Reaction To German Comedian Roasting UK, USA, Germany & Russia (Michael Mittermeier - Das Blackout) 

Michael's English does not only have a German accent. He has the exact same Bavarian accent that he has in German! Which adds to the fun for a German who speaks English well 😅

As a non-Bavarian German, I can only say that we do not care about the Oktoberfest in general. It's a Bavarian thing. So naturally, we also do not care about the many foreigners coming to Bavaria for it. I guess the only feeling the typical German has towards Oktoberfest is mild annoyance because the whole world thinks that the Oktoberfest is a "German" thing, and every German must know about it and must have visited it. It plays into this general annoyance that people abroad think about Bavarian stuff as typically "German."

The genius strike no one seems to recognize is that Michael Mittermaier managed to transport his comedy into a foreign language. I bet his English teacher has a blast now!😂

I'm from germany and not Bavaria. I have never been to Oktoberfest, but I really love Michael in German or English, doesn't matter

I feel like mittermeier had a point were he had achieved everything in germany and started to travel and to switch to another language. l really respect that.

Germans are too honest to be polite and brits are too polite to be honest. That’s really true… 🙈 I love the UK especially Scotland. It’s so beautiful.

British stereotypes I heard when growing up: Brits are very polite, unless they are on vacation British food is disgusting (but all the celebrity chefs are British) Brits have very dark humor. They love football as much as we do in Germany They love their tea as much as we love our beer. This one is even reflected in our languages. The British say "not my cup of tea" and Germans say "not my beer"

Michael Mittermeier is a beast. He really went to the US in the early 2000s and did stand up comedy over there, and he rocked it. People really enjoyed his program and thaught it was very funny. As a german comedian, who doesn't perform in his native language, that's a great achievement.

As a German I can confirm that we still learn "guilt" and "shame" at school I've learned about it 4 times as full classes during my school time

I didnt think it possible but Mittermeier sounds exactly the same in English as he does in German. Same manner of speech, same delivery of the jokes, same physical comedy. This is peak bilinguality.

We were told to be as quiet as possible when we were in Poland as part of our advanced course in German History. That was 2002 and yes, it was neccessary. Some older people noticed we were German teens and started shouting at us. We all knew why but we were there to learn how to not make our grandparents‘ mistakes.

As a German at about the same age as Michael Mittermeier I confirm that during my whole youth we all were taught to feel guilt and shame for what our nation (grandparents and greatgrandparents) did. An indeed: Even as kids (being in the Netherlands on vacation, or my brother in France on a school trip), some seniors in neighbour countries would be angry at us. My brother was even spit on by a French veteran when my brother was only 15. As an exchange student in the US in 1983 I felt pride for a nation for the first time in my life - but for the US! Singing the German National Anthem outside of Soccer Championship or Olympic Games? Having German Flags in your Garden? German Sticker on your car? Never experienced in those years, up to the 90s. I`m glad that today we are accepted in most countries again. And I am happy about having Michael Mittermeier as an Ambassador :-)) Love his satirical humor :-)

In 1987, I participated in a student exchange with a rather rural High School in the state of NY. And yes, we were indeed told upfront that "some reactions of US citizens towards us Germans might seem awkward but are not ill-intended overall". I'm still grateful for this preparation because, at the beginning of my very first class in said High School, I was greeted with "Heil H**ler!" by the entire room. According to the room's history(!!) teacher, it was meant to be "endearing and to make me feel somewhat homey". They also commended me on my "proper American clothing" (Jeans. They expected some guy in Lederhosen.) I genuinely don't know if history classes improved since then, but yeah, the late 80's were fun times for a German, especially in rural areas of the USA.

Unser Michi. Bin sehr stolz auf ihn. One of the greatest. LG aus Minga

I don't know how it was in the 80s but I went to china in 2008 with an international group of 20 year olds. First thing I heard was "Hey german kid... are you a nazi?". Couple of days later I became tight friends with a kid from israel. Let me tell you that people were not able to process that level of irony ...

Michael Mittermeier is a national treasure. He pretty much pioneered "stand up comedy" in Germany.

i am from bavaria too, i know Michael as an comedian since he started/became famous about 25 Years ago. his way of performing in english is the same as in german. that´s Michael. good guy. btw i also love the legnedary british humor. cant get enough of it. Monty Python, Mr. Bean, and so much more.

