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Europeans experience America for the World Cup

Jeepers Creapers 2. Just saying.
now you make me want a series of horror films of european football fans coming to america and running afoul of Jason, Freddy, Michael Myers, Chucky, that Jeepers thing, and all the others.

I give them 50:50 odds at best, irish hooligans for sure would give Leatherface a run for his money :P
 
Down here in Argentina we used to have free coke refills at McDonalds, they removed it once they noticed people would literally refill empty bottles. And there's a courtesy basket with bread or toasts with olive oil and oregano (wild marjoram) at restaurants but only one per table before ordering and maybe an extra one once you are already eating. "Bottomless" refills are wild, though unless you are in a "tenedor libre" (all-you-can-eat restaurant).
Bottomless pop refills are likely the same in US/Can. If it's a fountain pop you can get free refills in almost every fast food joint or restaurant. To cut down on costs, some fast food joints dont have self serve dispensers, so you got to ask for a refill. But most of them just have giant pop stations you do it yourself.

Though not all. Some will charge you for a refill, but rare. Heck, even if you go to a nice sit down restaurant it'll likely be free too. Although I do know one sports pub (which is surprising) which charged 99 cents for a refill. It's so uncommon to charge money that when you'd ask for a refill the servers would always tell you it's not free and costs 99 cents each to make sure you understand. lol

As for McDonalds, there's articles saying by like 2030 they want to phase out all those refill stations since they cost too much. If you want more pop you got to go to the counter and ask.
 
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Down here in Argentina we used to have free coke refills at McDonalds, they removed it once they noticed people would literally refill empty bottles. And there's a courtesy basket with bread or toasts with olive oil and oregano (wild marjoram) at restaurants but only one per table before ordering and maybe an extra one once you are already eating. "Bottomless" refills are wild, though unless you are in a "tenedor libre" (all-you-can-eat restaurant).
They're getting rid of them in the states too. All new locations have eliminated the self serve machines and they're phasing them out across old locations.
 
Who in their right mind would drink more than a couple of glass of soda a day never mind with the space of a meal?
 
I'm one of those gluttons. I probably drink 2 sugary drinks/day (pop or juice). Always have as a kid for my entire life until a year ago I cut back, but now I'm back at it. lol

I'm been downing pop since like 5 years old. I've never had a real cavity either. I've had 3-4 small preventative fillings where on Xray you can see a small thing happening, but I've never had an actual big filling ever. And I go to the dentist twice a year. My dental hygenist says some people just have really good enamel and spit that neutralizes acids well. lol
 
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The US is a fascinating place to visit, I went in the 2010s and really enjoyed it. Food was awesome, and I even enjoyed the aspects that people tend to dismiss, be it small towns or huge stores. Found every place to have some cool heritage and local culture. Europeans who are snobbish towards Murica usually have never travelled there before.

That said ... it has become so expensive. I wanted to travel there later this year, but will have to postpone for another time with prices of everything having skyrocketed.
 
The US is a fascinating place to visit, I went in the 2010s and really enjoyed it. Food was awesome, and I even enjoyed the aspects that people tend to dismiss, be it small towns or huge stores. Found every place to have some cool heritage and local culture. Europeans who are snobbish towards Murica usually have never travelled there before.

That said ... it has become so expensive. I wanted to travel there later this year, but will have to postpone for another time with prices of everything having skyrocketed.
Travel in America is really expensive for Americans too post-Covid. Cheaper and more interesting to go abroad I think.
 
The US is a fascinating place to visit, I went in the 2010s and really enjoyed it. Food was awesome, and I even enjoyed the aspects that people tend to dismiss, be it small towns or huge stores. Found every place to have some cool heritage and local culture. Europeans who are snobbish towards Murica usually have never travelled there before.

That said ... it has become so expensive. I wanted to travel there later this year, but will have to postpone for another time with prices of everything having skyrocketed.
US is so different pending the city and region.

