One of my favorites is the backpackers note not to wear jeans in europe sinde
you will be identified as an American. On my last few trips to europe it
seemed everyone was wearing jeans!

Julie

AJH wrote:

Chris Jones wrote:
I've done this a few times. See a discussion of issues you will face in
my chapter "Living in Europe: Travel to the Max as an Expatriate" at
http://www.enjoy-europe.com/hte/chap22/living.htm

Interesting read, to see how European things are viewed from "the other
side". However, I'm wondering how long ago this was written? Some things,
such as "Because credit cards are expensive, few Europeans use them" are
simply no longer true.

I like this bit:

"At home, room doors are normally kept closed within the house. Rooms
which are not used much are not heated because of the high cost of gas
and oil"

Huh? I may turn down the rad in the spare room but the door is
generally open. And I'd question all the stuff on phones and faxes
being more expensive than America - that stuff is dirt cheap nowadays -
and the ubiquity (or otherwise) of pulse dialling.

Stuff like this needs to be datestamped and taken with a pinch of salt
if it is over a year old.


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