Comments on: Initial European Impressions http://www.rnningfool.com/19327/initial-european-impression Burning Money Wed, 10 Feb 2016 14:34:34 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 By: gourlay http://www.rnningfool.com/19327/initial-european-impression#comment-8728 Wed, 10 Feb 2016 14:34:34 +0000 http://www.rnningfool.com/?p=19327#comment-8728 I didnt really plan the train portions of our trip, hoping that it would work out. Part of me expected us to be completely fucked.

Also, we barely understood the language and we were in Liverpool.

]]> By: Sam http://www.rnningfool.com/19327/initial-european-impression#comment-8727 Wed, 10 Feb 2016 13:33:51 +0000 http://www.rnningfool.com/?p=19327#comment-8727 1) I agree on sticking out. Gourlay and I looked “American” when we went abroad. For the most part I didn’t think much of it, but I definitely had a few moments where I felt, for lack of a better word, embarrassed, to be American. There were also a couple of times I felt like we were treated differently as young, naive Americans (Gourlay, specifically the Italian restaurant in London. That waiter was a dick). Though overall people were very friendly.

2) I found travel to be one of the biggest positive differences. It’s incredibly easy to get anywhere with trains. Not only that, but they’re cheap. Generally there’s no cheap / easy / fast train to the big cities around Philly, which may be why Americans are less apt to traveling, whereas to them they go everywhere all the time.

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