Mittermeier didn’t say that Germans have a need to be „politically correct“, just the need to give correct (as in accurate) answers.

When I was young sometimes people reacted negative to me as a german abroad. But in the last 20 years or so I can't remember any situations, where being a german was a problem. On the other hand there have been many times where peoples reaction was suprisingly positive. A lot ot "My Father/Brother/Uncle was stationed with the army in Germany, he tells so many great storys" when I was in the US, while in Europe many people have visited germany or met a lot of germans before me so they already learned the difference between germans and nazis. And these days there are Countrys in Europe with more Nazis than we have here in Germany... :(

In Germany we have the prejudice that Scottish people are exceptionally mean with money. Turns out my mother only made it through her apprenticeship because she was a servant in a restaurant with Scottish workers tipping her so well she actually made it. Every since I have loved the Scottish - also because of their super cool accent!

His "Scottish-Acsent", is just how a Southgerman sounds like, when he has no experience in speaking English, just in School. The most Southern Dialects are rolling the "R". As a Swabian Guy, the Scottish Acsent, is one of the most understandable for me. 👍

Fritz here, biological turkish kurd. I never knew Michael was in so excellent command of the english language. Makes him even more sympathetic. Proud of him. Edit: yes, Germans are quite aware of their history. Actually I was fed up with all the "indoctrination" awareness thing, but nowadays with the political right wingers rising again here, I miss those days when Germans were more humble.

All I know is that Michael's special named Zapped was the first place I ever seen him and was one of the funniest comedy specials I've ever seen. Period.

I was born in the mid 70s. The subjects guilt and shame were a big part of education at school just to the point it got really annoying for students.

Having been a teenager in the 80s I can confirm: guilt and shame were my two middle names. I didn't only know from school but was frequently reminded both in France and in England, although even my parents were born after the war. And I still think - just as well. Meanwhile I've changed my middle names to responsibility and consideration though.

His best stand up was "Zapped" that made him really famous in germany. I don´t know if a translation is available or if it even holds up today

I was born in 1963. Everything MM talks about resonates with my own memory of the 70/80ies. And he is funny imho. 😂🥳🖖

I was in Glasgow Scotland a few years ago, in a karaoke bar. When it was my turn I sang flower of scotland, after that I made a lot of new friends. So, sing the right song when you are a german guy in a karaoke bar in scotland. 😂😂😂🇩🇪❤🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Mittermeier speaks English with a clear Bavarian accent. Especially for Germans it is well recognizable, when Bavarian or Austrian people speak English. I'm not sure if I could identify other german dialects so well when the people speak English.

I didn't know Mittermeier did gigs in English. If you know his German shows (and you should probably watch some for comparison) it's quite interesting that it has the exact same feel to it as his German routines (as in the way he talks, the same bavarian accent, etc.)

Ich komm nicht über den Akzent weg 😂 super!

About German Humour and the reputation it has, a little anecdote: During an outing on my recent vacation, we had a Chinese American couple in our group and I got chatting with the wife. As I made a couple of little jokes, she asked me where I was from. When I answered that I was German, she professed some amazement about the, to be sure meagre, witticisms I engaged in earlier and remarked something along the lines of "Common wisdom is that Germans don't have much humor." Now, this is a selfreplicating meme, used as bottom drawer crowd pleasers by every anglophone humourist, TV personality and whatnot and it got my dander up. The anglophone way would have been something along the lines of "Yes, I know we're a bit sh*it at humour...“ and let it slide... I answered "When was the last time you read a novel about German topics in German and understood the underlying cultural subjects and memes? German humourlessness comes from the firm anglophone, both US and UK, knowledge that USAians and Brits have humour. It's in their cultural DNA. Now imagine an anglophone making some sort of joke. The German, who has English as a second language and possibly is not quite up to snuff with the cultural aspects of the joke, doesn't get it and has to have the joke explained. The anglophone knows he is funny so the German not getting the joke must be down to lack of humour. Now imagine the German is trying his hand at a joke, possibly translating a German joke into English with the proficiency of a 2nd language speaker ignoring the fact that cultural references oftend do not map. The anglophone doesn't get the joke but he know with utter certainty that he has humour. So the joke is bad, which must be down to German lack of humour. Of course he ignores all the intricacies of language, cultural background, national memes, emotional resonances of words, phrases and concepts of hundreds of years of cultural development and history, because he knows that he understands humour. And after the war, enough USAians and Brits had this experience, the Germans were in no position to respond and of course it was chewed and regurgitated in movies and TV in the US and the UK ad nauseam... That is where you heard that Germans have problems with humour." It was actually a bit more elaborate, but that was the gist. I think her eyes glazed over, since she certainly didn't expect a detailed lecture. I think I successfully introduced her to two more German traits. We don't do smalltalk and we'll take any opportunity to lecture at the drop of a hat. And it'll probably be a long time before she tries that line on another German.