Chicago - South side driving into the city had abandoned buildings, but downtown super nice (Magnificent Mile). But ride a subway at night and you got police and giant dogs patrolling the cars

Detroit - Downtown really slick, west side were ghetto neighbourhoods like watching an episode of COPS. Hungry and a bunch of us went to a Subway sandwich place and variety store beside it. Each place at the counter had bulletproof glass and to get your food and pay, it's a custom made glass with a revolving door. So put your money in a slot, the guys turn it and takes the money and the food comes out the other side. Like a revolving door at a hotel. We were like WTF? I've never seen bulletproof glass ever even at a bank.

Raleigh - Small town vibe with super nice hospitality

Buffalo - Blue collar town. Kind of grubby and old, but all people are super nice and the arena and pubs all play Bon Jovi and similar rock band songs

New York City. Familiar kind of metro area I'm used to. My buds and I got into a taxi. Bulletproof divider window separating the front seat driver and us in the back seat. You had to talk through this shitty looking speaker thing. We were all looking at each other like WTF #2? You can barely hear the driver and arent even allowed to sit in the front seat if there's lots of people. So we all had to cram in the back.
 
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So the World Cup is the reason I'm seeing these videos pop up? I didn't even know it was happening this year, much less in America.
 
This reminds me of those videos of those two British guys who travel around the world eating all sorts of excellent food. They had a great video on Bucees a while back

God bless Bucees.

A while ago someone sent me a video like this but it was a bunch of Japanese comedians trying every fast food hamburger chain in LA I think lol


e: I'm from Canada and we also have yellow school buses, but in high school I lived right on the wrong side of the boundary so I had to bicycle for like 25min in nice weather to get to school. I think during the winter and stuff I usually got a drive from my parents :pie_thinking:.
 
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When my buds and I hit the states for a road trip to watch sports we like it too. Ya, we laugh at the sketchy parts but since there's anywhere from 4-7 of us nothing is gonna happen to us.

But it's always a good time eating, drinking, sports, pubbing and the people there are always super nice working the places or just random people you sit near at bars. Once time a bunch of us met some locals and we all followed each other to another bar and we drove his car. He didnt want to get in trouble because he drank so he gave us his keys and one of us drove. He just told us the directions to go (maybe a 5 minute drive). It was great.

Once thing hands down better we'd all agree. The people working restaurants and such (hospitality kinds of jobs) are much better and friendlier than Toronto service workers. It's like they are all trained to have better attitudes and service than here. The nicest people I met were in Raleigh. Very polite with some of that southern hospitality vibe.
 
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Freddy the German and his adventures have been great so far. Saw some country musician is getting him to her concert.

Watching Brits eat BBQ is pretty hilarious. I made a Brisket Saturday.
 
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Travel in America is really expensive for Americans too post-Covid. Cheaper and more interesting to go abroad I think.
It's a shame. Would love to visit it once more someday. But for that money, I'd rather go somewhere I've never visited before. Although each state is so very different from one another.

Would love to drive from D.C. to Chicago or somewhere right through the middle of the country. Probably the least "explored" by tourists. And I personally have very fond memories of the smaller cities and towns, that I'd like to rekindle.
Just need 1 or 2 big cities for some impressive museums. Still want to cry my eyes out one day at the 9/11 memorial for example.
 
Clearly the thousands upon thousands of high school tv shows, movies and documentaries from the US are all in on the same joke. That makes the most sense.

Many people still believe that Polar Bears are roaming the streets in Poland, people can be very ignorant about other countries (especially on different continents).

There actually are some US school buses in Europe, used for very different purposes, I saw this in 2020:

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Even UK bus was there:

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The west would be a better place if Euros came here and we went there more often

The US is a land of incredible plenty and riches and variety, and Europe is the ancestral home for many of us and a place of great beauty and culture
 
The west would be a better place if Euros came here and we went there more often

The US is a land of incredible plenty and riches and variety, and Europe is the ancestral home for many of us and a place of great beauty and culture
Social media has given some people pretty warped ideas about what other places are like. Then when you have something like this that brings people together we can see how we all have a lot in common and how fun it can be to explore what another place has to offer.
 
