| We booked the tour in German as my visitor are from Germany, however we accidentally boarded the English bus. We realized our mistake and then at the first stop (sex shop) we switched busses. This tour was then in German, however we were extremely disapointed in the new tour guide. The English guide was witty, outgoing and very organized. She knew exactly what she was talking about and even seemed like she belonged in the show. The German guide (Saskia) on the other hand, never seemed to know what she was supposed to say and would point out sites as we sped past. She also told us a lot of stories about her own life (babysitting jobs, waitressing jobs, etc) that has NOTHING to do with the tour, and were completely irrelevant. This was NOT what we paid for! She even went as far as making the comment that all Americans are crazy and that we should hurry out of the "cosmopolitan bar" before they get there. (What she didnt realize is that I am an American who speaks perfect German, so she was making fun of me and I did not appreciate it.)
The tour itself was very interesting and we definitely got to see a lot of the city and where the show was filmed. We would highly recommend the English tour, however we would warn anyone taking the German tour to save their money. Additionally the German tour was on a smaller bus where the TV screen was too far away to see what was happening in the scenes. The volume was also practically turned off. Another thing Saskia did horribly was with the SATC clips. She would play about 5 in a row, after we had already passed the locations without explaining them. (On the English bus the guide talked about the clip, played it and then we saw the location. Much better way of organizing.)
If we could have gotten back on the English bus we would definitely have done so and enjoyed ourselves much more. We ended up sitting in the back so that we could drown out Saskia's voice as much as possible. |
