As a kid, I visited Germany several times with my German mother, the last time when I was 18 (over 30 years ago). I'd always planned to visit Europe, Germany especially, again as an adult.
I'd wanted to visit Paris (to re-discover the 1920s haunts of modernists). London (to get a feel for the Victorian era and for the Plath/Hughes and Beatles early '60s). Germany of the 1970s when I was there last, and then right after the 1989 reunification...
All of that is gone now.
Last I heard, France, England, and Germany have been overrun by (1) Middle Eastern oligarchs who are buying up prime properties and driving up surrounding rents, and (2) Muslim immigrants. No one is telling them "no." (I understand that the Germans have had pride of country guilted out of them post WWII --- but the stolid ENGLISH? The stubborn French?)
The hearts of the main cities of Europe are now no-go zones, even for police. There wouldn't be a thing there for me to see, or feel, other than regret for not having gone back two decades sooner.
p.s. After I wrote the above, saw online that the murder rate in London had overtaken that in NYC for the first time ever: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5566689/London-murder-rate-overtakes-New-York-time-including-11-killings-just-16-days.html
Congrats, Mayor Khan.
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