Posted on 07/29/2019 1:23:48 PM PDT by SteveH
You get it. I am not ashamed that I am from the USA. I am proud. But foreign travel at its best means blending in for the local experience, which is nearly impossible on a cruise or guided tour. The ugly American equates with Eurotrash/Eurosnots (”We don’t tip in the USA because we don’t tip in Germany”). Don’t be one of those.
LOL. I hate Disney World. Hate it, hate it, hate it. But I endured for the love of my wife and children. As a an expecting grandfather, I suppose I will have to go there again. Ugh!
Just curious: Where are you going in Italy?
I’m probably younger than you are, lol. Please, go to Italy and wear silly headgear and stupid t-shirts. The Italians are used to idiotic tourists.
Amanda Knox was guilty as hell.
Translation: I lived in Spain for three years many years ago.
My dad was stationed in Spain in the Air force when I was a kid. We traveled throughout Spain, Britain, Greece, Europe and North Africa when I was there.
My family learned to blend in to the local cultures and not to standout. We learned a lot more about the different cultures that way and were readily accepted into peoples homes and lives.
Beside learning to speak Spanish, we learned not to be the Ugly Americans that left a negative impression about Americans with the locals.
It also made me learn to love the United States and how special we had it here compared to the rest of the world. Many people today do not understand or appreciate that part of being Americans.
One of the most rewarding and profound memories of my entire life.
See my comment #66 below on this thread.
hey, my mom was a big streisand fan too!
next time i need a lecture from a hollywood type on how to hang out in italy (where i doubt you have been more often than me incidentally), i’ll look you up— on sugarmomma4me... meanwhile here is some “cats” to keep you company... lol...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWoQW-b6Ph8
well, blessings on the GF gig. (my own gig may yet arrive... someday...)
at least DW is not terribly far from cape canaveral and machine gun america. next time, consider dropping them off and having a blast at the range.
and now you know the hat and tshirt i wanna take with me on a cruise someday, lol.
(Smile) you remind me of what I saw at my polling place November 2016. Deep blue commie precinct but with a few good people.
> Amanda Knox was guilty as hell.
(what is this, toxic femininity day?) alas, the italian supreme court seems to disagree with you. and you know what dirty harry says about opinions.
were you abused by the nuns in school, gramma? you seem fairly... conflicted...
there are self help remedies for toxic femininity. however, this being a family friendly website, i cannot publicly recommend them to you.
:)
> Just curious: Where are you going in Italy?
spending a few days on the coast south of genoa, plus some extra days here and there nearby
I lived there 20 years ago and not only could you pick out the Americans you could pick out which coast they were from. Back then Amis were the only men over 35 wearing athletic shoes. Also for sure the only with golf style pants in bright colors (east coast). Nowadays though, Lots of older European men wear athletic style shoes especially for comfort while traveling.
in california colleges, back in the day, new arrival east coast girls were the ones wearing conservative, dark colored dresses (no plunging necklines, low hemlines), bras (always) and overcoats. oh, and the MTM hairdos. every. single. time.
Excellent, and I agree 100%.
Thanks.
If you have the time, take a train (high speed Frecciarossa) to Bologna and/or Verona. Both have beautiful, compact historic centers, great architecture, wonderful food, and unlike Venice, Florence, PIsa, and Rome, relatively few tourists.
And you seem to be a very sick puppy. I think we have another incel on our hands here at FR...
Girlene and Methany was incell last Friday night 'till they sobered up.
Then the County let 'em out cell.
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