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Yana Berkovich -
3 years ago
I only wanted to get inside for a quick coffee and take some pictures. I had to pay 3 Euro for the parking but it was closed for a wedding event. I was not informed at the gate. I drove down and told the guard that i want my money back because it is closed for a wedding. The guard started yelling at me said no way and talked in Italian being racist towards me presumably due to my Russian accent in German English and Spanish. I said I will call the police, he yelled that he is the police and called his friend/relative complaining about me loudly and asking for reinforcement of Italian thugs yelling that his bodies control the area and the parking is paid regardless if the place is open. i am a solo female traveler around the world, for 3 Euros i have left but let me feel so frightened, so humiliated and so deceived by a person that thinks he owns this land was a first experience for me. I hope that the whole region gains some real police and citizens control rather than this Italian mafia style of treating people. I am shocked and appalled to be treated like this. It left a bitter taste of my time in German, i usually enjoy begin a tourist in Germany but I would think twice before coming and giving my hard earned money to people who insult me, take my money without providing any service, and being racist and offensive. I was scared and insecure traveling there just avoid until the local friendly population can clear those parking thugs that lure everywhere in the region it is unsafe for solo female or anyone with an accent or not Caucasian appearance.