• Cyborganism@lemmy.ca
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    Europeans thinking a 2h trip is a long ass trip. Then they come visit North America thinking they can visit from coast to coast by car in two weeks.

    North Americans going to Europe thinking it’ll take 4 hours to go from one city to the next when they can actually cross three whole countries in that time frame.

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      11 months ago

      The most culture shock I’ve ever experienced was being in southern France, craving some Italian, and realizing I can literally just go to Italy for dinner.

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        11 months ago

        Hahahahaha right??? Ain’t that crazy?

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        Same happened to me. Was in South West of France. Saw a board on the highway that said Barcelona was 3h away. Like what???

        So we went to Barcelona for a weekend because why the fuck not.

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      Am European. I drove from sfo to nyc in 4.5 days. Would I do that again? No.

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      No we don’t think 2 hours is a long ass trip. We think 2 hours is a long ass commute.

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      Honestly I blame American TV for this. Especially anything involving the FBI! In Hannibal they zip between states non stop like it’s nothing. I assume it’s all supposed to be happening over many days, but it just seems like they’re going to and from work in Minnesota and home in Virginia lol