Born in 1969. The whole guilt and shame thing is 100% spot on for my generation. Experienced it in France in 1982. We were saved by the fact that my father (born in 1937) went to a French school in the French zone after the war (Saarland) and is pretty fluent in French. The French have respect for people who don't make their ears bleed when trying to speak French 😊

As An expat Aussie who has lived in Germany for the past 20 years, I have learned to love Michael Mittermeier. I enjoy the English shows, but the German ones where he gets a bit political (and there is plenty of subject matter) are even better.

I would like to recommend the comedian Torsten Sträter. He has a dry humor with a lot of linguistic wit. Maybe someone can recommend a video of him with subtitles.

I keep laughing because you are laughing, it's just contagious But Mittermaier is also brilliant

It is very interesting to hear Mittermeier Jokes you never heard before. I'm german and I'm a big Mittermeier Fan. I even got a ticket for one of his shows last Christmas. I never heard this jokes before, I mean he speaks about his journeys in Germany too, but he tells different stories.

thanks, good job. i laughed A LOT. i am a kraut that lived in Texas and Canada, i can relate.

You just give me a heartfelt laugh, even though I already knew this program…lol…..Thanx Yes, as a German one sometimes has to navigate the depth of hatred the older generation still harbours…. After school before starting at Uni I visited my former exchange student in France, we had kept in touch and I worked at a local Pony and race horse stable … and became friends with the trainees there. We even went up to the Bretagne for a 5 day vacation and camped in the trailer of Clair‘s family. Her grandparents were living nearby in a very traditional cottage that only recently had running water installed. She had told me that it might not be the best idea to fess up to me being German when her grandfather was around, so we had put together a story of my being British because after a High School Year in Michigan I somehow had acquired an English accent in my French. But when her granddad showed up at 7.30 a.m., unannounced the next day and started laying into her for not having shown up yet, she got so angry she introduced me as her ‚German friend‘. He looked me up and down, said…. _You suppose we are friends now?!_ , spit at my feet, turned around and left without another word. The guys were just looking out of the tent at this stage and so we didn‘t get to visit her grandma, unfortunately. That was 2000. I think there is still a lot of resentment present because when people found out a friend and I who were talking English during our 5 week Australia trip were not indeed Irish and American, but two Germans we always got uncomfortable reactions where people were being awkward at first.

I‘m just 3y older than Michael and when we young (70s/80s) we couldn’t resist British comedy. Monty Python literally was our Holy Gral. And some of us, as a revenge maybe, became comedians. 😂

Oh my. As a German, i never knew about this guy... funny that. He is so hilarious. Thanks for this video. Now let me watch the other half... im an honest, i almost peed myself. 😂😂😂

As a German I was being scolded by my parents for making Nazi jokes as a teen. Me and my friends did them just because they were edgy then. I moved to England when I was 17. In a pub I told a Nazi joke (against the Nazi officer) to my English friends, the neighbouring table, who had been listening to why this "big German is talking so loudly", cracked up in laughter. "I never thought Germans can laugh about themselves". Great night with a lock-in til 10am after that.

Excellent idea to present German comedians from a Scottish perspective! In my personal opinion (I am German AND Bavarian), you picked the very best guy, so Michael is first choice really, considering those who have the guts to perform using English in the first place… But anyway, there are literally dozens of outstanding comedians here in Germany. Some of them are mistaken to be politicians though. 😀

I am a Fan of Mittermeier since 2000 ... he already showed ambitions to the british and english-speaking-standup scene... I am happy he is as funny in english as he is in german :D

Mert, I just found your channel by coincidence and saw the Michael Mittermeier in English. I never liked him very much with his German show, but the English show with the international touch, talking about Germans, Americans, the Japanese, the comparisons, I was really dying laughing! And the "shame and guilt" during school is SO true! Michael is more or less my age. Wonderful!! Then I saw your take on Volker Pispers, heute Show and other. Wonderful approach, wonderful channel! Congrats! If you like Volker Pipsers try Hagen Rether. He is really heavy stuff!!! Keep going! Thank you!!

