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<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 22018" data-quote="MitchC" data-source="post: 1163950" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=1163950" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1163950">MitchC said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> So I didn’t sell alternative beach to you? <img src="/community/imgs/emoticons/em-frown.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" data-shortname=":(" /><br /> <br /> Yeah the main beach clubs are the worst, but at least they keep all the people who go busy and away from other places </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote>Dude I&#039;m 42, yesterday I slipped on mossy rocks and F*cked my arm up a little and then burnt myself to a crisp. Sketchy waterslides are a no go lol.<br /> I&#039;m going to camp up at a coworking cafe somewhere and build 2 websites instead. One for my new cleaning biz and one for the girlfriends little makeup freelance biz in Jakarta. <br /> She doesn&#039;t need SEO and gets all her work from social media so I&#039;m going to play around with Google sites for the first time for hers. Want to make it as simple as possible so she can look after it herself. It looks quite good actually for people that just want a basic site they can link to from their socials.</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 5905" data-quote="MTF" data-source="post: 1163635" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=1163635" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1163635">MTF said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Next part coming soon... </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote><br /> Today the last two more lesser talked about European countries from my travels last year:<br /> <br /> <b><span style="font-size: 22px">1. Bulgaria</span></b><br /> <br /> Bulgaria is one of the poorest countries in the European Union and we spent time in Sofia which is by far its richest city (way, way richer than the average in Bulgaria, particularly in rural areas). This gave me a distorted view of the country.<br /> <br /> We did drive through a part of the country as we entered through Greece and exited through North Macedonia but it was just a small part of the country and so this doesn&#039;t speak about the entire country (same for my previous posts where I was only in a small part of each country).<br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/community/attachments/pxl_20241129_120543010-mp-webp.64785/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/community/data/attachments/59/59200-6af72cbf154d3b15b6e10ff8fc80b094.jpg?hash=ZBm3eCqebK" class="bbImage " style="" alt="PXL_20241129_120543010.MP.webp" title="PXL_20241129_120543010.MP.webp" width="266" height="200" loading="lazy" /></a><br /> <br /> We had horrible, bone-chilling weather, the city was extremely gray, had lots of depressing Brutalist architecture, and yet I instantly felt comfortable in Sofia.<br /> <br /> <b>It reminded me of Warsaw, although still needing to catch up a lot.</b> It felt very safe and we saw plenty of new development and lots of good cars. Service-wise, the people also reminded me of people in Warsaw - very helpful, enterprising, and taking initiative to help when you have a problem. It&#039;s not always that you get American-style level of service in Europe and I imagine most wouldn&#039;t expect that in Bulgaria.<br /> <br /> Surprisingly, in a country that shouldn&#039;t have any great, healthy vegan restaurants, Sofia has one of the nicest ones we&#039;ve been to anywhere in the world (Vita Rama Vegan Restaurant). It was connected to some health center (all under the same brand in the same building) and looked like it was thriving as a business.<br /> <br /> Sofia definitely doesn&#039;t strike me as a city that would be great for tourists but it looked like it was a good area for a regular life. It&#039;s right by the mountains and within 4 hours you can be on the Greek coast.<br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/community/attachments/pxl_20241130_112854481-mp-webp.64786/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/community/data/attachments/59/59201-f32399beecdb5caebe848f6108ff8c0c.jpg?hash=sougP0qDQR" class="bbImage " style="" alt="PXL_20241130_112854481.MP.webp" title="PXL_20241130_112854481.MP.webp" width="266" height="200" loading="lazy" /></a><br /> <br /> Unfortunately, the money seems to end once you leave Sofia. Right on the outskirts, there was a visible drop in quality of life, with crumbling old buildings and obvious poverty.<br /> <br /> On our way to another country, we drove by a small city near the border and saw some of the worst poverty-stricken areas we&#039;ve ever seen in Europe. I&#039;m talking about (occupied) houses with destroyed roofs, using blankets or rags instead of windows, the entire area covered in mud and trash, located by a river full of trash that looked like Ganges in India. If I teleported you there, you&#039;d swear it was the poorest area of India, not Europe.<br /> <br /> Bulgaria has the highest Gini index score in the EU, indicating significant income disparity within the country, and that gap is very visible. I&#039;ve never seen anything like that anywhere in Poland or anywhere else in Europe for that matter. I didn&#039;t take any pictures as we only drove past that but I&#039;m not exaggerating when I say that it looked like the worst slum imaginable.<br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/community/attachments/pxl_20241130_095710361-webp.64787/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/community/data/attachments/59/59202-3c53de2bf0a945a68e94e882d9ab98cd.jpg?hash=lSx0gJr4OL" class="bbImage " style="" alt="PXL_20241130_095710361.webp" title="PXL_20241130_095710361.webp" width="266" height="200" loading="lazy" /></a><br /> <br /> Perhaps one day I&#039;ll revisit the country but I need to go there during warmer weather. As with most cold places, visiting in the winter doesn&#039;t really work since you&#039;re too cold to fully enjoy it.