10 WEIRD THINGS THAT HAPPEN TO AMERICANS WHILE ABROAD 

許書嚴 😂😂 too funny

+Parker Middleton I agree. I will stare at you and wonder how I'd ask to bite your rosy chubby cheeks. lol

Yep, 100% true.

This sometimes happens when people step outside of their region too! Like the south, west, northeast, etc. The country is almost too big haha

@@ParkerMiddleton It may be spot on but I haven't a clue what he's on about. Probably because I am not on (or even understand) "social media". Thank God.

Yeah, when I hear Americans in the streets of Europe, I always get a little excited!

yeah unfortunately alot of us are busy working 2 jobs to barely afford basic bills. Things have gone downhill alot here in the past 15 years.

Audicula: Few Americans 1) Have any money. 2) Get weeks away from their jobs.

Audicula We're honestly scared of *ALL* of you.

DO you think it's a cost factor? Is it less expensive for someone to travel from say Germany to Spain than it is for an American to travel to Europe?

Ronnie Motherwell clothing, looks, and then of course once people start talking, the accent (and being loud, in general).

The Dutch countryside .........oh, I agree all that too.............and also, only eating in McDonalds wherever you are.

Ronnie Motherwell hahaha well, thats not really true though. At least, not what i experienced. And with the loud part, many dont realise it. So when i was showing around some american friends in my country i told them that they were really loud and they were surprised as it was their normal way of talking haha.

The Dutch countryside ...........a few years ago when my American cousin “did Europe” she (and her friends) landed in Amsterdam didn’t like the food on the first night then only ate in McDonalds in the different countries they visited throughout their trip.........such a lost opportunity

Ronnie Motherwell hahahahah oh my god. That's bad. And that while the foodquality in europe is so much better compared to the usa.

Aiko Goldston wow! What an amazing compliment! And yeah, now that I’m back it’s still weird because I can fall back into my old ways, but then sometimes I feel just as conscious about the problem as I do in this video. Have a great rest of your time in Europe!! You’ll cherish it forever

We are just naturally loud and obnoxious LOL

+Cris Yorke I like that answer haha, I'm an American too :)

MaryAnne Smith It's how we roll y'all! ;-)

Lreb Sten okay first off, wow thanks for watching till the end! Haha. Out of all mu videos, this is my least favorite lol. So thanks! But yeah I totally agree. Just have to watch yourself and make sure that you don’t get wrapped up in dumb things like followers and stuff, and post only what you want to!

Parker Middleton I agree. Posting should be a celebration of life. It should not make people feel bad or excluded. The main intent of social media should still be to bring people together. It would be nice to see a trend on social media that does just that. Kiddos to you. :-)

Thanks, Bradyn! and it surprised me as well!

Maddie Siegmund haha I totally agree! It seems too.. specific haha.

LOL never saw it like that but it's true

+Maddie Siegmund I think I'd like to live in the UK; any advice?

Maddie Siegmund you could say loo as a nice in-between :') us Brits use loo as well as toilet

UK is still in Europe 💁🏻‍♂️

As an American he is talking about you having more followers than you follow which shows popularity

IKR. I was like 'what the fuck is he rambling about'? XD

Yeah, only 36% of Americans have one! Not a big number compared to the other 1st world nations.

+nasachusetts I can never respect someone who has never travelled at least outside their continent. You are missing out on life if you don't travel. I've been to both the U.S. and several countries in Europe and noticed Europe was more civilized, cultured and the streets and infrastructure were often ALOT cleaner especially in Amsterdam.

I have been all over the world.....by far Europe is the rudest place. Not all of Europe mostly western Europe.

Yeah that is true unless you live near Canada or Mexico. A lot of people near the borders have passport. Also a lot of Floridians have passports due to taking cruises to the Caribbean.

brian black hahah rude? Most people are just straight forward and dont like bullshit, or overly friendliness. Europe has a lot of countries, so which one are you talking about precisely? And where are you from because it kind of seems like a culture shock you had?

TheEmeraldOcelot: The name "Todd" turns into "toad" in Spanish. 😊

Why? The "c" is pronounced the same in Spain. Lucy is very easy to pronounce for a spaniard, since we have the equivalent spanish name "Lucía". "Lucy" is pronounced the same as "Lucía" but wihout the last letter.

This doesn't apply to big cities though! My college town might just be weird haha.

Candid Tales oh wow! So interesting! And haha omg I can't believe they sometimes ask if you speak "Indian" lol. If they only knew how important English was in India itself!! Soooo many languages. And yeah you're so right about being understanding. Couldn't have said it better myself!

That's so awesome! You're going to have an absolutely incredible time! I think Paris will have a lot faster pace, but I think culturally they're both very rich, and the food is amazing in both places as well.

