Not looking like a tourist!

Marco · Post by **Marco** » Wed 16th Jun 2010 11:45 am

Panog wrote:I thought French were really easy to spot too, majority of people in my dumb country can't speak english. Not can't speak very well, but can't at all

Yes, also easy to spot, but generally more friendly than the Italians (of course I speak French to them).

Rufus · Post by **Rufus** » Wed 16th Jun 2010 11:48 am

I guess I'm lucky the Dutch tell me that I look, well, Dutch...they soon realise their error when I just stand and smile and say dank u - really me needs to learn a little more of the lingo

DuhhaN · Post by **DuhhaN** » Wed 16th Jun 2010 02:08 pm

yeah no offense but french do sometimes act like they got something under their nmose im not sayin all of them . hehe but then again i have say i jsut love hearing a girl speakin in french it melts me lik butter.

Marco · Post by **Marco** » Wed 16th Jun 2010 02:16 pm

DuhhaN wrote:yeah no offense but french do sometimes act like they got something under their nmose im not sayin all of them . hehe but then again i have say i jsut love hearing a girl speakin in french it melts me lik butter.

Being married to a frog...well i have to say that is a rep. the French don't really deserve. Certainly, they are more reserved then people think. Also, they are often very self-conscious about their poor English skills. But once the French take you in as a friend, its fantastic.

Agree about the melting part, I was in love with my wife by the time she finished her first sentence to me...

DuhhaN · Post by **DuhhaN** » Wed 16th Jun 2010 02:19 pm

aw i mean dnt get me wrong i got nothing against them.....as my moto says love all serve all

Marco · Post by **Marco** » Wed 16th Jun 2010 02:27 pm

DuhhaN wrote:aw i mean dnt get me wrong i got nothing against them.....as my moto says love all serve all

I know, no worries mate. And some of them are rude, no doubt.

But the Dutch, trust me they can be rude as hell.

Marco · Post by **Marco** » Wed 16th Jun 2010 02:33 pm

As for not looking like an American, avoid your clothes advertising your favorite pro or college sports teams. And leave your dirty cap at home, if people wear baseball hats here they are in pristine condition.

Cisco · Post by **Cisco** » Wed 16th Jun 2010 02:50 pm

Marco wrote:
Panog wrote:I thought French were really easy to spot too, majority of people in my dumb country can't speak english. Not can't speak very well, but can't at all
Yes, also easy to spot, but generally more friendly than the Italians (of course I speak French to them).

Completely disagree ! find it to be the complete opposite , but thats only my opinion of course !

As far as not looking like a tourist , i find that if you look as if you belong you wont have any troubles ie; walk with purpose , set your journey before you set off . So you dont have to keep pulling out a map etc

peace out and safe travels

RollUp · Post by **RollUp** » Wed 16th Jun 2010 09:55 pm

some of you guys are hilarious! thanks for all the replies, serious and jokes.

I'll just blend right in now

codejd · Post by **codejd** » Thu 17th Jun 2010 11:04 am

white tennis shoes

echc1 · Post by **echc1** » Thu 17th Jun 2010 12:24 pm

how to spot a tourist...new/white tennis shoes,baseball caps,backpack,maps,college/football tops...walking in huddles of 10,standing in bikelanes and tram tracks whilst trying to get the shot of the tops of buildings with the nikon and not forgetting the one's passed out outside the c/s......funniest for me was the stooooopid brit crying like a girly as he was marched in cuffs to the police station because he hadn't paid his hooker/bar/meal tab and tried to do a runner

bleak · Post by **bleak** » Thu 17th Jun 2010 12:36 pm

Number one tip from me, on how not to look like a tourist in Amsterdam:

- Don't step onto any roads/paths without looking in both directions first

It drives me mad, the number of people who just causally walk out on the road without looking AT ALL. Forcing road users to either stop or swerve around them if theres room.

Many people when they visit Amsterdam seem to forget the basic difference between a "road", "footpath", "tram track", "bike lane", and everything just becomes "my backyard"

ktown smokerz · Post by **ktown smokerz** » Thu 17th Jun 2010 04:12 pm

^^haha i completly agree
walk with confindence like you know the place and try not to carry round bags and stuff.
last time i was in dam me and my mate were walking back from the bluebird and had just walked past the grasshoper off warmenstaarte(spelling) and this guy would not stop pushing coke, he thought we lived there lol and after about 5 times of saying i don tdo coke im ok thanks he was offering me deals and trying to get me to take his number, said somthing like " take my number bro give me a call whenever you want it" can do you 4g's for 200.
I dont know weather he thought we lived there but he was speaking to us like that, either way i kept saying i dont do coke, its shit, i dont want it and he would not give up made me laugh alot... was like talking to a brick wall.

Sir Niall of Essex-sire · Thu 17th Jun 2010 04:30 pm

I am a tourist, hence i look like one. Not everyone can be local, there's nothing wrong with being a tourist. Don't stress your image or what people are thinking, just enjoy the city.

geoffk · Post by **geoffk** » Thu 17th Jun 2010 04:44 pm

I'm a perpetual tourist. I carry a backpack around my hometown. Skate gear, smoke gear, extra jackets...I need all that shit.