I must tell you that this is MY opinion, which pertains to the experience I had in Germany (4,5 long years living there). You’re welcome to disagree, but please respect my opinion. My opinion is not meant to offend or hurt anybody’s feelings.

1. In general, very few Germans speak English (or any other language, really). Given my family’s background (me and my brother change languages frequently when talking to each other or our parents - we use 3 languages interchangeably), this is very surprising to me.
2. Germans are brutally honest when expressing their opinions, to the point of actually being rude. Many of my latino friends said the same during the period I was in Germany. We use to make jokes about how honest and rude they can be.
3. Germans don’t really look at one another, on the streets, and they don’t interact much with strangers. In the Strassenbahn, there was always a silent that was terrifying to me.
4. Germans usually don’t kiss. They hug or handsake. Having been raised in a warm culture, to an Italian mother and a Canadian father, that is very odd to me.
5. My German co-workers didn’t use to express themselves, but when I asked their opinion about something, they had a ton of observations, and mostly negative. Sounded like, you don’t talk about it, everythings good, but if you ask something about it, everything seems to be wrong.
6. Germans do eat raw meet on bread. Literally, I’ve seen Germans coming to a supermarket and ordering a sandwich with raw meet. I can’t remember the name of that, though.
7. They get exited over hot wine (I am not kidding, google up Glühwein)!!! This is considered almost like a crime in the places I grew up in…
8. Germans are very very cold (especially to a Latino like myself). This is quite evident when you try to talk to strangers, walk around, shop, etc. Having sex is equally a cold experience (I won’t say more about this as I think its appropriate on Quora).
9. Germans are very relaxed when it comes to being naked. I’ve seen a few pairs a boobs.
10. Germans are not much into luxury / fanciness. If it works, thats enough with them.
11. Germans like potatoes a lot, and usually use a lot of sauce with meals.
12. Germans go to bed very early and wake up very early. Most of my German neighbours have dinner at 7pm.
13. There are traffic radars everywhere. I collected tons fines. Surprisingly, up to 20km/h over the speed limit, the fines are ridiculously low (€10–15).
14. They can’t really multi-task.
15. Sparking water rocks in Germany. I ended up liking it a lot.
16. In Germany, more than 10% of the population is Turkish. I love Turkish people, food and culture.
17. German parents let their children mess with other people and don’t tell them to stop!

If you think I let some bad experiences come through, you’re probably right. If you think that I don’t like Germany or Germans, you are right too, I don’t. But that is just as valid as saying that I love Italy or Swedish girls. Please respect my opinion.

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