Thanks, I will look those up.

 

I want to visit Essen, even though I heard it's a shithole now that is where my grandma came from and her side of the family still lives there I believe, though I don't know them.

I wish I knew exactly where she lived in that city. Her house was bombed but it would be interesting to see the general area.

 

I also want to pay my respects to the graves of Bach and Mendelssohn.

 

Other than that I don't have much plans. I don't think I will stay in Germany for the entire time. I'd like to do something in Norway too, and then maybe go to Italy and see the typical tourist stuff like St. Peter's.

 

I have an entire week and I hear Europe is easy to travel around in.

Never been there, but heard the same. All major cities in Nordrhein-Westfalen (North Rhine-Westphalia) are shitholes.

A week is nothing. Especially if you plan to travel between countries. I personally would prefer to experience one location fully than many locations only briefly.

Oh I agree with that, a week is nothing for all of Europe, I just meant to say that I am not locked into staying at one location. I will probably do a lot of traveling while there but seeing certain sites is very meaningful for me so I don't mind if I'm on a train most of the time.

TAIWAN BRO ARE YOU OK??

Fuck, all the sirens are going off, it's over bro.

Is that taiwan? didn't know taiwanese were so based.

i found istanbul to be an awesome place, and it has a lot of european relics that can be felt/seen to this day. There is a huge freedom in the city, and relatively speaking, it is extremely cheap. I can't begin to list off the things to do, but if you're interested in knowing more then let me know.

 

Budapest was neat but less so than Istanbul. It's relatively inexpensive but they nickel and dime you for most things. The public transit is great - almost always reliable and available in like 5 minute intervals, takes you to everywhere you can go. Aquincum(!), SzentLukascs Baths, Memento Park, Vaci utca, Central Market Hall and generally all of District V are great. Take walks along the danube too.

 

I was only in Vienna for a day but it blew me away. Spend time at Stehpensplatz, visit the rathaus and museum quarter, take a trek to the schonbrunn palace, all are wonderful places. I will spend more time there in the future and unfortunately can't recommend much more.

 

Bratislava was... Bratislava. No need to go there

What season of the year that's going to be? Essen and other towns in that agglomeration aren't very interesting places but there's this nice national park around German-Belgium border if the weather is goid. Also, all of the Netherlands are close so I definetely recommend coming here when you got bored of the region.

A week isn't much btw. For Italy alone or even Norway it's not nearly enough.

people in Istanbul stare a lot... and I mean A LOT

You're a fucking woman

Bratislava is cheap and tasty. I'd recommend to combine it with Vienna, just to eat and sleep there.

That's interesting. You hear a lot from tourists about the dreaded 'German stare'. I didn't know Turks do this too

They really love to stare in Asia. In this country it's rare to see a Westerner, especially outside of Taipei. Several times a week I have people stop in their tracks, turn around, and just stare at me like I'm an exhibit in a museum or something.

just stare back and when it is children smile at them

 

t. enjoyer of reactions

do they ask to take photos with you?

No. I don't think they like Westerners very much.

There is an assumption that you are here to fuck their women because you are a loser who couldn't make it back home.

If you are Chad they might ask for pictures though.