I really like your accent. "The Möwies", a bunch of seagulls.

Thanks for sharing the show! First time is saw an English performance but was really great. Some plots really have been new to me although he was quite present on German TV for years. Now he seem to tour a lot. His German comedy i pretty much the same so well done Michael! Died almost laughing about the Lederhosen facts and scientific setup drunk experiment!

You should definitely watch: "Brexit: Lutz van der Horst verkauft den Briten Schmuggelware" ("Brexit: Lutz van der Horst sells contraband to the Brittish"). The short introduction is in German, but the content is not that important. The rest is in English. Overall, the video is really funny.

I know he - like myself - studied American Studies (an even wrote his maters thesis on stand-up comedy) and I suspect he speaks English (American English) much more authentically than he does here. I suspect he actively uses his heavy Bavarian inflection for comedic purposes. I mean, I love his *Bavarenglish* but have hunch he can probably speak English without an accent if he wants to…

I also can recommend Vince Ebert, german physicist and comedian, was living a year in NYC, also has some English RU-vid videos.

I love Michael. I'm from West Germany. Not from Bavaria 😊. But I love it there. And the people. Wunderfull.

1:03 very interesting to hear M.Mittermeier in complete different language and Modus! 😂 And still there is a trace of bavarian (southern/fränkisch) accent . Marvellous 🧐🤕👀😂😂😂😍

It's true: when I was fourteen, they shouted at me in France: Raus, boche! becauce of a simple question...that gave me the same feeling of hiding my nationality and guilt for years! It was a Trauma for me.

I am a year younger than Michael. Nobody told me to behave differently in other countries. I did it on my own, because I felt guilty about what happened during the Nazi time. Nobody ever said something bad to me, but as I visited neighboring countries that were invaded, I felt bad knowing the history. People did not say something bad to me, but sometimes talked about it, after hearing that I am German. It was the World Cup 2006 in Germany when things changed. I helped in Frankfurt and in the beginning I was a bit sad….the other fans of other countries were showing their flags in town and I wished we could do that, too. Than younger people (often migrants living there) started using our flag, too….wearing it as skirt, painting it on the cheek. Somehow we got our flag back ….without feeling guilty or having to explain that we are not nationalists or Nazis. It was a great feeling 🙂

To be sincere and funny at the same time takes talent. Talent!

Look, Tiffany!🤣

My hypothesis is that the prejudice about Germans with no sense of humour originated in work relationships. There was a strict separation between work and leisure time. And Germans took their work very seriously and would not respond to any jokes in a work-related meeting. Germans always enjoyed telling jokes in their free time though. Nowadays, everything is more relaxed and the typical Germans are hard to find, at least in the younger generation.

I was born in the 90ies and I was still told to not tell people that I am German when travelling. Has been a good advice. My family is half egyptian and half czech but we are basically very German. I was beaten and bullied in the US for being German, when I was a forgeign exchange student. They called me "Nazi whore" when I was 16. I love Germany and being German for what it means today, but when travelling I always say I am from Spain. Tired of being called a Nazi everywhere I go. It does something to your selfesteem when constantly being equalised with the worst of human beings.

The stereotype of British people I have learned of course from `Asterix in Britain`. 😁

As a non Bayer in Finland living German I been twice at the Octoberfest 1982 and 1988,both turned out to be a Party of a lifetime hooking up with Aussies, New seelanders and Americans, They were the best drinking bodies that can tell a joke or two about everything and everyone, you find at the Octoberfest the best comedy for free🍺🍺🍺🍺❤

I wasn’t alive in the 80s but I have always heard the stories from a good family friend, who had travelled and lived in plenty of European countries in the 80s. She had many negative experiences and reactions to her saying she’s German, so she started opting for “I’m just European” and charmingly turned down further questions. I always found this a bit sad and I’m glad that my own experiences living abroad in the past decade have been different.

I agree with him, we Germans love punctuality, directness and accuracy.😅🤣👍

Mittelmaier did his thesis on comedy if I remember correctly. He’s funny. Just like that in German. Exactly.

