They put their clothes outside to dry because it’s free, uses less energy and isless harsh on their clothes.
What are the most surprising things you have found while traveling?
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It’s the way we plan cities in the US, or don’t plan really. We’re light years behind.
Will always remember the first night on our honeymoon in Italy drinking warm whiskey and warm coke with the locals very deep into the wee hours.
Several of the major rail stations also wait until sometimes only 30 mins to announce the departure platform. Not as long of a walk as a big airport of course, but still too quick for comfort especially with kids in tow.
I do like the wall-mounted AC units many places have. My friend just added one here during a home reno, and his HVAC guy told him in 10 years they’d be everywhere here.
My scariest driving experience was renting a car from a place in downtown Prague and trying to navigate out into the countryside. They use right side of road but nothing else makes sense and it was bumper to bumper. I hate feeling like we’re in the way or holding things up when traveling so I was white knuckling it for a solid 45 minutes.
Anyway, all good mems right?
I too didn’t love how long they would wait to post your platform number at the train station. We had two elderly people with us and a shit ton of luggage when changing cities. Quite an experience. The wall unit ac was interesting. I like the idea of spot cooling a room but not sure how efficient if needing to cool the whole house and running all of them.
I applaud everything you said here except don't take away my ketchup! Don't tell all these people about the Indian food in London. They all suck people. Don't go. Please.
I do like the wall-mounted AC units many places have. My friend just added one here during a home reno, and his HVAC guy told him in 10 years they’d be everywhere here.
Those things suck. They leak all the damn time. Ruin your walls and flooring.
You must not have been in Sydney. SUPER expensive when I was there in college. We ate a lot of kangaroo which is basically garbage meat in their grocery stores but it was at least reasonably priced.
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Fatalities worse than Jamaica? They are crazy there too. I don't recall a lot of crazy drivers in the DR when we have been there but I also haven't gone to Santiago. Or really done much off resort.
It’s a whole new world out there “outside” the resort!
My S-I-L lost two employees inside of a week about 1 mile from his factory in LaVega a couple of weeks ago in 2 separate accidents. Traffic is nuts.
Perth, 9-1966, many Americans owned cattle ranches, John Wayne for one, and beef was plentiful.
Germans eat like bosses every fooking meal. Typical breakfast when we were there included a variety of breads, pretzels, cheeses and spreads. A meal like that typically gets me through the entire day.
Having to shite into a hole in the floor when I was in China for business was a shocker, but I got it done. We were at a restaurant that served some of the best spicy food I have ever had. I normally check the facilities ahead of time. I didn't this time.
In every country I have been to outside the U.S., the people are more active, fit, spend more time outside and use a lot of public transportation to get around with great systems in place.
Had some very interesting traffic experiences in Germany and China. Nothing quite like being on the Autobahn going 130 mph knowing if a tire blows, you're getting shoveled into a coffin. First time I was in China, our driver blew through a light going 60 mph. Our interpreter turned around and looked at us and said "stop lights for recommendation only".
Having to shite into a hole in the floor when I was in China for business was a shocker, but I got it done. We were at a restaurant that served some of the best spicy food I have ever had. I normally check the facilities ahead of time. I didn't this time.
In every country I have been to outside the U.S., the people are more active, fit, spend more time outside and use a lot of public transportation to get around with great systems in place.
Had some very interesting traffic experiences in Germany and China. Nothing quite like being on the Autobahn going 130 mph knowing if a tire blows, you're getting shoveled into a coffin. First time I was in China, our driver blew through a light going 60 mph. Our interpreter turned around and looked at us and said "stop lights for recommendation only".
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Sydney circa 2003 we were paying 2k a month for a 1 room apartment and I don’t think I ate beef once.
