A Refresher on Hostels and Germany

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Gotta disagree here--the hostels I visited in Germany were, far and away, the lamest I've been to. Granted, none of them were in Bavaria, but still...
The hostel scene in Germany seems like it's dominated by HI (Hostelling International) hostels, which means lots of noisy little (13-14 yo) kids, and silly curfews. In the Rhine valley, the hostels I visited seemed overly clean, with a hospital-like atmosphere and no personality. I had been relying on hostels to meet other young travelers, but the german hostels were not conducive to that. The fact that they have to cater to a large age range makes this understandable, but no less frustrating. Hostels further east seemed much better.

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