Three biggest surprises in Europe
Jul 9th 2005, 5:22 am
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Re: Three biggest surprises in Europe
>> In Dublin at the crosswalks they have painted signs and arrows
>> on the pavement that say "Look Right ---->"
>> They probably have had a number of Americans run over when
>> stepping out on the road, after looking left.
> I think the most famous case of "looking the wrong way" involved
> Churchill being run down in New York following WW2.
Dubya has just levelled the score on that one.
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>> on the pavement that say "Look Right ---->"
>> They probably have had a number of Americans run over when
>> stepping out on the road, after looking left.
> I think the most famous case of "looking the wrong way" involved
> Churchill being run down in New York following WW2.
Dubya has just levelled the score on that one.
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Jul 9th 2005, 5:32 am
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Re: Three biggest surprises in Europe
"Robert J Carpenter" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Boston is the only city where I've lived that one need to look both
> ways when walking across a one-way street.
True for Boston, but I guess you haven't lived in New Orleans? They drive
like Neapolitans.
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> Boston is the only city where I've lived that one need to look both
> ways when walking across a one-way street.
True for Boston, but I guess you haven't lived in New Orleans? They drive
like Neapolitans.
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Jul 9th 2005, 6:37 am
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[email protected] wrote:
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> Tom Peel wrote:
>
>>We asked our visiting Mexican students. The answer was:
>>1. In Germany, the mustard.
>
>
> surprised, how ?
They probably were accustomed to the smooth, bright yellow
paste that is most familiar in the U.S. (and evidently
Mexico). Not only is the appearance of German mustard
drastically different, the taste differs radically, too.
>
>
> Tom Peel wrote:
>
>>We asked our visiting Mexican students. The answer was:
>>1. In Germany, the mustard.
>
>
> surprised, how ?
They probably were accustomed to the smooth, bright yellow
paste that is most familiar in the U.S. (and evidently
Mexico). Not only is the appearance of German mustard
drastically different, the taste differs radically, too.
>
Jul 9th 2005, 6:40 am
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andy wrote:
> Uzytkownik "Tom Peel" <[email protected]> napisal w wiadomosci
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>>3. In London, traffic from the right.
>
>
> right, it's so uncommon to know, there's left side traffik in the UK
>
> BIG surprise!
Well, apparently it's unusual enough so many crosswalks in
areas frequented by tourists have large signs advising
pedestrians "Look Right!"
> Uzytkownik "Tom Peel" <[email protected]> napisal w wiadomosci
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>>3. In London, traffic from the right.
>
>
> right, it's so uncommon to know, there's left side traffik in the UK
>
> BIG surprise!
Well, apparently it's unusual enough so many crosswalks in
areas frequented by tourists have large signs advising
pedestrians "Look Right!"
Jul 9th 2005, 6:41 am
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Tom Peel wrote:
> We asked our visiting Mexican students. The answer was:
>
> 1. In Germany, the mustard.
>
> 2. In Italy, the cover charge in restaurants.
>
> 3. In London, traffic from the right.
Does anyone else find this sad beyond words? At one time
travel was thought to broaden the mind. People used to risk
life and limb and endure terrible hardships to sample other
cultures. Here we have a group of, presumably young, people
who are amazed at trivia like traffic and mustard. Do they
really find they world so grey?
The responses have in their way been equally depressing.
Dull point-scoring over obscure brands of mustard, feeble
attracts on other country's food and the usual ignorant
American attacking the UK.
Noises Off
> We asked our visiting Mexican students. The answer was:
>
> 1. In Germany, the mustard.
>
> 2. In Italy, the cover charge in restaurants.
>
> 3. In London, traffic from the right.
Does anyone else find this sad beyond words? At one time
travel was thought to broaden the mind. People used to risk
life and limb and endure terrible hardships to sample other
cultures. Here we have a group of, presumably young, people
who are amazed at trivia like traffic and mustard. Do they
really find they world so grey?
