About Americans who visit Holland
 

Ive met many Americans here who visit Europe and in my case Holland. Not webmasters but just tourists.

And i have to say these Americans are always the most nice and polite people.

They are totally different than many Americans i met IN America. Like totally completely different!

They are polite and calm. Dont brag, try to fit in to the place they visit. As in they try to learn how to behave here and get accepted.

When you talk to them its a 99% chance they dont support Bush and often have a problem with the American gun law (which is rare for Americans).

They are friendly, buy you drinks, dont harass the local chicks. Give good tips (way too much for Dutch standards) and hardly ever cause problems.

Compared to tourists from many other countries they are some of the nicest people to visit Amsterdam.

The worst tourists we probably get here are the English. Especially the young guys.

But at least they spend good money i guess.

Then you have people from Spain and Italy, the young guys. The come here without any money. Their only mission is to live like a bum and get drunk and high all fucking day while begging for money. They are not really tourists, they just move here for a few months.

What aboot us Canadians, eh?

I have many friends in the Islamic Republic of the Turkishlands.

Stoned italians in the Burger King @ Leidseplein :1orglaugh:1orglaugh

i feel left out :disgust

and i thought we are your most loved neighbours :Graucho

I dont see too many Germans really. I know they are here but ive met very few. So that also means they dont cause much problems.

Where i used to live was one of the tourist spots for Germans in the summer and if i can think of 1 bad thing about them its that they kinda refuse to speak English (or cant) or try to speak Dutch. Now many people in Holland, especially the younger guys, speak a few words German so i guess they expect everybody understands them. Well actually most people do understand them but its just annoying that they dont try. Most Dutch people always try to speak a few words of the local language whereever they go. Just a few words but at least the try. Know what i mean?

I need to mark this down. Franck is saying something nice about Americans!

Im amazed how very few people in Germany speak English. Even the youth. Youd expect countries like that to have many English speaking people. Same like France. Those fuckers dont speak English.

Yeah, you can use this against me in the future.

I think you said you like our food once, too.

I like diners and those typical American steak houses. They just serve way too fucking much. Those plates are huge! And then you get a coke, already a huge ass glass and when its finished half way they fill it up for you again. Crazy.

Whenever I eat out I always end up with 2 more meals worth of leftovers. Did it yesterday. Now I have dinner tonight and lunch tomorrow. But, I'm a small guy. The typical person doesn't usually take home leftovers that I've noticed.

Best part about dining out.

you guys actually take home your leftovers? is that a common thing there?

There was a news message about it some weeks ago. We're starting to like you guys more and more.

I never had any problems with Germans. And I bump into them every day :thumbsup

When I worked in Germany for an IT rollout for a company. I had to learn all the computer lingo in german in addition to learning a TON of new german. By the time I left 6 months later I was completely fluent and I got some free expensive wine from the CEO

For sure. You'd be dealing with more open minded individuals, since they made the trek to visit the other side of the world. More laid back. The truth is the vast majority of Americans either don't have the time, the funds or are too scared to travel outside the US. And if they do, Mexico is the most likely destination.

People who travel are usually eager to learn more about another culture or country and WANT to fit in and get along with people. :2 cents:

what shoehorn said, people that travel have the money to travel and are usually a higher intellect than most of americas population so they want to learn the culture and are respectful to the surrounding environment.

I've always wanted to visit Holland. :)

It's called a doggie bag in Australia. I've taken home a half finished pizza a couple of times, but I wouldn't really want to think about consuming a scraped plate of more "liquid" food...

We call it a doggie bag here in the US as well.

i need to make a visit.

that's what i've been saying all the time...


mind if I quote you in my sig?

Portion sizes at restaurants here keep getting bigger and bigger. I took my grandparents out to lunch last weekend to a new steakhouse that opened up by them. I ordered a tbone and the smallest they had was 18 onces, also comes with 2 sides and a salad. Was the only meal I ate that day. :1orglaugh

i lived in amsterdam for almost 2 months a few yrs back (the presidential hotel) - i gotta say i wanted to move there cause the people and overall vibe of the city was one that you would want to live in..

i did notice that the germans were given a hard time - memories are hard to forget.

i found that if you make an effort to try and speak the native language of the country your visiting, people will warm to you -

germany was cool never had problems there and alot of the people i met tried to speak english but france was the worst of any country i visited.

Yep, Americans usually eat it all. That's why we've got a HUGE obesity problem.:2 cents:

Concur with this and the shoehorn/ghost comments--all true. The Americans that bother or are able to travel, don't live in a narrow world. They are worldly and intelligent most of the time. Like anyone who travels really.

The Americans you see touring in Europe aren't the average gun-toting, bible-thumping, Bush-loving, tobacco-chewing, bass boat owning, greasy rednecks you find so often back in the neighborhood, who rarely leave their own side of town.:2 cents:

Certainly is a massive difference from the absurdity on this board *LOL*

The US people I've met are exactly as you said, have sense and are far more interesting.

In fairness, my US friends are much the same - very polite and even more polite than us Eurotrash :)

Why is it so taboo to take home a doggy bag in Holland?

Has Franck been drinking?

Only 10% of the US has passports. This is probably going up do to new laws but is still pretty low. So as a rule you are meeting wealthier americans who made an effort to travel. It is cool that is shows though.

My experience is almost all people who are outside there own country are pretty cool. Makes sense as once you leave your comfort zone a certain sense of self preservation should kick in and tone down your worst traits.

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