<br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: 22px"><b>2. Albania</b></span><br /> <br /> We first entered Albania in September but only to drive through the country on our way to North Macedonia. And our first impression was very, very bad.<br /> <br /> First, the traffic and road infrastructure.<br /> <br /> I have no words for it - in the worst areas, it&#039;s so horrible I don&#039;t get how people can tolerate it. For example, we got stuck in a traffic jam near a random small city for absolutely no reason. There was nothing happening in the city, no accident, no rush hour, nothing. Just a road completely insufficient to deal with the amount of regular traffic. And we got stuck there for a freaking 1.5 hours - just a few kilometers of a road on the outskirts of the city.<br /> <br /> The drivers had zero manners - whenever there was no incoming traffic, they routinely passed other cars waiting in the traffic jam in front of them, only to advance maybe 100-200 meters and squeeze their way back into the traffic jam. This way, any polite driver had to wait even longer at the expense of the jerks.<br /> <br /> Then we got stuck in a traffic jam in the city and had to enjoy it in the presence of ragged beggars with amputated extremities and other body deformations, clearly the victims of some kind of a beggar mafia. We also passed through another town that had India-like slums - it was as bad as the Bulgarian one but weirdly it was a small area within an otherwise normal town.<br /> <br /> So when we returned to Albania in December to properly explore it, I was VERY hesitant to visit, to say the least.<br /> <br /> It didn&#039;t help that our car was thoroughly searched when entering at the border with Kosovo. Thankfully they seemed to follow some kind of protocol as they told each of us (in super broken English) to watch every movement of each border agent. I was worried they&#039;d steal something as I heard of such stories at some borders in the area. After giving a protein bar as a bribe (lol - they were confused why we had several boxes of Greek protein bars with us so I had to give them one to convince them it wasn&#039;t something else) we were eventually let go.<br /> <br /> We decided to stay in Tirana, the capital of the country. And that made all the difference and completely changed my view of the country (or I guess, rather, the capital).<br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/community/attachments/pxl_20241203_112120067-webp.64788/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/community/data/attachments/59/59203-53d3983870263ad48cc8adaa157fb955.jpg?hash=RuKV0plwVM" class="bbImage " style="" alt="PXL_20241203_112120067.webp" title="PXL_20241203_112120067.webp" width="266" height="200" loading="lazy" /></a><br /> <br /> Firstly, few people know it, but Albania is one of the safest countries in Europe and while it may sound like bullshit, it&#039;s really not. I was shocked how comfortable and family-friendly it was. I can assure you that you&#039;d feel WAY safer there than in most big cities in Western Europe.<br /> <br /> People enjoyed the city during the day and even more so at night. Entire families, kids, young people, old people, women alone, etc. - zero sketchiness whatsoever. Shops were open all the time and there were lots of modern, clean, fancy-looking mixed-use developments. If I were to drop you in some areas, you&#039;d NEVER ever say it&#039;s Albania, that&#039;s how nice it was.<br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/community/attachments/pxl_20241203_123329714-mp-webp.64789/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/community/data/attachments/59/59204-77347eac93e65a58f939bf1b507cf9ea.jpg?hash=RQbGc2_qjc" class="bbImage " style="" alt="PXL_20241203_123329714.MP.webp" title="PXL_20241203_123329714.MP.webp" width="266" height="200" loading="lazy" /></a><br /> <br /> People were super friendly and my impression was that it was a very enjoyable place to live with an optimistic future. The construction is booming, the tourism is growing, and the infrastructure problems are being worked on and solved. The sheer amount of construction and infrastructure work happening in the city was mind-blowing.<br /> <br /> Based on what I saw, <b>I think that it&#039;s one of the most exciting cities for adventure capitalists</b> who&#039;d like to move somewhere else, tap into dynamic growth, and grow a local business.<br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/community/attachments/pxl_20241203_112757418-webp.64793/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/community/data/attachments/59/59208-76238674b56f7bf1784a38d1b1979ea2.jpg?hash=JrVjYYsTkq" class="bbImage " style="" alt="PXL_20241203_112757418.webp" title="PXL_20241203_112757418.webp" width="200" height="266" loading="lazy" /></a><br /> <br /> We walked dozens of kilometers through the city and even outside of the main center it was super chill. Yeah, there were a few beggars here and there, but mostly older women, not any psychotic homeless people. And yes, there was also some graffiti here and there, but nothing that you would pay much attention to.<br /> <br /> Albania has a reputation for stray dogs but I think this is also becoming a thing of the past. We did meet one stray dog that hung out with us. It was super friendly and it had an ear tag so we didn&#039;t feel threatened in any way.<br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/community/attachments/pxl_20241203_101355434-1-webp.64790/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/community/data/attachments/59/59205-ff81abbfd43d408487c565bcbb0acb72.jpg?hash=v-liqbRkxI" class="bbImage " style="" alt="PXL_20241203_101355434(1).webp" title="PXL_20241203_101355434(1).webp" width="266" height="200" loading="lazy" /></a><br /> <br /> New buildings in Tirana have very interesting architecture which looks traditional but with a modern take that makes it look distinct, like nowhere else. Of course, you still have old buildings and buildings that need to be renovated. But when visiting developing cities, I like to focus on and imagine how the city will look like in a few years and it seems to be on a very promising trajectory.