GlobalPost's Kristin Deasy traveled to different neighborhoods of Berlin Friday to talk to residents and tourists about their view of the United States ahead of the presidential election for the "A Friday In" series. At a cafe in Berlin's diverse Kreuzberg, Deasy talked to Federico from Italy, who thinks the United States should, "Try to listen a bit more & talk a bit less." In Mitte, Paul from Stuttgart tells Deasy that the United States needs to "change the political system" so that it's "not so dependent on money."

As part of the GlobalPost Twitter series, "A Friday In ...," GlobalPost's Jessica Phelan spent her day making the rounds at Munich's famed Oktoberfest. Phelan taught us some new vocabulary — like "mitfahrgelegenheit," German for "a very organized form of hitchhiking" — and reinforced some of our fondest German stereotypes. Lederhosen, anyone? But she also showed us that Oktoberfest isn't solely focused on brew.

GlobalPost's Twitter feed is showcasing the voices and personal experiences of our correspondents based around the world. In a project called "A Friday In ...," a different correspondent based internationally is taking over the @GlobalPost account and tweeting about his or her travels and daily activities.

This week, our South Africa correspondent, Erin Conway-Smith, took over the feed from Namibia, where she live-tweeted while on a safari.