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by V-2 2961 days ago
> Travel there to see yourself. Try to bring a foreign looking girl friend. Enjoy.

The condescending tone is uncalled for. As for the advice, I don't really need to travel as I've lived in Poland for my whole life (minus a few years spent abroad / in the UK). I've also been to several countries in the region, and yes I have indeed brought quite a few "foreign looking" friends with me, including an Italian girlfriend.

I'm sorry if something unpleasant happened to you on such a trip - assuming you're speaking from first-hand experience, rather than just propagating negative stereotypes - but it still wouldn't entitle such sweeping generalizations.

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" including an Italian girlfriend."

Try to bring an Indian one. Or Chinese.

"I'm sorry if something unpleasant happened to you"

It is less about me. I have been there three times and I can take a lot. On my last trip, I spare you my experiences, I stayed one day in the hotel to work on my computer and my GF came back crying and told me she wants to leave and never come back. On the Train to Budapest I met an American Lady. She said, she would not come back to Prague, people are "harsh".

"but it still wouldn't entitle such sweeping generalizations."

I saw once a statistic about foreigners (can't find it anymore). They were hated the most in the Czech republic, the most welcoming country was Uganda. BTW, I have lined up a trip to Uganda, there is a great music festival every summer.

Make you own experiences. It is not a terrible place, but why go to Prague if you can go to Budapest? Total different bunch already.

> I stayed one day in the hotel to work on my computer and my GF came back crying

You should have said that from the start. This definitely rules out Prague as the next Silicon Valley.