Re: anti-American prejudice. Yeah, I know. It's not as if we Germans/Europeans are any better about prejudices than Americans, really. We have our own set of them, and anti-American ones are very popular. If I had a penny for every time that someone replied to my telling them that I'm essentally studying American culture with the 'witticism', "there *is* such a thing?", well, I'd be rich. *g*

Re: apologising a lot. Hehe. I've noticed that with American and British friends, too. To the point of actually telling some of them not to apologise so much, because it was beginning to freak me out a little.

Cultural differences! Aren't they fun?! ;-)