10 Surprising Things All Tourists Love about America ...

By Jennifer

10 Surprising Things All Tourists Love about America ...

There are so many things that tourists in our country love about America that I just never considered til I hosted some European friends for a few weeks. Some struck me as odd at first, but with a little explanation, they all make sense. Ready?

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1 Our Candy

... but not our chocolate. Twizzlers, Dots, Sour Patch Kids, and Swedish Fish are all faves.

2 Petrol Prices

While we're whining that gas is hovering around $3 a gallon, they'repaying a heck of a lot more - like, $10 a gallon. Also a bonus: we apparently have a lot more gas stations than most European countries.

3 Target Stores

I kind of hate Target (because somehow I always, always end up spending at least $100 there), but my friends love the place.

4 Free Restrooms

Most malls, stores, theaters, museums, restaurants and other public places have restrooms, and we tend to take them, and the fact that they're free here, for granted.

5 Unrelenting Friendliness

We Americans are pretty friendly, walking around with smiles on our faces, always ready to help a stranger find directions and to recommend a good restaurant. That's a plus!

6 American Sports

Baseball is a hit, but another surprising favorite is American football. Who knew?

7 Our Accents

Tourists especially adore southern accents, with extra points for funny expressions and Texas accents, in particular.

8 Yards

Again, something I kind of hate (lawn mowing, ugh!) but something most Europeans may not have - a front and/or back yard.

9 Minivans/SUVs

While most of my European friends have driven a small SUV at home, most are mystified and then enamored of minivans.

10 Huge Serving Sizes & Free Refills

Our "normal" serving sizes are about twice what my friends are used to - which may explain our ample waistlines? And high cholesterol?

If you've spent time in the U.S. as a tourist, what did you love? What surprised you?

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What I loved in LA is that you can take your bike with you when you take a bus, you simply put it on the bike rack at the front! We should have this in the Netherlands, with our 18 million bicycles!

All of this in Britain-except target 💫 personally I think England is 50% better lol

The only thing I didn't like in America was that as a woman, you can't go anywhere by yourself! You can't go out late without anyone else! There are "stalkers everywhere!

I'm from the U.S. and take like all of these granted haha

10!!!

My family members came from Sicily, Turkey, Switzerland and none of them ever wanted to go back. Not even to visit. And this was prior to free refills or Target.

Its truw that you have to pay for bathrooms in Europe

@E it sounds like you're the hateful one. Not all Americans are like that.

While visiting Russian seeing family, at the train station, you had to go to the bathroom in a hole in the ground. You had to qwuat. Nothing to hold on to and no privacy. Makes you appreciate American plumping!

"5. UNRELENTING FRIENDLINESS We Americans are pretty friendly, walking around with smiles on our faces, always ready to help a stranger find directions and to recommend a good restaurant. That's a plus!" This is so far from the truth! Especially in NYC!

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