I have to admit that I could not resist to provoke a little bit, so plesae, accept my apologies.
To return to the subject, I receive quite a large amount of PM's or emails from FTers who specifically ask how they should dress when coming to Europe as many, it seems, do not want to stand out as Americans while here. This is why I said leave the sneakers at home, at least the obvious ones that you can buy only in the US as well as the nurse shoes that so many ladies love to wear for comfort. As far as I am concerned, I don`t care very much as long as people are clean, and here Americans ARE the cleanest by a long shot. They m,ight be sloppy in appearance but they are clean. Much clöeaner than the average European at least.