Texas hospitality representing us well as always


I'm really not one for travelling but I've heard stuff like this a lot from Texas and wanna go there one day. Total opposite of this in Austria where no one will even speak a word with you if not absolutely necessary.
 
I am from Texas, the greatest state in the nation in the greatest country in the world. The Earth is OUR planet you all just live here
You are correct sir.

People should visit…it will change your perspective of what social feeds pump out about the US…and specifically the South.

Gaffers are always welcome when you are in Houston drop me a line!
 
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So the World Cup is the reason I'm seeing these videos pop up? I didn't even know it was happening this year, much less in America.
Seems like it, although i don't understand what part of Europe they're from to never seen ice machines or being impressed by cheerleaders. It's weird as fuck to be impressed by that. That said i would like to visit the US someday, mainly the east coast and the south stated because of the barbecues. New Orleans should be pretty interesting too.
 
Foreigners not accustomed to US/Canada restaurants, Costco etc.... are in for a treat.

The thing about Costco, it's kind of pointless except to look because you cant buy anything without a membership..... well unless they are with local friends or fam who have one.

Kind of true, but Costco is in many countries, and the membership works internationally. Even though we live in the US, my wife's membership is Japanese. Aside from US and Japan, we've also used it in Canada, Mexico, Iceland, France, UK.
 
Seems like it, although i don't understand what part of Europe they're from to never seen ice machines or being impressed by cheerleaders. It's weird as fuck to be impressed by that. That said i would like to visit the US someday, mainly the east coast and the south stated because of the barbecues. New Orleans should be pretty interesting too.
Some of it, like the guy pretending he's never seen an ice machine before, is just people playing it up for engagement. But there's some fun, more organic stuff with people having a good time too.

 
Some of it, like the guy pretending he's never seen an ice machine before, is just people playing it up for engagement. But there's some fun, more organic stuff with people having a good time too.


Yes, it can only be that, i mean it is ridiculous. Oh, i would have a lot of fun if i visited the US. I actually follow several sports in the US and was always interested in visiting, unfortunately the money is a big problem, but i hope i manage to do it one day.
 
Well makes sense considering that europeans are constantly listening to national state propaganda and watch videos about democrat run cities and riots. Considering that democrats hate USA in general you basically get only negative coverage - either about USA or Trump.
 
I've always had good experience with Americans over here in England. Not surprised they've shown impeccable manners to Britons. Happy to see we're reciprocating

Would love to visit one day, but damn that's a long flight.
 
Kind of true, but Costco is in many countries, and the membership works internationally. Even though we live in the US, my wife's membership is Japanese. Aside from US and Japan, we've also used it in Canada, Mexico, Iceland, France, UK.
For sure. I used mine in the US.

I couldnt believe it when I bought pants there because the lengths came in granular odd numbers. In Canada, mens pants (at least the places I shop) have pant lengths in only even numbers like 28, 30, 32, 34 etc...

At Costco US, they had 29 inch long. Fit perfect. Here I always have to buy 30 and either leave it or get it tailored a touch shorter. The variety is always incredible in the US for food, drinks, clothes etc...
 
For sure. I used mine in the US.

I couldnt believe it when I bought pants there because the lengths came in granular odd numbers. In Canada, mens pants (at least the places I shop) have pant lengths in only even numbers like 28, 30, 32, 34 etc...

At Costco US, they had 29 inch long. Fit perfect. Here I always have to buy 30 and either leave it or get it tailored a touch shorter. The variety is always incredible in the US for food, drinks, clothes etc...

I hate going to shop for pants and never finding your size in the color/style you want.
 
I love the positive reactions. Also see Europeans react to ranch dressing videos. It's the reactions to the most most mundane stuff that gets me.
 
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^ Ya, both Japanese players and fans are known to clean up after themselves.

Fans at Japanese league baseball games do that. And Japanese players in world tournaments in other countries tidy up their locker room before they leave.

Very respectable.
 
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