<br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/community/attachments/pxl_20241203_101937946-mp-webp.64791/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/community/data/attachments/59/59206-0f240c886635d5f8a0a6b87381abac5b.jpg?hash=mRsIW9-AzD" class="bbImage " style="" alt="PXL_20241203_101937946.MP.webp" title="PXL_20241203_101937946.MP.webp" width="266" height="200" loading="lazy" /></a><br /> <br /> I love when my expectations get challenged like that when traveling. After my first impression, I never wanted to visit Albania again. After properly exploring it, I feel like, at least Tirana, is a hidden gem. It&#039;s well worth visiting to see a bustling city with a promising future and not the usual complaining you hear so often when people talk about the cities in the US, Canada, the UK, or Western Europe.<br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/community/attachments/pxl_20241204_155629211-mp-webp.64792/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/community/data/attachments/59/59207-1e07262ec0015b04a535769713a652ca.jpg?hash=B__9H_TyLw" class="bbImage " style="" alt="PXL_20241204_155629211.MP.webp" title="PXL_20241204_155629211.MP.webp" width="266" height="200" loading="lazy" /></a></div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper">Now traveling in Vienna. Decent architecture with cultural heritage and clean streets. <br /> <br /> The German speaking native population does give a serious looking, don’t smile much vibe. Lots of foreign work force and tourists from other European countries. A regionally diverse place. Quite a number of tourists from nearby countries and I do hear people speaking French and Russian.<br /> <br /> About 7am I see cars and bans moving in the street. This does signal strongly about their work ethics and hustling culture.<br /> <br /> I can see a generational divide in the Austrian population where the older folks are bigger in size while the younger folks are much more leaner, probably much more health conscious in the diet choice.<br /> <br /> Transit was in Dubai airport. Emirates airline is decent. Large spaces even for economy. Friendly cabin crew who responds swiftly. The people make up in Dubai are globally diverse. The only thing worth complaining was food. They gave food quality like mostly pre-packed food heated in an oven with low taste quality.<br /> <br /> Dubai has a much more international vibe that resonates with me. Lots of business people from the West, India and Russia. Diverse work force from Europe, Africa, India and Philippine. Civil service and uniform personal roles seem to be fulfilled by locals. In comparison Vienna is distinctively more “German”. Even in touristy areas some shoos have no English translations for their menu and We need to do some google translate.</div>
 
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<div class="bbWrapper">Leaving Austria to Germany now.<br /> <br /> Austria seems to be a society and economy run by super-introverts.<br /> <br /> The best friendly hotel experience I recalled was an American franchise run by German speaking locals on the ground.<br /> <br /> The service standard seems to be “I do my work” and “You enjoy your own food and coffee”.<br /> <br /> It is just a very difference if you get used to American or Asian standard.<br /> <br /> Probably ripe for disruption for a native Austrian who worked oversea before and brings the standard back home.<br /> <br /> Building and airport cleanliness is high. It’s literally sparking clean that you cannot find a dust (as if an OCD did it).</div>
 
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<div class="bbWrapper">Thank you <a href="https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/community/members/5905/" class="username" data-xf-init="member-tooltip" data-user-id="5905" data-username="@MTF">@MTF</a> for sharing all these observations, I genuinely like coming by and read your updates while I sip my morning coffee.</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 5905" data-quote="MTF" data-source="post: 1158419" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=1158419" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1158419">MTF said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> I&#039;ll repost my two recent posts on my current US visit:<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> And my less positive thoughts: </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote>As to point 2. Rules can create freedom too. Especially in areas where a lot of people live together in not a lot of space. I live in a part of the Netherlands that is considered less populated but the amount of noise sometimes at night is let me put it mildly annoying. There is a general rule to not make too much noise after 10pm. But it is never upheld and most people have no trouble not inviting you to their garden party in an appartement block but forcing you to shut all your windows in summer and use ear plugs to get some sleep trying to escape their music and drunken talking. If you go and address it you will be either ignored or told bs. The only thing that helps (not always) is call the local police. So compare that to Switzerland. I have never had trouble sleeping there except for the churches that chime every 15 minutes and every village in the valley and up the mountain has one! <img src="/community/imgs/emoticons/em-tongue.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":p" title="Stick Out Tongue :p" data-shortname=":p" />But there are strict rules about making noise and I like it. For me that constitutes a freedom too. As my old lady always says: Too much (rules) is too much and too little (rules) is too little. In general most Dutch do not like Swiss culture. Especially the bureaucracy although our Dutch one can be maddening too. <img src="/community/imgs/emoticons/em-smile2.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":-)" title="Smile :-)" data-shortname=":-)" /></div>
 
