American Views Abroad


Monday, September 17, 2007
 
It's rather strange and peculiar how reputations stick like glue. American friends came to visit us in Hamburg this summer, finally after so many years of showing no interest in this city. They were very surprised at how lovely it is. One wrote afterwards that he had expected Hamburg to be grimy and grey. It is anything but that. John Powers in yesterday's Boston Globe sings its praises in Ignored by Most Americans, Hamburg Offers Great Culture and Beauty at www.boston.com/travel/articles/2007/09/16/beyond_the_red_lights/.

Comments:
Speaking of reputations, I have a friend from Canada who is Haitian - he won't visit Germany because he fears being treated badly. I bet he isn't the only one.
 
He would have no more problems in Hamburg than he would have in New York City. If anything, Hamburg is multi-cultural. However, in villages in the old East Germany there could be a problem.
 
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