I feel quite fortunate to have visited in 1999, for the first and only time. A wonderful solo adventure through Bavaria, with nary a Muslim in sight. Teutonic Glory, and very friendly people.
> with nary a Muslim in sight <
I like in an old rust-belt mill town (USA). Before 2020 or so, I never saw a single Muslim. Now I’m seeing them almost daily. So what? So these are the people who cheered on 9/11.
Dr. Peter Hammond did a study on how Muslims behave as a percentage of the population. The tipping point occurs once Muslims reach around 5% of a population.
Before then they are quiet and peaceful neighbors. Quick with a smile.
Then at around 5% they start to demand more and more. And they will include threats if they don’t get their way. We see that now in many European cities.
I was in Munich, Saltzburg, Innsbruck, Zurich and Lucerne in 1990.
I also feel fortunate to have gone back then.
I would probably still go back to Switzerland. Not so sure about Germany or Austria now though.
Although the one guy I still remember that was a great guy was the bartender at the hotel in Innsbruck. He was a Christian from Lebanon. Who said that his family was a big land owner of olive groves in the Lebanon. He told us he had to leave or who would not have lived. That his entire family fled.