I often feel that way about American things abroad. Although, I admit to stopping into a Hard Rock cafe in London and in Rome to get my friend a teddy bear because she collects them. I did not eat at them.
There's something about a food that moves all by itself that gives me the heebie-jeebies.
Joyce ,'Never Leave Me'
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sj - Jun 23, 2010 12:27:43 pm PDT #23558 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Polter-Cow - Jun 23, 2010 12:28:59 pm PDT #23559 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
okay, I kinda wanted to try a MacDonalds in another country too, just to see what it was like.
When we were in the Frankfurt airport for seven hours, we found a McDonald's, and I recall their having some very strange sauces. It's definitely worth checking out, for kicks.
billytea - Jun 23, 2010 12:38:10 pm PDT #23560 of 30000
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
When I was in Greece I had an American couple ask me directions to the nearest McDonalds so they "could get a decent cup of coffee".
When I was in Egypt, I was for the most part on board with the cultural differences. There was one day, however, after a distinctly unpleasant experince with a shopkeeper when I snapped and walked for half an hour to find a Maccas for lunch, just so I'd know what to expect. (I figured I'd find one in the vicinity of the American University.)
meara - Jun 23, 2010 12:38:28 pm PDT #23561 of 30000
In college we had mcdonalds when in Scotland--but only the apple pies. Because (a) apple pie and icecream was 99p, and more importantly (b) they're still fried not baked there! Here I just eat them at checkers (sigh, none around here)
Laga - Jun 23, 2010 12:42:05 pm PDT #23562 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
My brother tells of being excited to find a place that served tacos in Dublin only to find they were sloppy joes on pita.
§ ita § - Jun 23, 2010 12:42:56 pm PDT #23563 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
We ate at McDonalds in London all the time. Where else you gonna get a burger?
I had a friend I went to Jamaica with who wouldn't eat the free Jamaican food right in front of him, preferring to travel and buy a burger or a steak rather than try new food.
Him, I judged. You're a university student. Be cheap, be adventurous.
Toddson - Jun 23, 2010 12:45:07 pm PDT #23564 of 30000
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
I can understand wanting someplace familar on occasion but ... coffee? in Italy? eesh
Laga - Jun 23, 2010 12:45:24 pm PDT #23565 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
now I want curried goat.
Polter-Cow - Jun 23, 2010 12:47:18 pm PDT #23566 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
There was one day, however, after a distinctly unpleasant experince with a shopkeeper when I snapped and walked for half an hour to find a Maccas for lunch
I had to Google that.
That is what Australian's call the giant golden arches conglomerate (McDonalds) that invaded our country like all other developed nation in the world.
billytea - Jun 23, 2010 12:47:38 pm PDT #23567 of 30000
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
We ate at McDonalds in London all the time. Where else you gonna get a burger?
Wimpy!