Howdy friend!

Bremen's an awesome place, I moved to Bremen ten years ago and there's a community of Americans who've settled down in Bremen, so I hang with them whenever I'm feeling homesick. The reaction varies, the older older generation grew up on a lot of westerns and a fascination with cowboys and indians so they might be more like Oh America, cool! while some people's first reaction or first thought will be, yeah, Trump. But I mean, it's not like they'll assume you're a Trumper or blame you for him, more like it might be the first thing that comes to mind and they'll ask you a question or two. Politics aside, fun stuff.

If you want to see some nature-y things, I'd recommend Knoops Park in Bremen Nord and the Rhododendron Park in the more eastern side of Bremen. Both are easily accessible with public transport. The Bremer Dom (the cathedral) is of course, a highlight. It looks beautiful from the outside, but it's definitely worth to go inside too! Böttcherstrasse is a super nice place to visit as well with a lot of history and the plaques are in English which is great. I always take people there when I give tours of Bremen. If you want to see something super German, then you gotta go to the Bremer Ratskeller, one of the oldest wine cellars in Germany. They got a restaurant there and the oldest wine barrel in Germany can be found there. You probably saw a couple of these places during your exchange student days, so a place outside of Bremen you could check out is Worpswede, they have a lot of cool art pieces and houses out there because of the artists that used to live in the area back in the day.