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.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 82 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] cyborganism@lemmy.ca 28 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Hahahahaha right??? Ain't that crazy?

Edit:

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.

[–] thedevisinthedetails@programming.dev 40 points 10 months ago (1 children)

2h is a long ass trip we've just been gaslit

[–] cyborganism@lemmy.ca 20 points 10 months ago

If only we had a high speed rail system like in Japan...

[–] 018118055@sopuli.xyz 38 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] nick@midwest.social 5 points 10 months ago

Same, took 5. Still brutal as hell

[–] BluesF@lemmy.world 21 points 10 months ago

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

[–] Hawk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 21 points 10 months ago

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

[–] candybrie@lemmy.world 12 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I've done LA to DC in a week. You just don't pass through many cool places along the way.

[–] mosiacmango@lemm.ee 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

But man, can you look at some fucking corn.

[–] 018118055@sopuli.xyz 2 points 10 months ago

The Plains go on, and on, and on, and on...