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We traveled to Görlitz in May 2007 and found it charming, unspoiled, and beautiful. We enjoyed a walking tour (only in German), enjoyed the many old buildings and churches and walked across the bridge to have lunch on the Polish side of the river. While it's not exactly on most tourist routes, it's definitely worth the visit. -- Chris, US

When you're tired of sausages and all things German go to Osteria No. 1 -- it saved our lives in Berlin! We had a lovely, intimate, platter of mixed pasta at a very good budget in the way that only Italians are good at. -- C. Sammut, Malta

While I appreciated very much your links on the DW-WORLD.DE site for options to consider when visiting various towns and cities in Germany, I simply chose a different course for my stay. First, I used the Hotel Reservation links given to me by my cousin from Seeheim to make all of my hotel reservations via the Internet and they all proved to be, well, just perfect. We started in Offenbach, then took a train trip to Hildesheim and from there on to Bocholt and lastly to Freiburg im Bresigau. Secondly, I ate locally from the Metzgerei (butchers) to the Konditerei (cake shop) and the open air markets, and as is the German custom, promptly took my afternoon Kaffeepause (coffee break) everyday. Evenings usually found me sitting with the locals in the famous neighborhood Bierstube, listening to the local radio stations still playing music from the 1950s and 1960s ... some things never seem to change. Tourists? I never really met any that I could tell, except during my last few days in Freiburg. Next year I hope to go to Germany for a two-month stay at a Goethe Institute German-language program. -- Philip Ohmes, US

I'd like to share my experience with you during my stay in the Federal Republic of Germany from 1985-1988. First and foremost was the warm welcome and good treatment that I received from the German people in general. From the first time that I met Germans I had a warm reception and I was loved by the nationals everywhere I went.

The next experience I had was learning the language. From the very beginning, I faced some difficulties with the language and then later I became more at ease. The different German accents made learning the language a little bit hard for me. I went to the language school from 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. for six months, which was good for me. I am now so used to the German language that I could visit any city in Germany without an interpreter. Once I visited Cologne during the Science Fair, where there were so many different things I couldn't see them all. -- Vasco S. Kemokai