Christopher Kyba 🇨🇦
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@skyglowberlin@fediscience.org
I'm in Dresden for family reasons. I was waiting at a tram stop, and some guy tried to start a conversation with me about why there are so many Ausländer (foreigners) here and where I think some other guys on the platform must come from. But I didn't realize what he was going on about at first - I thought he was going to ask me for money.
I must have had a confused look on my face as I responded "lots of people speak Spanish, including lots of people born in Germany. It's a really useful language, especially if you want to travel."
When I said that, he got a shocked look on his face, and only then did I clue in on to how he had expected me to react. (He probably also worked out from my accent that I'm also a migrant.)
I wish I had worked out what was going on earlier, because then I could have been like "ahhh, you're one of those people that's making the hotels here so cheap even though it's peak season".