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Esmoreit said:

Reasonable said:
I've never been anywhere (and I've been a lot of places) you couldn't write a similar article about. I've lived in US, UK and around Europe and have spend time on most major countries for business trips.

My conclusion - everywhere is odd if you look closely.

Now I do love to hear, what did you find weird in Europe?

Just asking because I overheard a few American girls talking on the tram how weird it was that literally everyone was cycling - which to me is incredibly normal. Everything is close by, there are bike lanes and it's more healthy/Green.

Yes, cycling can seem strange (by comparison to other countries) as an example.  I cycle a lot so to me it's fine but I can see that by comparison it's odd, for example in US walking / cycling can seem odd and in my experience American's do find it amazing how people cycle in places like Holland or walk around a lot in Europe in general.  I remember using a US tour guide in Rome once, and in one section being advised not to walk from A to B, A being the piazza where my hotel was and B being the Colesium.  I walked anyway - it was a30 minute walk!  Apparently that was too far for the average American tourist according to my guide.

Also various getting married drinking nights out, local customs, etc. can all seem odd if you compare them to another country, plus customs for eating, behaviours, etc.

For example when in US I tend to walk around because that's what I do.  The locals often think I'm mad!  On many occasions, because I'm clearly well dressed, etc. I've had cars stop, ask if my car's broken down and offer me a lift.  I explain I'm just walking 30 minutes from my hotel to my destination and they gape at me.  Why are you walking they ask?

I guess my point is that having travelled a lot I've realised that everywhere seems odd if you compare it to somewhere else - for example cycling is odd in Holland, etc. because they don't do it in US, conversley not cycling in US is odd because they do it in Holland... and so on.  So when I say everywhere is odd, I mean if you compare somewhere to somewhere else, and make one the baseline, the other always seems a little odd by comparison.