Originally Posted by
popppa
Sorry to be the one to tell you, but you were in all likelihood seen as the rude & garish foreigner.
Wow, you couldn't be more wrong, again. The fact that someone TRIES to speak the language when traveling to another country is seen as polite and courteous universally. There is no way that the German's see the poster as a "rude and garish foreigner" because they are trying to learn the language. Jeez!