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<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 5905" data-quote="MTF" data-source="post: 1158420" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=1158420" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1158420">MTF said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Here are some new random things I wanted to comment on regarding the US, or more specifically Florida/Miami where I&#039;m exploring now that may or may not apply to the rest of the US:<br /> <br /> <b>1. Single-ply toilet paper</b><br /> <br /> So maybe I was unlucky but we had three Airbnbs so far in Florida, including a fancy condo in Brickell. All three came with the worst toilet paper I&#039;ve ever seen anywhere in the world.<br /> <br /> Single-ply toilet paper is very rare in Europe, at least from my experience. Maybe it&#039;ll be sometimes supplied at some (cheap) public places but overall I don&#039;t think I&#039;ve ever had an Airbnb with single-ply toilet paper anywhere in the world, even in some poor countries. In most cases, it&#039;s at the VERY least two-ply and usually it&#039;s three-ply.<br /> <br /> What the heck is going on with that? Do all Airbnb owners rent the same shitty housekeeping company that doesn&#039;t understand that shitty toilet paper equals a shitty toilet experience for the guests? I wouldn&#039;t be that surprised if I rented some cheap dumps but these were all some of the most expensive places I&#039;ve ever rented anywhere.<br /> <br /> Is it just my experience or do you guys in the US actually use that terrible toilet paper as well?<br /> <br /> <b>2. I don&#039;t understand the concept of luxury here</b><br /> <br /> I can&#039;t lie, some of the fanciest houses I&#039;ve ever seen are here in Miami. But I don&#039;t understand the concept of luxury here. The houses are huge, ridiculously huge. But then the lots are small so the house takes up like 80-90% of the lot and there&#039;s only a little bit of space left for the backyard. So then you have a huge house but no real garden and the neighbor is right behind the fence (and another two are on other sides).<br /> <br /> And the strangest thing for me - the other day I saw a very expensive modern villa, easily worth at the very least 5 million dollars, if not 10. And its large panoramic front window opened to the street, displaying the living room and the people inside it. I don&#039;t get it. How could you be so wealthy to live in such a house yet be okay not having one of the most basic things? (privacy) Then the house is right by a road so you not only not have privacy but also have constant noise.<br /> <br /> Maybe it&#039;s just a cultural difference but I would NEVER, EVER, EVER pay 10 million dollars to have a huge villa that still has neighbors everywhere around and doesn&#039;t even give you privacy. From my observations, at least in Europe, most wealthy people want to live in a house on a large lot that doesn&#039;t have any direct neighbors.<br /> <br /> Can someone explain that? Is it just to show off? Is it because zoning laws don&#039;t allow to have larger lots? Is it because wealthy people want to have wealthy direct neighbors? Do they not appreciate peace, quiet, and privacy?<br /> <br /> <b>3. I love the chill and friendly vibes</b><br /> <br /> There are very few countries in the world that are as casual as the United States (or at least Florida). I really enjoy it when I pass someone on the street and look at them and they smile back at me and say hi or even just give a slight nod of hello.<br /> <br /> It feels so natural and normal, yet for example in Poland you just end up with that weird unspoken eye contact. You just don&#039;t ever say hi to any stranger in Poland because it&#039;s considered creepy.<br /> <br /> Same goes for cashiers or various workers who are often very chill. There&#039;s very little distance between strangers and not much pretending to have a &quot;professional&quot; relationship (at least in the places I visit). And I like it a lot. It makes you feel welcome and I like that there&#039;s no unneeded distance. Another similar culture is Australia though Australia is chill in a different way (that I also appreciate). </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote>I found the greeting culture in the US a bit paradoxical at times. People do say hello but the first time somebody said hi and asked me how I was and then continued walking passed me was really odd for a Dutch person like me. We do not ask somebody how they are doing as a casual politeness. We do expect somebody to respond and we do think it is nice to listen. <img src="/community/imgs/emoticons/em-smile2.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":-)" title="Smile :-)" data-shortname=":-)" /> Nothing more funny than colliding cultures. I am sure Dutch culture is very weird for most other cultures. Heck I sometimes do not understand it. <img src="/community/imgs/emoticons/em-tongue.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":p" title="Stick Out Tongue :p" data-shortname=":p" /></div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 149554" data-quote="Etmjansen" data-source="post: 1166222" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=1166222" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1166222">Etmjansen said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> I found the greeting culture in the US a bit paradoxical at times. People do say hello but the first time somebody said hi and asked me how I was and then continued walking passed me was really odd for a Dutch person like me. We do not ask somebody how they are doing as a casual politeness. We do expect somebody to respond and we do think it is nice to listen. <img src="/community/imgs/emoticons/em-smile2.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":-)" title="Smile :-)" data-shortname=":-)" /> Nothing more funny than colliding cultures. I am sure Dutch culture is very weird for most other cultures. Heck I sometimes do not understand it. <img src="/community/imgs/emoticons/em-tongue.