Kristy Garcia wow! So interesting to hear!! And haha yeah, I totally understand the politics thing. The best thing I found to say when things got heated because people would say things like, "Are Americans dumb? Why would you have/not have (XYZ)??", I would say, "Well, first off, I don't control every thing, and second of all, it's only strange to you because you never grew up in that environment, so of course the concept is foreign to you. I'm sure if I were in your shoes, I would think it's weird too". And that usually would help things out because they see you're not being like "Our way is the best!" without having to defend your opinion to the death haha. This worked with Gun control, abortion, etc etc.

That's a good way to put it! Personally, I'm not a huge fan of politics and I don't have the facts to back up my opinion. Like yeah, i hear what is being said on tv and read articles, but I'm not the type to have a debate on it, if i'm not prepared to back up my opinions. Usually, I just don't comment on it or I just say, "I choose not to talk about it" or my friend goes into it with them haha during our seminar, we have 3 British students and like 14 Americans and we have discussions on the different view points on certain things. Those 3 British students are on our side for the majority of the issues we face and they seem to be scared for us haha so we do run into those few who are actually caring. (they are also much more well-informed than I am haha)

Thanks for watching! :)

You're very cute Tee Mason

Jessica Ely I didn’t claim that social media was just an American thing. And as you rightfully said, the 30 and up crowd definitely have a different online pattern. So we’re both right in our assumptions.

It's assumed that they have died.

there are alot of people in the US that avoid social media its just those who let it run their life are unaware of this as these people hang out and do things with out posting about it.

A. B. KUDOS 🤗

KEEP CALM and PLAY SOCCER IN YOUR PAJAMAS ... I LOVE YOUR PROFILE NAME!!!

lolol obviously not everyone is like the people I described here! haha. I've definitely learned now how to have a healthy relationship with social media.

Michael Carranza hahah I miss when they call me that now!

Yeah I can get long winded about some things!

Thanks!

H. G. Yes! I went when I was a Sophomore in college. And I had 4.5 years of Spanish classes. I think you should go for it! You'll be surprised how fast you'll assimilate and learn new words and phrases, granted you don't clump together with other English speakers.

Thanks! I'm going to start looking into it!

Awesome!! So exciting!

Sean Gehrke no one has a clue what that means...

***** thats what i wear while skiing

If you're hot and in a western nation, wear shorts. Not a big deal. I find that Southern Europeans tend to be more cold-natured anyway since they're not used to A/C, and so for that reason, they're more likely to wear pants. Plus they may think it looks better too. But since you'll be at a beach resort, definitely wear shorts in the heat!

Too funny! #TeamAlwaysPale

Jim Green did i mention that my middle name is Ryan? That's so nuts if I didn't and you guessed another name that also happened to be mine! Haha and yeah it's weird when English sounds weird to a native!

I appreciate that!!

Hi! And I studied in a town called Alcalá de Henares which is about 40 minutes outside of Madrid. But I found people liked to stare on the metro and cercanías too, haha. And yes! People sometimes knew I was an American by the way I dressed, even if it was wearing European clothes!

Because in the English language, there is no such thing as UnitedStates-ian or a UnitedStates-ite or even UnitedStates-ese. If you speak Spanish or French, two other major languages spoken in North and South America, you'll know as well that they refer to us as Les Américains and Los Americanos. So I don't think many people have a problem with it.

E Al it's because the word America is on our countries name. Also, the western hemisphere is known as the America's, plural not singular.

Parker Middleton we refer to you all by Los estadounidenses

Haha thanks! Of all my videos, I was not expecting this one to be my most popular one.

Tim Kuilenburg I talk about this in the description

Some of it applies to Denmark as well.

Nigel Downey yeah the social media one is a little wordy... hahaha. Talk about going on a rant! Lol. Also, thanks! I did learn a lot!

Eric Burbach yes just going to say that, I presume that's where the nasal thing comes from as the character Parker spoke like that

Hi Stefan, Yeah In the description box I talk about how I know that I can't obviously speak for all of Europe because it's so huge and diverse. And towards the end, I wasn't even bothered by the weird looks/stares/questions. Also, it's pretty funny because I just remembered that many Spaniards thought I was German before I started talking. As for the tuition thing, European and American universities are a lot different in terms of what they offer. The average European uni tends to be for educational purposes only (which it rightfully should be); whereas, with American universities, it's much more grandiose in everything they do. From offering tons of services, having sports teams with huge stadiums and multi-million dollar coaching contracts, health centers, student unions, blah blah blah, and the list goes on and on. At the end of the day, it's almost a small city. I don't believe that a university here should have that, but...it is what it is! And so with all of these unnecessary costs that we have here, it would extremely irresponsible (and just stupid!) to relay this to the taxpayer. Taxpayers shouldn't be paying to subsidize things like this. So in Germany's case, it's more plausible for the taxpayer to assume these costs, because they're paying for education... not an education plus a million other things that shouldn't be free.

You look pretty German indeed ;-) Nothing to be ashamed of, I'd say ... Cheers, Stefan

Haha thanks :)

Thanks, Anna!

But he was saying when introduced with other foreigners he would get the most attention out of them. I think it's because that while Europe is very multicultural with people from all over the World you don't really see that many Americans there compared to people from other places.

depends on what exactly means "out of them" in his case...

