Brits are back online with another apparently affronting American-ism. A Londoner, supposedly sick and tired of silly tourists, took to Reddit with a “PSA to Americans visiting this summer,” and warned that the British “do not shorten place names here” — a habit many Yanks didn’t even know they had. Apparently, this is an annoying … Read more
A trio of traveling Americans were just looking to tuck into dinner — but their entrees came with an supersized side portion of European enmity. The table trouble began when TikTokker @black_sherlock made the apparently egregious error of showing up at a restaurant in pretty Porto, Portugal for a 6 p.m. supper — earning the hungry … Read more
Pack light or get dragged. When it comes to traveling abroad, nothing says “I don’t live here” louder than a tourist dragging a jumbo rolling suitcase across ancient cobblestones — like they’re wheeling it through JFK. While exploring a new country should be something to be proud of — culture! carbs! cappuccinos! — travel experts … Read more
It’s a fork-and-knife fight. A viral TikTok video showing an American woman attempting the “European way” of eating has sparked an international food fight — and critics say her table manners are downright barbaric. TikTok user Amy Gordy @amygordy1 posted a now-viral video of herself trying out the so-called “continental” dining style — the one … Read more
If you are jetting off for a European summer, there is one date to beware of: June 15. Locals in tourist hotspots who feel foreigners are turning their cities into playgrounds while they are left behind with a housing crisis, rising rents and environmental impacts are planning to disrupt airports, tour buses and popular attractions … Read more
The rumors are true. According to a recent poll of European tourism experts, many citizens of the old country view Americans as “rude” and “entitled” — which might not be a total surprise. Reportedly, these experts were recruited by representatives from four of the most heavily visited European countries — France, Greece, Spain and Italy. Young … Read more
They do what? Every culture has its way of doing things — and America is not any different. Sometimes it takes getting out of one’s bubble to realize that the “normal” things they’re used to doing or saying in their home country might be considered bizarre by outsiders. A recent Reddit thread asked Americans the … Read more
Tomato, tomahto. A rowdy Reddit conversation throwing a spotlight on the differences between European countries and the United States has sparked countless mini-debates within a now supersized thread — and Americans can’t stop talking about it online. The transatlantic tit-for-tat began innocently enough about a year ago on r/askreddit, when user Raphael_Olbert posed the extremely simple … Read more