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":p" title="Stick Out Tongue :p" data-shortname=":p" /> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote>Funny because we find the same of Americans here in Australia <br /> <br /> You ask them “how’s it going” or something along those lines while walking past expecting them to say “hello” or “good” and keep walking and they stop and give you their whole life story</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 64612" data-quote="Kevin88660" data-source="post: 1166049" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=1166049" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1166049">Kevin88660 said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Now traveling in Vienna. Decent architecture with cultural heritage and clean streets.<br /> <br /> The German speaking native population does give a serious looking, don’t smile much vibe. Lots of foreign work force and tourists from other European countries. A regionally diverse place. Quite a number of tourists from nearby countries and I do hear people speaking French and Russian.<br /> <br /> About 7am I see cars and bans moving in the street. This does signal strongly about their work ethics and hustling culture.<br /> <br /> I can see a generational divide in the Austrian population where the older folks are bigger in size while the younger folks are much more leaner, probably much more health conscious in the diet choice.<br /> <br /> Transit was in Dubai airport. Emirates airline is decent. Large spaces even for economy. Friendly cabin crew who responds swiftly. The people make up in Dubai are globally diverse. The only thing worth complaining was food. They gave food quality like mostly pre-packed food heated in an oven with low taste quality.<br /> <br /> Dubai has a much more international vibe that resonates with me. Lots of business people from the West, India and Russia. Diverse work force from Europe, Africa, India and Philippine. Civil service and uniform personal roles seem to be fulfilled by locals. In comparison Vienna is distinctively more “German”. Even in touristy areas some shoos have no English translations for their menu and We need to do some google translate. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote><br /> Austria is awesome. And you&#039;re right, as an introvert I feel there really good. The countryside is also very pleasant with super nice people who all greet you just because you pass them on the street.<br /> <br /> Would you say that Vienna looks rich compared to Singapore or not so much? I like Vienna&#039;s understated wealth - it doesn&#039;t try to be flashy, just quiet wealth everywhere you look.<br /> <br /> Dubai is often criticized but I think that it&#039;s such a beautiful experiment in letting people from all over the world build something new and see what happens. In a way, Dubai is like the modern United States.</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 22018" data-quote="MitchC" data-source="post: 1166223" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=1166223" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1166223">MitchC said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Funny because we find the same of Americans here in Australia<br /> <br /> You ask them “how’s it going” or something along those lines while walking past expecting them to say “hello” or “good” and keep walking and they stop and give you their whole life story </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote>I guess some Americans are more Dutch than Australian! <img src="/community/imgs/emoticons/em-tongue.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":p" title="Stick Out Tongue :p" data-shortname=":p" /></div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper">I&#039;ve been in Japan for two days now. Tokyo for a few days, then I&#039;m heading to rural Japan off the beaten path.<br /> <br /> Without writing too much (it requires a long post, and I don&#039;t have time to write it now), I feel like I&#039;m back in the real world after spending almost three months in the, let&#039;s call it, &quot;complicated&quot; country of the United States.<br /> <br /> Funnily, even though it&#039;s my first time in Japan, I have no culture shock. I just instantly feel super good here despite language barrier and completely different cultural norms.<br /> <br /> Almost overnight, I feel much healthier and my weight is dropping down effortlessly (I had a much harder time maintaining my weight in the US). Back to walking a lot every day (15-20 km a day the last two days) and seeing healthy thin people everywhere.<br /> <br /> It&#039;s so nice to be surrounded by incredible politeness, modern infrastructure, excellent safety (ZERO sketchy vibes, I don&#039;t even think about it at all), and so much respect for other people.<br /> <br /> It feels a little like some fake world in how perfect it is. Of course, I see some stuff I don&#039;t like as much but overall, for how huge this city is, it&#039;s a model of how a perfect big city should operate. I&#039;m blown away by how quiet it is.<br /> <br /> If you&#039;re in some side street, it&#039;s like there&#039;s no city around. In the apartment we&#039;re staying, it&#039;s so dead quiet like there&#039;s nobody around you.<br /> <br /> Even in the middle of the city with lots of people around, it&#039;s still rather quiet because there&#039;s little car traffic and even construction sites measure noise levels and try to keep it as low as possible.</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 5905" data-quote="MTF" data-source="post: 1166224" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=1166224" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1166224">MTF said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Austria is awesome. And you&#039;re right, as an introvert I feel there really good. The countryside is also very pleasant with super nice people who all greet you just because you pass them on the street.