i lived in germany for 3yrs. what a great country. public transportation is the best in the world. the people are very friendly..sometimes too friendly makes you wonder. not alot of crime like you have here. and for the most part germany is in the center of everything one would want to see. You can go skiing in the alps, hop on a plan for 5 hrs and see france turn around and go to venice italy. Europe is a wonderful experience, if you have the money and time to travel there id say go for it. The only reason i was there though was because my father was in the army so the military is a great way to travel the world.

and of course visit amsterdam. its cool and all but its not what everyone says. its kinda dirty and the red light district makes you think of nothing but aids. but its a cool place. i enjoyed smoking a bowl in the coffee shop and munching on a dutch cookie but its only amsterdam theres so much more over there than being able to smoke weed legally.

one day ill go back, my wife wants to go to venice and france so im trying to save so we can go. A cheap way of seeing europe is backpacking. If you dont mind walking and sleeping in hostels. I cant remember what its called but theres a ticket you can buy that gets you onto buses and trains all on the same ticket. im sure a good backpacker site could tell you what you need to backpack europe, lots of people do it every year