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What are the most American-friendly countries to visit in Europa?

What are the most American-friendly countries to visit in Europa?

  • France

    Votes: 3 50.0%

  • UK

    Votes: 3 50.0%

  • Ireland

    Votes: 3 50.0%

  • Russia

    Votes: 1 16.7%

  • Italy

    Votes: 3 50.0%

  • Spain

    Votes: 3 50.0%

  • Germany

    Votes: 3 50.0%

  • Austria

    Votes: 3 50.0%

  • Switzerland

    Votes: 3 50.0%

  • others

    Votes: 4 66.7%
  • Total voters
    6
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What are the most American-friendly countries to visit in Europa? :)

I will now give a choice of 9 - plus others.
And will not give "none" as an option to click onto.
But you may say so, of course? :)
 
All except Russia. I've lived in Europe for 12 of the past 14 years and I've found no kind of discrimination against me of any kind. People are friendly and treat me with respect. Americans can safely travel throughout Europe and will undoubtedly have a great time.
 
Rumpel said:
What are the most American-friendly countries to visit in Europa? :)

I will now give a choice of 9 - plus others.
And will not give "none" as an option to click onto.
But you may say so, of course? :)
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All of them if you don't act like a tool.
 
Well, the quetion is: "What are THE MOST American-friendly countries?" - not just any friendly countries. :)
 
So far 2 out of 3 say Ireland - and 3 out of 3 say: others
 
Rumpel said:
What are the most American-friendly countries to visit in Europa? :)

I will now give a choice of 9 - plus others.
And will not give "none" as an option to click onto.
But you may say so, of course? :)
Click to expand...

I can only speak to my experiences 30 years ago when I lived in Germany for six years. Back then, I would say, Denmark was the most American-friendly country I visited.

Interesting story...

I was sent out to recover (tow) a broken truck. I was in Bremerhaven, the truck was in Denmark. Because of speed limits, it took me till midnight just to get to the area where the truck was. So I checked into a motel in the center of a small town and went to bed. In the morning, I went out to get back on the road and I found a throng of about a dozen people looking at my big truck taking up six of the parking spaces. When they saw me, they wanted to talk. So, while I was doing my daily checks and maintenance, we visited. They were very curious, very polite and very friendly. They made my day and I'm sure I gave them something to talk about for quite a while afterward.

btw, Rumpel, do the Danish still celebrate the American 4th of July?
 
RabidAlpaca said:
All except Russia. I've lived in Europe for 12 of the past 14 years and I've found no kind of discrimination against me of any kind. People are friendly and treat me with respect. Americans can safely travel throughout Europe and will undoubtedly have a great time.
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That was my experience as well. Quite a contrast from the fear filled parochial assumptions made by many right wingers here.

When I was abroad, after 9/11, people were especially sympathetic and friendly.

When Bush and Cheney decided to start a war in the Middle East, foreign affairs were a topic best avoided!

I can well imagine the polite silence at the mention of Trump.
 
Mycroft said:
btw, Rumpel, do the Danish still celebrate the American 4th of July?
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They do! :)
They really do! :)

Every Fourth of July weekend, the town of Rebild is awash in red, white, and blue. There are star-spangled shirts and socks; soldiers hoist the American flag while people sing the national anthem, played by a youth band. Children in face paint run back and forth, stopping only to look up as fighter jets swoosh overhead. But this isn't the US, or even Canada. This is rural Denmark.

Since 1912, thousands of Danes (plus Americans, Danish-Americans, and American Danes) have come to the hills of Rebild in northern Denmark to celebrate the Fourth of July in what is supposedly the largest celebration of America's Independence abroad. The four-day festival, called Rebildfest, is a bizarre clash of Danish and American traditions: schnapps and hot dogs, Danish songs and American folk tunes, burgers and beer and pickled herring.
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How Danish People Celebrate the Fourth of July - VICE
 
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The world is a much friendlier place than some people think. We would all be better off without politicians and generally most people in every country feel that way. We have more in common than not.

I avoid talking politics especially in other countries though people in most countries know more about the US than we know about other countries. Recently they want to talk about Trump, more so than previous US presidents.
 
i'll give the UK a vote. everyone we met there was awesome to us even though the US had just elected a drooling moron that they disliked intensely.
 
Helix said:
i'll give the UK a vote. everyone we met there was awesome to us even though the US had just elected a drooling moron that they disliked intensely.
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Well, one can't hold the complete US responsible for that person. :cool:
 
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