<br /> <br /> Would you say that Vienna looks rich compared to Singapore or not so much? I like Vienna&#039;s understated wealth - it doesn&#039;t try to be flashy, just quiet wealth everywhere you look.<br /> <br /> Dubai is often criticized but I think that it&#039;s such a beautiful experiment in letting people from all over the world build something new and see what happens. In a way, Dubai is like the modern United States. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote><br /> The introvertedness in services dan be mistaken as coldness or borderline rudeness by outsiders.<br /> <br /> Just a few hours drive into Bavaria Germany the atmosphere is much better. People are much more warmer and friendly. English proficiency of the local is high. Much more international vibe.<br /> <br /> When I was working in service lines in Singapore bank we have rules made ex-executives from citibank, that if we don’t end our conversation with “Is that anyone else that can do for you?” and “Have a nice day!” In our recorded conversation we will get demerit points that hurts our year end bonus.<br /> <br /> I cannot tell the wealth level of locals. I think it requires some deep understanding on the wealth demographics it is not something that is easily observed at a superficial level. I can tell the income level, expenditure level of different demographic groups in Singapore because I work in fields related to wealth management, and if I don’t work in wealth management I would not know.</div>
 
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<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 64612" data-quote="Kevin88660" data-source="post: 1166227" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=1166227" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1166227">Kevin88660 said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> I cannot tell the wealth level of locals. I think it requires some deep understanding on the wealth demographics it is not something that is easily observed at a superficial level. I can tell the income level, expenditure level of different demographic groups in Singapore because I work in fields related to wealth management, and if I don’t work in wealth management I would not know. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote><br /> Can&#039;t you just give me your opinion on what you simply saw? Would you consider it rich or not? This sounded like what a financial analyst would respond lol.<br /> <br /> You can easily tell if a place is wealthy or not by the infrastructure, how people dress, how they act, what cars you see, what stores are like, etc.</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 5905" data-quote="MTF" data-source="post: 1166228" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=1166228" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1166228">MTF said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Can&#039;t you just give me your opinion on what you simply saw? Would you consider it rich or not? This sounded like what a financial analyst would respond lol.<br /> <br /> You can easily tell if a place is wealthy or not by the infrastructure, how people dress, how they act, what cars you see, what stores are like, etc. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote>People dress well. Roads are clean. There are typical German brand good cars, Mercedes, Volkswagen, and Audi. Sometime we see luxury brand like Porsche.<br /> <br /> I am not very into branded clothes and watches so I cannot tell the details of it. <br /> <br /> We went to the and the luxury bags store are largely swiped by my fellow female travel companions from Singapore. They got themselves a few Prada bags.<br /> <br /> I do feel that dressing well is more like a cultural obligation for the Europeans. It is not really a “wealth signal”. We were in museums and we saw a few lads from Spain or France dressed in business formal just short of ties. If you see ladies who are dressed to kill it is a good guess that they are from Russia. It is more of a cultural norm and social obligations.<br /> <br /> If you know a friend from Singapore who wish to humble brag to you that he is wealthy, you won’t know from the way he dresses or spends his money and it will be indistinguishable from the ordinary people. He will tell you “Trump is mad and he caused me lose 600k on paper!”. 10 percent European tax rebates I cannot give a fuk about the paper work and then proceeds to throw away the receipts. He will find way to let you know he is rich in a humorous manner. It is one of my boomer friend in the trip right now.</div>
 
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<div class="bbWrapper">Some interesting notes.<br /> <br /> (1) Both Austria and Bavaria it is not uncommon to see parents bringing 2-3 kids out for holiday. Probably with this region being the Catholic heartland of central Europe.<br /> <br /> (2) Saw some good tactical sales bundling techniques that works. <br /> In Neuschwanstein Castle in Bavaria there is a shop selling hot coffee with the beautiful cup as a gift. The whole package of coffee + cup is 5 euro and is selling hot cake. There is a natural need of hot drink in cold weather. You mark up the essential need item with non-essential as a gift. <br /> <br /> If you sell a cup for five dollar with free drink as a gift it would not fare as well.<br /> <br /> The trick is always sell the cheaper essential with a mark up with the more expensive mon-essential as a gift.<br /> <br /> (3) The horse carriage experience was actually two horses pulling a cart with an engine that powers it too. It was not a pure natural horsepower thing. We hear the sound of the engine. The horses act as more as the steering wheel.<br /> <br /> (4) Washrooms mostly are chargeable. Our tour guide joked that in Europe the best investment is a washroom.<br /> <br /> (5) Everyone is very reserved and behaved in a way that is extremely socially aware. I never heard anyone talks loudly in public. It is hyperaware to a point of borderline eeriness.<br /> <br /> (6) The sausages are somewhat too salty to our likings. The cakes and pancakes according to my travel companions are fantastic but I avoid them for health reasons.</div>
 
