I picked up on that as well. I've been a solo traveller to Germany (from Australia) several times now, and it's probably my favorite country. The first time I knew very little German and anyone in their 20s or younger had very good English. Travelling solo tends to be scary until you do it and get some experience of it.

I'm not saying that's what byuu should have done, sending the package seems perfectly reasonable. Being nervous of solo travel is reasonable too. I just wouldn't want him to miss out on an awesome country because of it... and especially a country as passionate about electronics & technology as Germany is.