I love and miss my family. It's weird that I live so far away. *scratches her head and thinks*
People are friendlier. Example: the airport security guard chatted with me and wished me a Merry Christmas as he was checking my passport. I was confused.
Commercialism. Shopping. Billboards. Advertisements. Flashing Lights. Keeping up with the Joneses. Ugh.
The Government is clueless. *decides not to expound*
But I do kinda miss Big Brother and his socialistic tendencies.
Movies. TV. People watch quite a bit of this stuff. And it's often the topic of conversation.
Unlimited drink refills, yes!
The roads are extremely wide and the cars are freaking huge.
Southern accents are kinda funny.
It's nice not having a language barrier... though there have been quite a few times where a German word or phrase would have fitted much better.
People aren't as fat as I thought they'd be.
It's nice not to have to separate trash into half-a-dozen trash cans.
In general, people seem like they're in a hurry. And they seem slightly unfocused and unable to concentrate.
Water fountains are a brilliant invention and ought to be exported to Europe.
Stuff is generally less expensive.
Customer service actually exists... though it's nice, I would like to enjoy a meal without the waiter coming by every two minutes and asking me if I still have enough to drink.
The Spanish language is more present than ever before.
Mexico is taking over the Southern States.
It's weird talking in English to strangers. At the mall with my sister, I bumped into someone and an "Entschuldigung" slipped out.
Thunderstorms with tornado watches make me really nervous.
My heart is torn between Austin and Neukirchen.
Anyone else experience Weirdness when traveling between countries? Let me know - we'll add your stuff to the List. :)
1 comment:
I can't say that I've travelled to other countries (unless you count Mexico and Canada), but it's definitely refreshing to see your fresh point of view on Americans and how dumb we are sometimes. :-)
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