Not the author: When I landed in Germany, they asked me how long I was saying, I told them a month, and they stamped by visa. I'd assume if you were going to s

Not the author: When I landed in Germany, they asked me how long I was saying, I told them a month, and they stamped by visa. I'd assume if you were going to stay for $some_larger_amount_of_time they have a resident visa (not sure if that's a thing) you apply for. My impression of the country was everyone was kind of private, but nice and surprisingly laid back. Coming from NYC it felt like a very "free" city.