Two things: For one, I explained how I noticed that being from America was clearly more exciting to some people than if a friend with me was from another European country. And that was not some type of exciting thing for me. It was kind of embarrassing because I didn't want to be the center of attention. Thanks @gacaptain for explaining it well. Also, you just said not to generalize Spaniards, and then you generalized Spaniards...

Parker Middleton Generalization? Its different commenting general average characteristics of nation and saying everyone of them is like that. I believe you are smart enough to know the difference:-)

Skadi the Beast well i can immagine that for an american in new york someone from texas is "less exciting" than someone from france

Chloe Hampton I think you misunderstood. I explained in the video that they would often think I was more interesting because I was American, HOWEVER, they'd soon realize that Americans are just people too and that not everyone is a Hollywood movie star. I'm in no way, shape or form insinuating that Americans are better. Just saying how I'd get more of a reaction since I was from further away.

xD i couldn't see all de video, start talking 1 minute about usa and spain culture and 5 minutes about instagram

BubbleMyJoy good luck!! Enjoy every second!

Thanks!

dont tell me rhymed , i know

You're a poet and you know it.

Luckily I stopped hanging out with said friends about a couple of months before this video came out.

nicogs97 haha yeah you're right that I spent a good bit of time talking about social media, but if you go to about the 6:19 mark, you'll hear me say "And finally number 10..."

That's good then! Haha

R DULA I honestly think they do,

thats cuz ur from Michigan (jk). But I think that the social media thing is more common in teens, especially for girls ( I see it more with girls) Where we have to post videos on snapchat of us doing crazy things to make it seem like we're more fun and groups picture/ and or a video showing who ur hanging out with to show that you have a lot of friends. Then theres also pictures with the hint of something expensive to show that u have money and are wealthy.

hittingtax26 Mississippi!

Parker Middleton What part? I'm from Starkville, MS

Thanks!

Stupid question. American teeth aren't better, they are whitened, that makes them just visually better.

Holte Heaven TV In my opinion, don’t worry about that. Standing out isn’t much of a problem. In fact, it may make your time easier sometimes because some people will know you’re not from there.

Thanks, Jackie!

I've already stated that these are my expressed opinions that have resulted from my perception of reality. Obviously no one can speak for the WHOLE of Europe and say that they aren't as active on social media. However, in my experience, those who I was around treated it much differently than those friends I used to have in America. But I don't believe I ever made such sweeping generalizations about either America or Europe in the first place...

Parker MIddleton __I didn't say you were generalising. I just thought I'd mention the use of social media in Europe, since that is actually higher than the US (also because the percentage of households with internet is higher), so all I wanted to say is that your perception is different from reality. Plus, the pressure to post exciting things online is an issue here as well.

chuck1prillaman that's only happened once thankfully.

Morning Star Hahahha you would think!! I actually noticed this on my travels. Americans are always the loudest on trains, subways, restaurants, and in parks hahah. All of my friends there though weren’t American, so we kept it quiet 😉

Undead Nightcore Britain uses Celsius more often though

I’m from Britain and have never used farenheit

Haha thanks :)

Of water.

Prepperjon 🙄 sigh

To the bathroom. From an American perspective, it just seems oddly specific to ask where the toilet is. I understand that's not how they perceive it though.

Parker Middleton guess im just used to both being said bathroom for bathrooms and toilet for places like public toilets as there is no.bath. there is also the facilities if at work or the restroom if in more reserved company. My German grandparents would say watercloset but it was more in a joking manner

Parker Middleton I get it I suppose i may just be out of step as I live in a very multinational multicultural city. When I travel in the US it sometimes seems a bit foreign to me even though its my country. Btw its nice to see a simple topic video with a nice comment section for once so whatever your doing keep it up as it seems to be mostly drawing out the better side of youtube =)

KelsaRavenlock thanks so much!!

Staring isn't polite in the US, so yeah, it's surprising.

It is not polite in Europe as well, but in Spain you really stand out. Although not polite, it is not a big offence in Europe, especially when someone looks different. It will be because of your pale skin (English tourists look like boiled lobsters after two days) and attitude. People will wonder 'Who is he and where does he come from?". And, as you have already discovered, Spanish people are truly different compaired to the people of the USA.

@@Gonzotabb In Spain is not a big deal . May be not polite , but neither a big offence .

OK , real U.S.Liberals would make a racebating nazi szene out of something totaly normal all over the world as getting watched in the public. someday ill visit the US just to Stare people to death xD

Crls Ry I think you’re confusing color for people groups. I’m definitely paler than Spaniards. I can’t even tan. I just get more red. Spaniards would tell me I’m blond, even though I have brown hair. I’m not “whiter” than them in the sense of people groups. We’re both of European ancestry lol. Please don’t make a mountain out of a mole hill.

Parker Middleton I know lot of people who cannot tan, red as a lobster, and they are Spanish. Plus, have you ever considered or noticed that Spanish "starred" between us?