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<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 64612" data-quote="Kevin88660" data-source="post: 1166232" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=1166232" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1166232">Kevin88660 said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> In Neuschwanstein Castle in Bavaria there is a shop selling hot coffee with the beautiful cup as a gift. The whole package of coffee + cup is 5 euro and is selling hot cake. There is a natural need of hot drink in cold weather. You mark up the essential need item with non-essential as a gift. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote><br /> They do the same thing in Vienna during the Christmas markets. And tourists love these as a souvenir.</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 5905" data-quote="MTF" data-source="post: 1166233" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=1166233" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1166233">MTF said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> They do the same thing in Vienna during the Christmas markets. And tourists love these as a souvenir. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote>We are on our way to Rottenburg now.<br /> <br /> To be continued.<br /> <br /> I look forward to any natives in the region joining the discussion to add more value to my random tourist’s superficial rambling. Lol.</div>
 
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<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 149554" data-quote="Etmjansen" data-source="post: 1166222" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=1166222" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1166222">Etmjansen said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> I found the greeting culture in the US a bit paradoxical at times. People do say hello but the first time somebody said hi and asked me how I was and then continued walking passed me was really odd for a Dutch person like me. We do not ask somebody how they are doing as a casual politeness. We do expect somebody to respond and we do think it is nice to listen. <img src="/community/imgs/emoticons/em-smile2.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":-)" title="Smile :-)" data-shortname=":-)" /> Nothing more funny than colliding cultures. I am sure Dutch culture is very weird for most other cultures. Heck I sometimes do not understand it. <img src="/community/imgs/emoticons/em-tongue.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":p" title="Stick Out Tongue :p" data-shortname=":p" /> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote><br /> It&#039;s funny in America if when someone asks you how you are and you tell the truth, it does not go well.</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper"><a href="https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/community/attachments/img_7972-webp.65408/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/community/data/attachments/59/59577-c36804aca41f8325407fcf96dca889da.jpg?hash=468hMf1O4F" class="bbImage " style="" alt="IMG_7972.webp" title="IMG_7972.webp" width="267" height="200" loading="lazy" /></a><br /> <br /> Canada sucks. Don’t come here <span class="smilie smilie--emoji" title="Roll Eyes :rolleyes:" data-smilie="11" data-shortname=":rolleyes:">🙄</span></div>
 
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<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 4470" data-quote="ZCP" data-source="post: 1166254" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=1166254" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1166254">ZCP said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> looks cold </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote><br /> Yeah, it’s freezing here. When I was sitting at the club house outside on the patio, temp dropped all the way down to 72F. Can you imagine?!</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 5905" data-quote="MTF" data-source="post: 1163957" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=1163957" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1163957">MTF said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> lol - they were confused why we had several boxes of Greek protein bars with us so I had to give them one to convince them it wasn&#039;t something else </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote>You&#039;ve mentioned these in other posts, and I&#039;m dying to eat one! <img src="/community/imgs/emoticons/em-rofl.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":rofl:" title="ROFL :rofl:" data-shortname=":rofl:" /></div>
 
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<div class="bbWrapper">Frankfurt now. This is the city where the European central bank is located. Excited to be here for a “finance bro”.</div>
 

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<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 64612" data-quote="Kevin88660" data-source="post: 1166267" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=1166267" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1166267">Kevin88660 said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Frankfurt now. This is the city where the European central bank is located. Excited to be here for a “finance bro”. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote>Lol, enjoy the stay. For a walk I&#039;d recommend starting at Alte Oper, then going to Goethe Platz through Goethestraße, then to the Zeil/Hauptwache and around halfway through it turn right (Domstraße), keep following until you are at the Kaiserdom (the big church), from there, go west and you&#039;ll be at the Römer. <br /> If you want, you can keep go south from there, over the Eiserner Steg and just keep going south, exploring Sachsenhausen.