I utterly enjoyed myself with you watching one of the best! Watched a few more of your videos today, after stumbling over you. You have a new subscriber. Knowing both, USA and Bavaria, speaking both languages my enjoyment was actually doubled

I remember when I was a teen and went to london with school class, the teachers told us exactly what michael said. Teachers always telled us that most british whould hate germans because of WW2. and this was like 2009.

Michael Mittermeier is awesome... you should definitely check out his special that he did right after returning from his US tour, the cockroach bit is an absolute banger. I'm not entirely certain what the name of the special was, maybe something with jungle? oh, no it was 'Paranoid' - idk if there's a subtitled version out there but it's amazing

That was fun: Mittermeier and your reactions. Very good.

Funny video! Thanks for sharing it with us :-)

Honestly even when I went to school in the 2000s and early 2010s, shaming our history was a very frequent occurence during History class. But I feel like it moved away from "you guys should feel guilty" towards "you guys should know wtf can happen and work towards making sure it does never ever repeat itself", which frankly I find alright. With our History Leistungskurs we did a trip to Kraków and from there visited Auschwitz. Frankly I think that should be mandatory - if not a visit at least a documentation of the tour they do nowadays. The impressions that left were the strongest anti-nazi feelings I ever felt and it's probably impossible to get this anywhere else. Visiting this place in person doesn't compare to anything else. I just hope that going forward we can some day be openly proud of our country again, without being branded a nazi or fascist.

What he says is true. I was born in Bavaria in 1967, just like Michael, and started school in 1973. From secondary school onwards, we were bombarded with this Nazi theme. When we were 12 years old, we had to watch the horrible concentration camp films that were made by the Americans during the liberation of these camps. At that time, the question of hereditary guilt was dealt with excessively. It's burned into your mind for a lifetime. I think Michael felt the same way as I did and many other children of these years.

Paranoid is by far his best Programm ever (Mittermeier)

I’m American - and born in Germany. I’m also Irish and French. I get the humor and it’s funny. My hearing is bad and so I speak loudly but I don’t realize. Love his humor! I get it .

As a German I think that there are a lot of similarities between british and german humor. I always have a great time when I am around british people, laughing my head off 😁.

Even in the middle of the 1990s, my best friend who was travelling a lot to England told me that the first information he got from the family where he was staying at that time was: "Never tell anybody, that you are from Germany. That will be not very good for you. Better if you say, that you are from Netherlands..."

michael is such a friendly and funny dude - love em since decades and thanks alot for this vid :-) cheers from germany

I'm from Germany, even from Bavaria, but never attended the Oktoberfest. Yet I think the foreigners couldn't be worse than Germans on Mallorca... so it's probably fine. ^^

Amazing. In English he is even more funny than in Bavarian. Unimaginable how he would sound in German ...

The part about "guilt teaching in school/universities is pretty spot on. Half of my total time in history class was spend on "ww2 germany bad". Everyone did visit an concentration camp with the class at least once. We called history class "Erbschuldlehre" (translates to something like "school of inherited guilt")

Oktoberfest was a local event in Munich, Bavaria, but I think it's a marketing thing that nowadays so many tourists come to visit. Of course often dressed in Dirndl & Lederhosen. Today there are many Oktoberfests, even in my country, where we have not really a connection to Bavaria, but people dress up for it. Reminds me a bit of the Halloween tradition, which came originally from Ireand, but in my times we never celebrated it in Europe. At some time it swapped over from the US. Or Thanksgiving, also not a European tradition, but some celebrate it here as well.

Different feelings as a german: First Michael is totaly right about the reactions on us germans in the world. By the way his german shows are mostly not political but his english ones are excellent and hit the point bullseye! The shame and guilt issue is complicated indeed! When visiting sweden I was sure not to be in trouble with my german being, because there was no german invasion. We met the owner of the house we lived in and she asked where we were from. We said "from germany" and she reacted were friendly. She said: "I've been to germany, too. My mother and I were deported in the war from ukraine to work in germany..." She was so nice to us and we felt so bad about it. I was ashamed and couldn't do anything about it.

Scottish stereotype: They can turn swearing into a piece of art. So colourful i'm just amazed.

Great reaction 👍. I love it ❤️

Mittermeier is exactly the same in english as he's in german. He always has this clear bavarian accent, which makes his performance even more charming, I find. I lived in Munich for many years and the Oktoberfest is not liked by every Bavarian anymore because it has become a tourist attraction. On the other hand, the Bavarian people are very tied to their traditions and therefore are proud of the Oktoberfest, which is such an attraction to a wide, international public. According to my observation, the only people that never misbehave the slighted way at the Oktoberfest (no matter how drunk) are in fact the Japanese. 😄🥰 Yes, feeling ashamed as a german because of WW2 is standard, also in the whole generation born in the 70ies and early 80ies.

