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yeah hostels are awesome. Iprefer the smaller one, I have stayed at a couple super huge ones and they are HORRIBLE. They are best when they have a bar inside. The only thing I don't like is when the shower is not ensuite, i will not stay in a hostel where there isnt a private bathroom in the room (even if I'm sharing a room with 5 or 7 other people.) The only weird expirience I had was in a hostel in munich (A&O city hauptbahnhof) it was full of rowdy underage kids and OLD people, one of which who spoke no english and totally cornered me at the bar it was super akward, the security gaurd and the bartender was just watching, it was so bad the bartender let us leave with out returning our bottle (we had not paid the deposit) then there was this muslim guy in the room, which was an 8 person dorm, I felt kind of bad because he was in bed by like 8 each night, and there were all these drunk rowdy people going in and out of the rooms and up and down the halls until all hours. He said he was there on business... but what kind of business would put you up in a shitty hostel and make you share a room with 7 teenagers. then this creepy guy kept trying to talk to me while i was sleeping, and when i woke up in the middle of the night he was butt naked lying on his bed! This was all at the same hostel mind you.
other than that i have really great expiriences, met really interesting people, and found some REALLY nice hostels. just read the reviews and do your homework.