How Are Things In Europe?

[eurobrat]

I don't know, when i went to frankfurt we went out with my cousin at night and it was only turkish people promenading. Nothing against them but if i go to Germany I'd want to see mostly Germans. Likewise if I go to turkey I wouldn't want to see many Germans.
Good point about the child-bearing.

LOL don't get yourself (or your cousin) deceived by appearances. If you stroll around Milan city centre at night, you will only find young Filipinos and Eastern European looking guys. Some Indians as well. The "natives" usually have house parties or discos or venues to spend their nights in.

PD is right.
This is very true and goes for Germans as well, they love their house parties as much as Italians.

I went to one about 2 months ago my roommate invited me to an all German birthday party. I was the only minority there We went to the nicest part of Berlin, the couple living there (one was the birthday girl) the guy a manager at Volkwagen corporate here in Berlin had a very nice and spacious modern luxury flat.

The party was amazing and it was my first real German party I had been invited too. There was about 20 cases (yes cases) of different kinds of beer, champagne and even a small mini bar for cocktails.

The food wasn't as good as an Italian party, the german birthday girl kept popping fish sticks and french fries into the oven and mini pizzas. She had some fresh food and tapas but that got gobbled up by the 50+ Germans they had crammed into their luxury flat.

When it came time to sing happy birthday I was shocked when they started singing it in English. I asked my roommate why they switched to English to sing happy birthday and apparently it's a cultural thing with the younger german generation to sing it in English.

After they were all done I made them sing it again in German. Which to my surprise they did.

I then was allowed to pick a few songs on the ipod with their DJ setup they had, if you ever want to see a German get passionate and start singing just put on "I want to break free" - by Queen

I cracked the German code in one night, lots of beer, playing queen, and singing happy birthday in English is the key to getting them to open up to you.

[droid]

That's one of the things i like about germans. they have both the order, innovation, and cleanliness thing figured out but they also can party and be so friendly and humble.

[eurobrat]

That's one of the things i like about germans. they have both the order, innovation, and cleanliness thing figured out but they also can party and be so friendly and humble.

Cleanliness hardly

My German roommate leaves beer bottles sporadically throughout the flat.
Which I end up picking up and rinsing out then placing into recycle bag.

Dishes in the sick with food still on them leaving them there for 3-4 days at a time.
Which I end up washing again and again.

I've cleaned the bathroom and the kitchen.
3 weeks in a row now with no help.

So there goes that "Germans are clean" stereotype, LÖL

[OutWest]

That's one of the things i like about germans. they have both the order, innovation, and cleanliness thing figured out but they also can party and be so friendly and humble.

Cleanliness hardly

My German roommate leaves beer bottles sporadically throughout the flat.
Which I end up picking up and rinsing out then placing into recycle bag.

Dishes in the sick with food still on them leaving them there for 3-4 days at a time.
Which I end up washing again and again.

I've cleaned the bathroom and the kitchen.
3 weeks in a row now with no help.

So there goes that "Germans are clean" stereotype, LÖL

I think the Germans won the cleanliness award because they were competing with the French...

[droid]

That's one of the things i like about germans. they have both the order, innovation, and cleanliness thing figured out but they also can party and be so friendly and humble.

Cleanliness hardly
My German roommate leaves beer bottles sporadically throughout the flat.
Which I end up picking up and rinsing out then placing into recycle bag.
Dishes in the sick with food still on them leaving them there for 3-4 days at a time.
Which I end up washing again and again.
I've cleaned the bathroom and the kitchen.
3 weeks in a row now with no help.
So there goes that "Germans are clean" stereotype, LÖL

C'mon I was talking infrastructure and outdoors. Not to take it to absurdum but think of the streets of naples, or this

http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Gua ... k--003.jpg

But now that you mention, it's interesting that anglos/germans keep the streets and facades spotless but tend to be dirty indoors, while in the third world the streets are full of potholes/trash, but indoors people like to keep their home like a palace if they have the means.

[eurobrat]

That's one of the things i like about germans. they have both the order, innovation, and cleanliness thing figured out but they also can party and be so friendly and humble.

Cleanliness hardly
My German roommate leaves beer bottles sporadically throughout the flat.
Which I end up picking up and rinsing out then placing into recycle bag.
Dishes in the sick with food still on them leaving them there for 3-4 days at a time.
Which I end up washing again and again.
I've cleaned the bathroom and the kitchen.
3 weeks in a row now with no help.
So there goes that "Germans are clean" stereotype, LÖL

C'mon I was talking infrastructure and outdoors. Not to take it to absurdum but think of the streets of naples, or this

http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Gua ... k--003.jpg

But now that you mention, it's interesting that anglos/germans keep the streets and facades spotless but tend to be dirty indoors, while in the third world the streets are full of potholes/trash, but indoors people like to keep their home like a palace if they have the means.

From what I know about Germans the same goes for their personality. Out in public they are polite, reserved, shy, and overtly proper.

Then once indoors they bust out the cameras and start making some good old fashion German Scheiße porn.

They really are an interesting people!

[Jester]

I don't know, when i went to frankfurt we went out with my cousin at night and it was only turkish people promenading. Nothing against them but if i go to Germany I'd want to see mostly Germans. Likewise if I go to turkey I wouldn't want to see many Germans.
Good point about the child-bearing.