The responses have in their way been equally depressing.
Dull point-scoring over obscure brands of mustard, feeble
attracts on other country's food and the usual ignorant
American attacking the UK.
Noises Off
Jul 9th 2005, 7:08 am
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> Does anyone else find this sad beyond words? At one time
> travel was thought to broaden the mind.
I'm just glad they didn't ask American students the same question.
1. "Well, like the malls really suck."
2. "Why do they speak those funny languages, instead of English."
3. "The women don't shave their legs, how grody."
I presume these Mexican students were teen agers and like 99% of teen agers
(when taken as a gaggle) they will tend to be a tad parochial in their world
view.
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> Does anyone else find this sad beyond words? At one time
> travel was thought to broaden the mind.
I'm just glad they didn't ask American students the same question.
1. "Well, like the malls really suck."
2. "Why do they speak those funny languages, instead of English."
3. "The women don't shave their legs, how grody."
I presume these Mexican students were teen agers and like 99% of teen agers
(when taken as a gaggle) they will tend to be a tad parochial in their world
view.
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Donald Newcomb
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Jul 9th 2005, 9:15 am
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Noises Off wrote:
> Does anyone else find this sad beyond words? At one time
> travel was thought to broaden the mind. People used to risk
> life and limb and endure terrible hardships to sample other
> cultures. Here we have a group of, presumably young, people
> who are amazed at trivia like traffic and mustard. Do they
> really find they world so grey?
Reminds me of US college - age spring breakers who travel to Mexico and
complain that "The Mexican food here is not as good as we get back home at
places like Chili's..."
> The responses have in their way been equally depressing.
> Dull point-scoring over obscure brands of mustard, feeble
> attracts on other country's food and the usual ignorant
> American attacking the UK.
"Oh well..."
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Greg
> Does anyone else find this sad beyond words? At one time
> travel was thought to broaden the mind. People used to risk
> life and limb and endure terrible hardships to sample other
> cultures. Here we have a group of, presumably young, people
> who are amazed at trivia like traffic and mustard. Do they
> really find they world so grey?
Reminds me of US college - age spring breakers who travel to Mexico and
complain that "The Mexican food here is not as good as we get back home at
places like Chili's..."
> The responses have in their way been equally depressing.
> Dull point-scoring over obscure brands of mustard, feeble
> attracts on other country's food and the usual ignorant
> American attacking the UK.
"Oh well..."
--
Best
Greg
Jul 9th 2005, 9:16 am
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Donald Newcomb wrote:
> I presume these Mexican students were teen agers and like 99% of teen
agers
> (when taken as a gaggle) they will tend to be a tad parochial in their
world
> view.
Teenagers everywhere are interested only in ONE thing: sex.
That's why travel is generally wasted on them.
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Greg
> I presume these Mexican students were teen agers and like 99% of teen
agers
> (when taken as a gaggle) they will tend to be a tad parochial in their
world
> view.
Teenagers everywhere are interested only in ONE thing: sex.
That's why travel is generally wasted on them.
--
Best
Greg
Jul 9th 2005, 9:19 am
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> It is generally considered a mild mustard, particularly when compared to
> English mustard. A German friend of mine, not long in England, was asked to
> help prepare ham sandwiches for a picnic. She put as much English mustard on
> as she would have had it been German mustard, rendering them completely
> inedible.
She's probably used to use a Swiss mustard, like THOMY, the one in the tube
best mustard there is.
> English mustard. A German friend of mine, not long in England, was asked to
> help prepare ham sandwiches for a picnic. She put as much English mustard on
> as she would have had it been German mustard, rendering them completely
> inedible.
She's probably used to use a Swiss mustard, like THOMY, the one in the tube
best mustard there is.
Jul 9th 2005, 10:37 am
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[email protected] wrote:
> Tom Peel wrote:
>> We asked our visiting Mexican students. The answer was:
>>
>> 1. In Germany, the mustard.