<br /> <br /> Also let me know if you wanna meet up, as I live near Frankfurt</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 5905" data-quote="MTF" data-source="post: 1166226" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=1166226" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1166226">MTF said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> I&#039;ve been in Japan for two days now. Tokyo for a few days, then I&#039;m heading to rural Japan off the beaten path.<br /> <br /> Without writing too much (it requires a long post, and I don&#039;t have time to write it now), I feel like I&#039;m back in the real world after spending almost three months in the, let&#039;s call it, &quot;complicated&quot; country of the United States.<br /> <br /> Funnily, even though it&#039;s my first time in Japan, I have no culture shock. I just instantly feel super good here despite language barrier and completely different cultural norms.<br /> <br /> Almost overnight, I feel much healthier and my weight is dropping down effortlessly (I had a much harder time maintaining my weight in the US). Back to walking a lot every day (15-20 km a day the last two days) and seeing healthy thin people everywhere.<br /> <br /> It&#039;s so nice to be surrounded by incredible politeness, modern infrastructure, excellent safety (ZERO sketchy vibes, I don&#039;t even think about it at all), and so much respect for other people.<br /> <br /> It feels a little like some fake world in how perfect it is. Of course, I see some stuff I don&#039;t like as much but overall, for how huge this city is, it&#039;s a model of how a perfect big city should operate. I&#039;m blown away by how quiet it is.<br /> <br /> If you&#039;re in some side street, it&#039;s like there&#039;s no city around. In the apartment we&#039;re staying, it&#039;s so dead quiet like there&#039;s nobody around you.<br /> <br /> Even in the middle of the city with lots of people around, it&#039;s still rather quiet because there&#039;s little car traffic and even construction sites measure noise levels and try to keep it as low as possible. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote><br /> My stepson loved Japan and wants to move there, he loved the food, culture, cleanliness, politeness, the women, everything. He came back from his trip and said, &quot;Damn, I&#039;m back here with my fellow filthy Americans.&quot;</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 1" data-quote="MJ DeMarco" data-source="post: 1166290" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=1166290" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1166290">MJ DeMarco said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> My stepson loved Japan and wants to move there, he loved the food, culture, cleanliness, politeness, the women, everything. He came back from his trip and said, &quot;Damn, I&#039;m back here with my fellow filthy Americans.&quot; </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote><br /> That&#039;s cool. I see lots of Americans here in Tokyo who seem to live here, not as tourists. I don&#039;t think that having a job in Japan would be nice, though, as it seems to be a culture where a job defines your entire existence.<br /> <br /> But otherwise, the United States and Japan are definitely on the opposite ends. It&#039;s sad that the US gets all the &quot;marketing&quot; and impact on the world. The world should be more like Japan, not the US.</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 114054" data-quote="piano" data-source="post: 1166282" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=1166282" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1166282">piano said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Lol, enjoy the stay. For a walk I&#039;d recommend starting at Alte Oper, then going to Goethe Platz through Goethestraße, then to the Zeil/Hauptwache and around halfway through it turn right (Domstraße), keep following until you are at the Kaiserdom (the big church), from there, go west and you&#039;ll be at the Römer.<br /> If you want, you can keep go south from there, over the Eiserner Steg and just keep going south, exploring Sachsenhausen.<br /> <br /> Also let me know if you wanna meet up, as I live near Frankfurt </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote>Hi Piano,<br /> <br /> Thanks for the kind guide and I will keep that in mind.<br /> <br /> I am in a tour so we are on tight schedule moving from one city to next each day. Unlikely to have any extra time for anything. <br /> <br /> We only stayed in Rottenburg for a washroom break and had a lunch in a Greek restaurant. I am still clueless about anything about Rottenburg.</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 64612" data-quote="Kevin88660" data-source="post: 1166294" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=1166294" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1166294">Kevin88660 said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Hi Piano,<br /> <br /> Thanks for the kind guide and I will keep that in mind.<br /> <br /> I am in a tour so we are on tight schedule moving from one city to next each day. Unlikely to have any extra time for anything.<br /> <br /> We only stayed in Rottenburg for a washroom break and had a lunch in a Greek restaurant. I am still clueless about anything about Rottenburg. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote>Yeah no worries, enjoy your tour!</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 5905" data-quote="MTF" data-source="post: 1166293" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=1166293" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1166293">MTF said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> I don&#039;t think that having a job in Japan would be nice, though, as it seems to be a culture where a job defines your entire existence. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote>Did you talk to ANY men here in the US?<br /> <br /> Conversations usually go like this... Hey, I&#039;m Josh, nice to meet you, I&#039;m Jason... (2 seconds of silence...) so what do you do??</div>
 

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