We've been home for 5 days now. We've met some wonderful people too. HL and I loved America and the Americans.
I thought I'd just post a few observations about how we as Brits saw your country. If each line starts with the observation "Only in America" you'll know that we mean not in England . Well not much.
Only in America..
Would an immigration official ask me in all seriousness if I were here to commit an act of terrorism, yes or no?
Could I find 2 double beds in our hotel room and pay for that room rather than the person at an astonishingly low price of $49 for 2 of us and that included breakfast!
Could we eat lobster, crab and oysters, as much as we wanted for $29 each and also get 5 platefuls each while the waiter sat and entertained Simon and Angharads boys.
Rent me a car where the parking brake is operated by my foot.
Have an incredibly well maintained road system that paradoxically has hardly any direction signs.
Allow me to turn right when the lights are red and lets me overtake another vehicle on either side and also not limit the outside lane for overtaking only.
Have enormous and long trucks with 18 wheels that are only allowed to carry 40,000 pounds against the UK's limit of 89,000. Maybe that's why our roads get so torn up!
Build houses out of wood, the concern being that the house would not fall down but might go up in a hurricane.
Have air conditioning as standard.
Where ice is not a luxury.
Where the people wish me a nice day and actually really, really want me to have a nice day. Thank you!
Where sports pubs provide darts made out of plasic for safeties sake to customers who can carry a gun.
Where petrol is one quarter of the price that we pay!!!
I could go on forever...
America and the Americans were very kind to us. I'm counting the time until we can come back again.
Englishman.
