Concentration Camps in Italy?

[Belsnickel]

(12-27-2017, 08:30 PM)Dill Wrote: That has been my experience as well.

Once I started to get on a city bus in Vicenza and realized I had no Lire. The driver waived me on anyway.  Never happen in Germany! Trains in Italy were always late. In Germany the 8:57 train will not arrive at 8:56 or 8:58. I have many warm German friends, but there is usually a period of getting to know them first.

Germans I encountered seemed to fall into two categories--liberal and authoritarian. The liberals were always friendly and happy to meet an Ami. To the authoritarians I was another "Auslander." They always let me know when I was out of line.

Warmth in your interactions only comes with the conversion from "Sie" to "du".