>>
> surprised, how ?
1. The amazingly low cost for great food in the french countryside.
2. The way Germans queue (or fail to)
I have no 3, right now
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> Tom Peel wrote:
>> We asked our visiting Mexican students. The answer was:
>>
>> 1. In Germany, the mustard.
>>
> surprised, how ?
1. The amazingly low cost for great food in the french countryside.
2. The way Germans queue (or fail to)
I have no 3, right now
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Julie
**********
Check out the blog of my 9 week Germany adventure at www.blurty.com/users/jholm
Check out my Travel Pages (non-commercial) at
http://www.dragonsholm.org/travel.htm
Jul 9th 2005, 11:41 am
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In article <[email protected]>,
Tom Peel <[email protected]> wrote:
> 2. In Italy, the cover charge in restaurants.
On a travel show, Americans were advised to use bathrooms at restaurants
in Florence because the public toilets were bad in her opinion.
Tom Peel <[email protected]> wrote:
> 2. In Italy, the cover charge in restaurants.
On a travel show, Americans were advised to use bathrooms at restaurants
in Florence because the public toilets were bad in her opinion.
Jul 9th 2005, 1:12 pm
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Tom Peel <[email protected]> wrote in news:3j9bg2FondpoU1
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> 2. In Italy, the cover charge in restaurants.
a national shame, in fact.
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@individual.net:
> 2. In Italy, the cover charge in restaurants.
a national shame, in fact.
--
QQG
Dopo dieci anni di politica, il suo patrimonio è triplicato, l’Italia si
ritrova senza il becco di un quattrino e lui ci rinfaccia la gita di
Pasquetta: un popolo serio l’avrebbe già inseguito col forcone. (Lia Celi)
Jul 9th 2005, 1:36 pm
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"Robert J Carpenter" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Boston is the only city where I've lived that one need to look both
> ways when walking across a one-way street.
Seville too, as well as having to look out for motor scooters up on the
pavement and zipping down narrow pedestrian streets.
In New York it's the messengers on bikes who are lethal and often hurtling
the wrong way down one-way streets.
Lana
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> Boston is the only city where I've lived that one need to look both
> ways when walking across a one-way street.
Seville too, as well as having to look out for motor scooters up on the
pavement and zipping down narrow pedestrian streets.
In New York it's the messengers on bikes who are lethal and often hurtling
the wrong way down one-way streets.
Lana
Jul 9th 2005, 5:43 pm
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>> In Dublin at the crosswalks they have painted signs and arrows on
> the
>> pavement that say "Look Right ---->" They probably have had a
> number of
>> American's run when over stepping out on the road, after looking
> left.
> I should imagine that there are far more Continentals than Americans
> in Dublin, and they too are used to drive-on-right.
> Boston is the only city where I've lived that one need to look both
> ways when walking across a one-way street.
I think you should add evey city in Italy.
> the
>> pavement that say "Look Right ---->" They probably have had a
> number of
>> American's run when over stepping out on the road, after looking
> left.
> I should imagine that there are far more Continentals than Americans
> in Dublin, and they too are used to drive-on-right.
> Boston is the only city where I've lived that one need to look both
> ways when walking across a one-way street.
I think you should add evey city in Italy.
Jul 9th 2005, 7:59 pm
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On Sat, 09 Jul 2005 08:45:04 -0700, Gordon Forbess
<[email protected]> wrote:
>I think the most famous case of "looking the wrong way" involved
>Churchill being run down in New York following WW2.
It was before WWII, and he nearly died, which brings to mind a whole
series of "what-ifs".
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<[email protected]> wrote:
>I think the most famous case of "looking the wrong way" involved
>Churchill being run down in New York following WW2.
It was before WWII, and he nearly died, which brings to mind a whole
series of "what-ifs".
--
Barbara Vaughan
My email address is my first initial followed by my surname at libero dot it
I answer travel questions only in the newsgroup