LOL don't get yourself (or your cousin) deceived by appearances. If you stroll around Milan city centre at night, you will only find young Filipinos and Eastern European looking guys. Some Indians as well. The "natives" usually have house parties or discos or venues to spend their nights in. They will also usually move by car so they will be invisible to passer byes. The first or second generation migrants are usually those with the least money and without a disposable car, and won't find anything better than loiter about in the more central streets.

A typical pattern you see almost everywhere in large European cities. Nothing to raise an anthem to Allah for

Well respectfully I disagree.

if you go to Glendale California, you see 95% Armenians on the streets, except at the Americana Mall which has a regional draw. Schoolkids are 50% Filipino, 50% Armenian.

OFFICIALLY, Glendale is majority White. So where are all the Whites?

Noone knows.

Noone CARES, either.

My point:
For our purposes here at HA, the purpose of connecting and making a new life overseas, if all the good Lombards of Milano are tucked away safely in their homes, cocooning, then the city is INDEED majority immigrant -- for our purposes.

[Jester]

But now that you mention, it's interesting that anglos/germans keep the streets and facades spotless but tend to be dirty indoors, while in the third world the streets are full of potholes/trash, but indoors people like to keep their home like a palace if they have the means.

Spot on.

Mexican streets are full of potholes, with various signs of decay.
Inside the homes are immaculate.

Versus American suburbia: beautiful on the outside, sloppy teenagers and mayhem inside.

[Jester]

I then was allowed to pick a few songs on the ipod with their DJ setup they had, if you ever want to see a German get passionate and start singing just put on "I want to break free" - by Queen

I cracked the German code in one night, lots of beer, playing queen, and singing happy birthday in English is the key to getting them to open up to you.

Well whoop dee doo.

Thank you for really REPRESENTING the best of US culture.
Mmm-hmmm.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4Mc-NYPHaQ


This is so wrong...
...on so many different levels.

[eurobrat]

I then was allowed to pick a few songs on the ipod with their DJ setup they had, if you ever want to see a German get passionate and start singing just put on "I want to break free" - by Queen

I cracked the German code in one night, lots of beer, playing queen, and singing happy birthday in English is the key to getting them to open up to you.

Well whoop dee doo.

Thank you for really REPRESENTING the best of US culture.
Mmm-hmmm.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4Mc-NYPHaQ


This is so wrong...
...on so many different levels.

Queen is from the UK.

Germans love their 80's anglo music, they can't get enough of it.
And also Italian 80's POP music.

[starchild5]

But now that you mention, it's interesting that anglos/germans keep the streets and facades spotless but tend to be dirty indoors, while in the third world the streets are full of potholes/trash, but indoors people like to keep their home like a palace if they have the means.

Very Very True...That was my anger towards Germany being a third world country. They have good roads and rails but the house they live is worse than third world countries. Its like living in a home run by an Autistic retarded person in his 40's.

Unfortunately, I have to go back again for women - work and get used to it

[Wolfeye]

So what's it like in the Mediterranean? I'm hearing a lot of stuff about these areas, but not much about the workings of them. Ror instance: I was hearing from someone that the cops in Germany act a lot like the cops in America, but they don't go ape-shit crazy as often. What about things like that?

[publicduende]

For our purposes here at HA, the purpose of connecting and making a new life overseas, if all the good Lombards of Milano are tucked away safely in their homes, cocooning, then the city is INDEED majority immigrant -- for our purposes.

I take your point and I might well agree with it. Counter-point is: the native majority (or quasi-majority) in a given location is in no obligation to behave in a certain way to please the occasional tourist or love seeker...or is it?

This is something I used to tell Eurobrat back in the days: when in Rome, do as Romans do. It's that simple. If it's all about closely knit social circles and you want to spend time in a bar thinking your destiny will serve you a good one with a beer and a side of chips, then feel free - but disappointment might ensue. If you read one of his latest posts about Berlin, he's talking about having a job that integrated him well in the local scene, friends and house parties. He didn't really "crack the code", he simply learned to go with the local flow.

And besides...if 50% you find on the streets of Glendale California are Filipinos, does it mean any tourist can start talking to a cute Fil-Am on his first day hitting the road? That doesn't sound so bad

[Jester]

And besides...if 50% you find on the streets of Glendale California are Filipinos, does it mean any tourist can start talking to a cute Fil-Am on his first day hitting the road? That doesn't sound so bad

Haha I will fill you in a little on that when we finally meet...

[S_Parc]

if you go to Glendale California, you see 95% Armenians on the streets, except at the Americana Mall which has a regional draw. Schoolkids are 50% Filipino, 50% Armenian.

OFFICIALLY, Glendale is majority White. So where are all the Whites?

Jester, in New England, esp the 'burbs of Boston, Armenians are white. They are not considered some subnationality, like the Cajuns, Hawaiians, Pennsylvania Dutch, etc.

What you're talking about is a concept known as ethnic enclave. And yes, like Armenians, the Greeks of New England are white, despite attending a different church than the Irish or the Italians.

This was the case my entire life. I'd even say that in greater Boston, the Armenian diaspora (if you can even call it that, since many 3rd/4th generation have never visited former Armenia.S.S.R) is one of the most highly respected non-British clubhouses in the region.

If you meet an Armenian-American in Massachusetts and he tells you that he's not *white*, I'll buy you a drink.