I can't imagine visiting Europe in the forseeable future. I'd get thrown in jail within minutes.
America is the last bastion of Western Civilization.
I was in France a couple of years ago. They were starting their cigarettes are evil campaign, so I had to go outside a lot to smoke. I referred to the anti-smoking crowd as nico-nazis, and fascists, and was told by my Italian companion that I could say anti-nicotine, but the words nazi, and fascist were not allowed in public because of Europe's past.
I was amazed that she would refer to blacks by the infamous N word. Of course, when she would freely use that word, we Americans would all say, No, no, no, you can't use that word. She said it wasn't a bad word there.
It felt like being in bizarro word. I bet it's more bizarro world now in 2006.
Visiting Europe was one of my life dreams. I was even fluent in German at one time. Now I have no desire to visit Western Europe, but Eastern Europe might be interesting.