My First Time in Europe (Safety, Food, Infrastructure, vs USA)

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[Turbo_TechnoLogic]

From Europe I can't imagine how is it not possible to just walk to a nearby grocery store whenever you need lol. I would go crazy if I had to drive every single time I want to do anything

[johnsparegrave]

Once, we had a person from the US staying at our house because she had no place to stay until she found a flat and she told us after 2 days to stop preparing crazy meals for her. We told her that we actually didn't and that this was how we ate every day and she was amazed at how good anything tasted and the quality (I'm in France btw).

[routchenko]

About the body odor, here is my experience as a European who has lived in multiple European countries as also lived in the US and has had the reverse cultural shock. This is my personal observation on the matter:
- In comparison with US citizens I've observed that we use way less cosmetic products. Multiple times I've had the opposite experience with US citizens where I felt that they smell like fresh paint, and extremely chemical.
- The other one is that they body odor is more a thing at the end of the day in Europe for me. In the US I used to drive with my AC on, park in front of the place I was going and walk back, my average steps were around 6.000 without exercise, in Europe a normal day for me is around 15.000 steps just to do my normal day to day trips. That was a comparison of my life in Austin, TX with car and Edinburgh without car, because I didn't need it.

[Auvas_Damask]

Yes, even here in Germany there are traffic lights for bikes. But if you want to see how it's done properly, you should pay a visit to our neighbors on the left. Greetings to the Netherlands. 🇳🇱❤️🇩🇪

[ole]

I am very surprised to hear what you said about bakeries! We have so, so many bakeries in Germany. Even the smallest village has at least one, and you will find very good bread and pastries there.

[Dreyno]

I know it’s hard to get over to Europe from the US but the next time you should pick one place and stay there for a week or two. You get a far better feel for a country or region and you can relax. Americans tend to try and cram in as many countries and cities as possible and half the trip is travelling. It’s exhausting and you get no kore than an impression of a place rather than get to know it.

[jarls]

The security check boarding the flight to the US is "special" for flights to the US, and AFAIK only happens when flying to the US. I believe this is a US TSA mandated check (and popped up after 9-11).
It is sort of a "welcome to the US" ordeal.

[jamesmay]

I'm really surprised you couldn't find bread in France and Germany. Germany in particular has quite a lot of different types of breads, and France is typically full of bakery's. In fact the French are obsessive about bread needing to be fresh, to the point that many will go out and buy bread every morning.

[psterud]

A picture is worth a thousand words, but a trip to another culture is worth a million.

[secret]

I once flew from Paris to Houston. After the flight I was absolutely appalled at the way people had strewn about newspapers, blankets, empty rappers, drinking cups and pillows. It was a pigsty. The stewardess told me that was normal! Well not where I come from. I also went to the Imax theater in San Antonio to see a movie about the Alamo. There were 3 other people there with me. They just kicked over their popcorn bucket and left it all on the floor expecting other people to clean up their mess. Maybe I am old fashioned or something, but who does that??

[brabbelbeest]

If you were impressed by the bicycle culture of Denmark, you really should include the Netherlands on your next trip, it will blow your mind :)

[ZachSawyer]

I’m glad you found your trip to Europe enjoyable. I hope we can improve all the positive things you mentioned and fix what still doesn’t work, so to make Europe even better for everyone to live and to visit.
I’m also glad you had the chance to travel to a different place. Travelling outside of our own country is a very refreshing and important experience that everyone should try to make.

[spotlight]

I think the diffrence with stores could also expand to our fridges. As a Polish person, I have like 5 to 6 convience stores in 5min walk and 1 big market. My shoping habits is to buy food usually for 1 or 2 days maximum. I don't usually have a lot a food in fridge that could become ineible and would be thrown away. Bread must be fresh. Great you enjoyed this trip, me also want to visit US one day and see how people live there.

[uwehoche]

Hi Heidi, about the body odors: the reason maybe very simple. In fact, biking and walking makes you sweat, whereas driving your car doesn’t, right ? Also, body odors are normal, perfumes and deodorants simple are not. I was born in Germany, spent my senior high school year in California, and now have been living in France for more than 30 years. And the one thing that really shocked me in the US was the ignorance most people had about the rest of the world. So it’s really great to see people like you guys travel abroad and being open to learn first hand about other cultures. Please keep on doing so.

[constantine]

What people eat affects their body odour. I think you noticed it because you are not used to the body odour of people eating different stuff than those you eat back home.

[gaynorhead]

There is a saying that “Travel broadens the Mind”, how true that is. So glad you enjoyed your trip to Europe.

[astraxatraxanan]

I don't know in which areas do you stay exactly, but this with the bakery stores sounds a little weird. And here's a thought: In many places in Europe, bakery stores don't sell only bread, and they don't put it in the windows (maybe because we conseder this as something basic), and they put sweets and biscuits and other bakery stuffs in the windows. So... are you sure you didn't find enough bakery stores, or you passed by? 🙄

[katschaccc]

I'm so happy you had a really nice time here in Europe. Travel is important to grow as a human and to build empathy and curiosity.

[fuglbird]

I hope you had a good experience in Denmark. I stopped flying to USA many years ago. I got tired of waiting two - three hours for passport control and customs on arrival. There are so many other beautiful places in the world.

[prammert]

Think about how we Europeans feel going through TSA/immigration entering the US not being a citizen or permanent resident. I remember my first time in the US and the 10 min interview about Everything with the TSA agent. That was horrific 😏