i love amerikan tourists

Oxford is the same way too. urban myths must be thin on the ground in Cambridge

I used to get tourists asking how to get to Annapolis all the time, and I'd always answer "you're here" until they said, or at least attempted to say, the words "Naval Academy". 'cause screw you militarists, it's a beautiful town with a hell of a lot more going on than that place.

Nice.

It would be hard to resist the temptation to redirect them up West Street and make them drive around the mall or something.

Send 'em up Clay Street.

-because of our largely suburban, car-centric population, when we go to compact cities we're always IN THE FUCKING WAY of foot traffic, on escalators, etc.

― Rihannamator (get bent), Tuesday, August 26, 2014 3:50 AM (9 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

This is certainly true of non-city dwelling American tourists visiting American cities.

american tourists don't believe in queues is my personal experience

I got out of a BART in San Francisco and there was this neat, orderly line of people going up the escalator.

And my first thought was WHAT IS THIS SHIT?

also - use of the word 'sneakers'

What if we're wearing these.

http://vagrantsneaker.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/hal-reebok-pair-1.jpg

This thread is relevant to my interests since we're going to Australia in December.

Last time I was there, I was such a poor Amerikan tourist, one of the waitresses thought I was Canadian.

^^^same thing happened to my family in australia, ppl seemed disappointed we were not canadian when they found out

While in Mexico, I was frequently mistaken for being Canadian, which never failed to make me irrationally offended.

Oh hell, they thought I was a Texan when I went to Mexico, which offended me greatly.

also - use of the word 'sneakers'

i know, i even felt self-conscious about typing that, but "trainers" would make me feel weirder yet.

theres no way the average australian could tell americans from (anglo) canadians, that is either a knowing reference to the 'conscientous/guilty americans abroad pretend to be canadian' demograpic or learning from experience that americans mistaken for canadians are less likely to be upset than canadians mistaken for americans

Tons of Deutsche tourists in NYC

^^^same thing happened to my family in australia, ppl seemed disappointed we were not canadian when they found out

― dan m, Tuesday, August 26, 2014 1:58 PM (9 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Tbf they might as well BE Canadian.

many xposts: weird that american tourists don't form queues when travelling because they sure as hell like lining up for no reason when they're at home

pleasant plains, you should visit the darling downs when you're in australia.

learning from experience that americans mistaken for canadians are less likely to be upset than canadians mistaken for americans

Maybe. I would've figured she guessed American since the odds would have been in her favor, but good point.

pleasant plains, you should visit the darling downs when you're in australia.

It looks like a nice verdant area with plenty of - wait, this is about my username, isn't it?

loool estela

there are surely worse places to go than this

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/42/BunyaMtns-SW.jpg

otherwise, wikipedia suggests the darling downs are a place where 'blokes' might live, and where more 'traditional' australian values might predominate

Sounds a lot like Pleasant Plains then.