish.
The "trick" is to have Latin at school (I don't speak it - cause it's a dead language) but it offers you the way to Italian, Spanish and gets you closer to French.
Once I overheard a very pretty lady (speaking French in Hamburg) saying
"That's horrible here, no one speaks French, I think I'm going to marry the next guy speaking French". So I asked her in French, what she has planned on next Friday afternoon. And she asked back, "why not in the morning?" My response was:" Oh well, My plans for the morning are to buy the rings".
We both laughed and I let her free from the promise, she made.
Also in Hamburg I overheard a group of Norwegians feeling save and planning their tour (including the "Metro" stop, where they wanted to get of the train).
The look on their faces, as I told them, that they better should walk to the door right now, because the trains stop only for a few seconds at the Stations, was great!
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Minerva 3 year s ago
Cory,
Absolutely not correct!! I am Norwegian, and I wonder where you come from? Moms basement?
Absolutely not correct!! I am Norwegian, and I wonder where you come from? Moms basement?
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Ezideen 2 year s ago
Cory,
100% true in the north. Even above the tree lines. No small talk to strangers. No saying "hello". Never.
100% true in the north. Even above the tree lines. No small talk to strangers. No saying "hello". Never.
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Corey 3 year s ago
#29 or 13 euros for 0,25l of beer in pub 
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Onicyphorous 3 year s ago
#11 German here. I can confirm.
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Jos 3 year s ago
#8 says nothing about what tourists should never do in Croatia.
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Christiana 3 year s ago
#7.. German, hard to learn? I think not. It is one of the easiest languages to learn from an English speakers perspective
Most people appreciate a tourist trying to communicate in their language
Most people appreciate a tourist trying to communicate in their language
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Daphne 3 year s ago
Christiana,
You might be talented, because it is hard to learn. The grammar is difficult with a lot if exceptions and 3 genders
You might be talented, because it is hard to learn. The grammar is difficult with a lot if exceptions and 3 genders
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Bat 3 year s ago
Daphne,
What is the third gender?
What is the third gender?
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Virgy 3 year s ago
Bat,
Besides male and female there is one for things (e.g. “Das Auto” for “the car”). To make it a bit more interesting, there are exceptions or specials rules regarding this as well (e.g. “Das Kind” for “the child”)…
Besides male and female there is one for things (e.g. “Das Auto” for “the car”). To make it a bit more interesting, there are exceptions or specials rules regarding this as well (e.g. “Das Kind” for “the child”)…
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Effie 3 year s ago
Virgy,
to make it some more interesting:
If you use something called "Diminuitiv" (means if you make things smaller) you often use the third gender
e.g:
the car - DER Wagen / the little car - DAS Wägelchen
sometimes, it gets more than funny:
e.g.
the females in the animal's kingdom are called "Weibchen" (smaller for "Weib" an old term for "Frau") but those females are in singular "DAS Weibchen"
to make it some more interesting:
If you use something called "Diminuitiv" (means if you make things smaller) you often use the third gender
e.g:
the car - DER Wagen / the little car - DAS Wägelchen
sometimes, it gets more than funny:
e.g.
the females in the animal's kingdom are called "Weibchen" (smaller for "Weib" an old term for "Frau") but those females are in singular "DAS Weibchen"
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HUGE 3 year s ago
Canadian here: In Canada, not all people are nice. Some will stab you and call it a day.
Do not go hiking unless you really know what you are doing. Every year we have several tourists that decide to climb a mountain with beach equipment. It doesn't end well... Yes those mountains look really close to the beach and nice but they are really dangerous to go with flipflops :)
The same applies to the austrian and bavarian alps
Dutchie here.
Holland isn't the Netherlands. It's a part of it (North and South Holland)
Amsterdam isn't the only place to visit in the Netherlands. There are many more beautifull places to visit.
Heineken or Amstel isn't the best beer we have.
When I was a kid, the Netherlands was actually called Holland.
Were you a kid in the 19th century?
Growing up in England I don't recall hearing or using the term "Netherlands" until I came to the US in 1981 (Not 1881)
And DON'T try spanish here...
It's true for most people.
Travel a bit and you will notice the diffrence between home and away :P
Exept if you go to New York, that is mostly like home when it comes to talking to strangers.....
Fun fact: I'm a German and speak (a little?) English, French, Italian, Spanish, Norwegian and Danish.
The "trick" is to have Latin at school (I don't speak it - cause it's a dead language) but it offers you the way to Italian, Spanish and gets you closer to French.
Once I overheard a very pretty lady (speaking French in Hamburg) saying
"That's horrible here, no one speaks French, I think I'm going to marry the next guy speaking French". So I asked her in French, what she has planned on next Friday afternoon. And she asked back, "why not in the morning?" My response was:" Oh well, My plans for the morning are to buy the rings".
We both laughed and I let her free from the promise, she made.
Also in Hamburg I overheard a group of Norwegians feeling save and planning their tour (including the "Metro" stop, where they wanted to get of the train).
The look on their faces, as I told them, that they better should walk to the door right now, because the trains stop only for a few seconds at the Stations, was great!
Absolutely not correct!! I am Norwegian, and I wonder where you come from? Moms basement?
100% true in the north. Even above the tree lines. No small talk to strangers. No saying "hello". Never.
Most people appreciate a tourist trying to communicate in their language
You might be talented, because it is hard to learn. The grammar is difficult with a lot if exceptions and 3 genders
What is the third gender?
Besides male and female there is one for things (e.g. “Das Auto” for “the car”). To make it a bit more interesting, there are exceptions or specials rules regarding this as well (e.g. “Das Kind” for “the child”)…
to make it some more interesting:
If you use something called "Diminuitiv" (means if you make things smaller) you often use the third gender
e.g:
the car - DER Wagen / the little car - DAS Wägelchen
sometimes, it gets more than funny:
e.g.
the females in the animal's kingdom are called "Weibchen" (smaller for "Weib" an old term for "Frau") but those females are in singular "DAS Weibchen"