khannie
@khannie@lemmy.world
- Comment on [deleted] 2 days ago:
It could be that a culture like mine where it’s considered rude are more sensitive to it but it was definitely a thing.
I love Italy. Been there a good few times. The staring did stick with me though, along with lots of other more positive things.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 days ago:
Oh that’s a lot of time! You’re right in the middle of Europe so everywhere is accessible and will probably get bored in a single city in that timeframe.
Consider a trip to Prague or Milan maybe. You could even go to Amsterdam or Berlin or hop on a flight to Rome. Internal flights are cheap.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 days ago:
People do stare, not sure if that is specifically a German thing.
I found that a lot in Italy too. In Ireland it would be rude but I just took it as a different culture thing.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 days ago:
Well, welcome to Europe so! I hope you have a great time.
Yeah definitely try to overcome the discomfort of using the trains / subway. Once you’ve done it once it becomes easy and they’re a great way to get around.
In general I like to do the tourist walking tours in big European cities. You get to see around, meet a bunch of others and get a feel for the city plus get little nuggets of history etc all for very little money.
I’ll check with the young lad about specific recommendations and get back to you.
How long are you coming for?
- Comment on [deleted] 2 days ago:
My son lives in that neck of the woods. I can ask him for specific recommendations if you like? Sounds like you’ll have local guides though.
I really like Germany myself. I have a tiny smattering of German and I felt folks liked my bad attempts to use it so maybe get a few phrases together and numbers etc. Good food. Great beer. Nice people. Fairly chill everywhere.
In general as a tourist it’s a good idea in Germany to use public transport (and walking) to get around in big cities. They do have a decent u-bahn in Munich (subway) so maybe check out the maps for that before you go.
Hope you have fun! Is this your first time coming to Europe? Or just Germany specifically?
- Comment on I Saved an Electron Microscope from the Trash 3 days ago:
Amazing video!
- Comment on [deleted] 4 days ago:
I’m going to assume they are also around that age
Text says they’re 22. It’s not an insubstantial age difference but definitely worth a whirl IMO despite the dad’s condescending tone.
- Comment on Water Snek 1 week ago:
Savage feat of endurance. I wonder how many calories that burns.
- Comment on $1 per play 3 weeks ago:
Perfect summary. Absolutely nailed it.
- Comment on Ice cream trucks still around? 3 weeks ago:
The ice cream truck stopped coming to our estate about 5 years ago though there are plenty of kids about.
I do see them parked near playgrounds etc. quite a bit but not doing the rounds like they used to.
- Comment on How active is too active while being on lemmy? 4 weeks ago:
Yeah if you’re happy to post I’m happy to see posts.
- Comment on European Commission preparing token gesture for angry gamers and game developers 5 weeks ago:
What you’re missing is that after Brexit the EU is desperate to appear to citizens that they’re listening and this would be such an easy win that yeah, I really expected them to not only listen but actually get their fingers out of their collective arseholes and do something about it.
Blah blah funding. Sure, start by targeting games that sell over X units or Y euros in revenue.
If the article is correct then it’s a massive missed opportunity.
- Comment on we are creators 5 weeks ago:
They’re gonna be working hard to justify that budget. Things are going to get a whole lot worse for our American friends. :(
- Comment on prediction 5 weeks ago:
Everyone looking at the date counting down going “before what exactly?”
- Comment on Please settle a debate. A kid in the womb is better off listening to stuff like cat in the hat so it can be read to it at bedtime? Or history of the world during the womb and read it later? 5 weeks ago:
My wife had a favourite song when she was pregnant and it was very useful for calming after the birth. It was quite a chill tune.
- Comment on All downhill from there 5 weeks ago:
I saw it in a documentary but it was a good while ago so to be honest I can’t remember what the exact mechanism was or if it was just a contributing factor over longer distances. I just remember storing it away as little nugget that made sense when presented.
It’s very late here and now you have me curious so I’ll probably have a dig around in the morning.
- Comment on All downhill from there 5 weeks ago:
Neigh.
- Comment on All downhill from there 5 weeks ago:
Oh I am most definitely not speaking for myself. Neigh. Not one bit.
I think that’s mostly down to our comparatively sedentary lifestyle though. Skinny AF, fit because I’ve had to run down a horse once a week and mid-20’s me could hopefully out-distance a horse. A small cow anyway.
- Comment on All downhill from there 5 weeks ago:
The other advantage we have while running is that we’re not constantly slamming our intestines into our other vital organs and lungs because we’re upright.
Humans can out-distance a horse. A fucking HORSE. Incredible animal the oul’ human.
- Comment on All downhill from there 5 weeks ago:
- Comment on These are my four champage bottles dedicated to the "great" minds of our days: 1 month ago:
Howled laughing at this. Amazing.
- Comment on RIP America 1 month ago:
Mmmm. I’m not sure tbh but I don’t think so. If your grandmother had an Irish passport though that might work. Worth checking if you’re considering it.
My sister lives in the UK a long time now and all her kids have an Irish passport. It’s actually a great passport to have for travel. EU is obviously wide open but most places accept it without much (or zero) effort.
- Comment on RIP America 1 month ago:
Yeah he knew about ten words of Danish after over three years there before he moved to Germany. Even his lectures were in English which I was surprised at.
He has had to learn a little German but not that much and he’s there about 18 months now. The office he works in has folks from all over so they just use English.
Netherlands also in my experience basically everyone can speak perfect English.
I prefer to try to use a bit of the local language when I’m travelling myself as I find folks react well to the effort.
I’m terms of offence, it’s unlikely. I’d imagine tourists are common enough everywhere. I have reasonable French myself so I do try to use it when there so I can’t say for France specifically.
If you’ve any other questions I can pass them on to the young lad.
- Comment on RIP America 1 month ago:
Almost anywhere in Europe is the answer. My son did his masters in Denmark and never learned Danish. He lives in Germany now and speaks fuck all German.
Once in the Netherlands, after losing my glasses I asked an optician if he could speak English and he was thoroughly insulted.
Britain and Ireland are both native English.
- Comment on RIP America 1 month ago:
If you have an Irish grandparent you can get a passport. Lots of work here and Americans are welcome.
Otherwise work visas that turn into residency aren’t difficult to come by with sponsorship and it’s not the kind of sponsorship that makes you a slave.
- Comment on RIP America 1 month ago:
Welcome to Europe, researchers!
Lots of great choices and don’t worry, you can move to France without knowing French or Denmark without knowing Danish!
- Comment on What is this clock icon in my phone status bar? 1 month ago:
Ah I eventually discovered that it was a scheduled signal message. Cheers though.
- Comment on What is this clock icon in my phone status bar? 1 month ago:
This was going to be my next port of call but another comment caused me to figure out that if was a scheduled signal message.
- Comment on What is this clock icon in my phone status bar? 1 month ago:
Thanks. I was about to do this but another comment caused me to check scheduled messages. It was signal.
- Comment on What is this clock icon in my phone status bar? 1 month ago:
Just updated the comment above yours. It was a scheduled message in signal. Thanks!