My observation about stereotypes: The English love to say "don´t mention the w*r" when any German is around, but they love to brag on it hours and hours how they beat us (and surely not the US or USSR...). There was a documentary about World Cup 2006 in Germany, and they showed a group of England fans constantly singing aggressively the "10 German Bombers" Song, trying to start a brawl, and no one really cared. Oh, and they think they are our biggest rival in Football, because of the w*r, but truly that is Holland, leading by far.

We got told to be quiet and to hide that we're German as much as possible as teenagers on our class trip to France in the early 2000s, and we even got attacked by some guy with a knife when we were getting a tour in a church. Our French guide quickly opened a side door, told us to run and managed to fight him off. We later got told that at least part of his crazy reasoning was that we were German. That was an absolute shock to us. Meanwhile most French people we met were super nice and several happily offered to speak in pretty good German to us. Some years later my middle-aged driving instructor told me he always claimed to be Swiss when he and his French fiancee visited her home country. Waving German flags at sport events largely only came back in 2006 when the FIFA World Cup was held in Germany. Which we discussed this in our ethics class in highschool when our teacher brought in a newspaper with a front page picturing a sea of German flags with the title "Schrecklich schön".

That was the first time I saw M.M. comedy in English! And …. I love it!! 😍🎉🥳

Great humor!

Fritz?... Are we the baddies?

As for German humor, I've heard UK former sailor and gaming RU-vidr Jingles put it like this: German humor is often rather subtle. A German might be taking the piss on you, and unless you catch the ambiguity of his words or the inflection of tone, you might not even realize it. This, combined with the also quite common deadpan delivery means a lot of the finer humor might go completely unnoticed. So non-native speakers often only notice the cruder type of jokes, and think that is all there is to it. In turn, Germans often think that e.g. British humor is rather on-the-nose and forced, lacking finesse. {shrug} And yes, national pride was very much not on the school syllabus in the 70's and 80'. It still really isn't, and the Holocaust still features prominently. Unfortunately the effect seems to wear off (as could be seen by the rise of the new NSDAP, a.k.a. AfD).

excellent!!! sooooooo funny!!!! thank you!

Living in New York for years I would like to get a correct answer at least once before I go back home.

Actually the whole guilt part during my time in school (over 20 years ago) did actually come up during history lessons and especially related to WW2. Personally I never felt any guilt or shame because I always said to myself that I was never part of that (happened decades before I was born - so how can I ashamed of that) and I never would've supported it neither. And especially that second aspect is very important to me.

British is what you call yourself when you don't want people to think you are English. 😂

Great Show thanks…👏👏👏

Like him alot..did not know he did in englisch....he has done a swiss spezial...very good

As a fellow Bavarian I sadly have to confess that I regard Mittermeier as a rather mediocre comedian. However, I have huge respect for his courage to pursue an international career from scratch after having established himself successfully in Germany.

I also remember the "guilt-lessons" we had in school in the 80's. It sounds like a funny joke, but it's actually very true. I had a teacher who told us we should pretend we were from the Netherlands when travelling in foreign countries where Germans are hated. He obviously really believed that nobody would hear the difference in the accent. Today, I don't live in Germany anymore, but I've never tried to hide my heritage.

You are very nice. My mother is an England fan. She lived there for one year and worked in Germany as an English teacher - British accent. My mother and I like the kindness

well, comedy is subjective, i guess

Not just in the 80´s . In 1997 we had a two months school trip to GB from school. It has been a really good time and we got the nicest family to stay at. But then there has been this one day in Bath. After the first half of our official time there we had two hours for ourselves and my best friend and i fetched something to eat and decided to find a nice place to enjoy the summer sun. So we chilled on a bank near the historical bath and chatted in german. Suddenly an older couple sat next to us and he looked at me for a moment. "Are you german?" "Yes. We are here for two months for an exchange in our summer holidays." "Well son, may be i shoot at your grandfather!" and then they left. Here we were ... 14 years old ... and honestly: i never had this feeling of not being welcome again. But don´t worry we still enjoyed our time in general and our opinion of british people is pretty good ;)