American Reacts to What Is Something Europe Has Changed in Your Mind as an American 

My Father is an ex UK policeman. On his first trip to the US he got himself lost in Vegas and decided to approach some police sat in a car to ask for help - they pulled a gun on him and told him to stand back. It was all OK in the end and they ended up chatting for about 20 minutes about policing but it was quite a shock for him at first. In the UK nobody thinks twice about walking up to police. They're there to help

I am a girl and im from Europe, lived here all my life, specifically Slovakia. I regularly go for a walk at night like around midnight or 1-2 am, never had a single problem or fear here or never was in a dangerous situation or even close to it, never felt unsafe here. But when i was visiting the USA, that was a mistake. Went for a walk 2 days in a row at night, got robbed once by a passerby and on the second night i thought, like nah this had to be just unlucky moment so i went for another walk and not even 10 minutes in the walk and I see a person get shot across the street. This experience made me scared for going for walks, i mean i still go for walks at night in my native country cause its very safe here, but now il be scared to do it anywhere outside of my country just from the experience in the US. In 2 days in the USA I experienced or witness more crime than I saw my entire life in my country. The crime rate is almost non existing here.

on the subject of police, in the US the academy is 6 months, in most of europe its a full on 4 year study, you actually get a degree, its a full on career path with alot of growing potential and encouragement, i think that the biggest factor as to why policing is so different

As an Australian, it's always interesting to me when I hear Americans say they feel the US is a very safe place. I think it's a combination of those either living in one of the safer states and/or a lack of comparative experience. "You only know what you know". Travelling is one of the best experiences I think people can have, as it expands your perceptions in so many ways.

I worked in a hotel once, and one night we had a guest from the US who after checking in called down from her room because she couldn't handle the window. I tried to explain it to her over the phone but she still had difficulties so I went upstairs and showed it to her. Her reaction was priceless. She put a hand to her mouth, sat down on the bed and just stared at the window. Finally she said: "That's so amazing!" I had to laugh. Made my day.

i'm from germany and i can tell you: yes a drivers licence here is expensive as hell (over 2k € afaik is normal). but two years? that's a new one in my book... i guess it could take you up to two years during the pandemic, where driving schools had also to close due to our regulations. but normaly i would say 2-6 month depending on your and your driving schools schedule. the only thing i can think of is, that he mixed in the probation time. If you get your drivers licence here for cars, trucks or motorcycles (from 125ccm upwards) you have a probation time of two years. Make one or more mayor errors during that time and get caught while doing so (causing an accindent, running a red light, speeding more than 21km/h over what is allowed e.g.) and your probation time gets prolonged for 2 more years, make to many of those an you can lose your licence! yes you can get it again, but that can get quite costly...

German guy here. Grew up in a small village, roughly 850 inhabitants. We got our milk, egg and potatoes right from the farmer across the street, like 100m away. We got a small milk can of 2 liter which we filled on daily basis like kind of from the cow into the can. Till I was 16 we never ever bought milk from any supermarket unless we were on vacation somewhere else.

in the UK, American candy has to have new labels put on over the original with "all" the actual ingredients on it and often warnings that some of the colourings etc can cause problems. Some food colourings used in the USA are banned in almost every other country in the world.

As an English teacher in Spain, I've often taken my students on international journeys; as a kid in Germany, I participated in similar ones and also in international and in-state travel with several youth groups. I keep telling my students the same thing I was told back then: if you get lost, find and ask a cop. My impression is that if ever I took them to the US, that would be very bad advice indeed. Here in Spain, the worst thing that ever happened to me when asking a cop for directions has been them first correcting my pronunciation and then talking a tad too fast for me to catch them completely, which then resulted in my missing a turn.

I have been to LA recently, spent 7 days there. I felt insecure every single second. The amount of drug addicts is scary, the amount of homeless people is horrible, I was heart broken. The food is off, even the fruit, I felt my body was not reacting well to it, for example, my face start to have zits, but I never had them in my life, not even when I was a teen. And the taste of the american food is also different.. I donno how to describe it. Of course not all was bad, of course. Specialy the people, they were amazing and made me feel so welcome. The american people was the best part, for me. One last observation: the tip system needs to go, it's unfair, and an insult to the hard work and human rights.

I do find it odd and worrying that so much is added to food in America. Even the most basic foods like bread for instance. So much sugar is added to bread that to non American palates it tastes more akin to cake than bread.

Here in Italy, in many cities, we have weekly street markets where you can find cheap but excellent groceries and clothes Also, I love milk here and the only treatment it receives before getting in the bottle is a heat one. You boil it, you let it cool and you bottle it

The coloring with American salmon is because most commercial salmon is bred, bred salmon doesn't have the orangy color, so they give them additives to make them colored. The Salmon in Finland he was talking about is wild salmon and does have its normal color.

I'm from Central Europe (Slovakia). Those tilting windows are used literally everywhere here - we also have them everywhere at home, even as small windows in the garage and basement. Driver's license cost me 350€ 7 years ago, today's price is around 1000€ and how quickly a person acquires it depends on how often he plans theoretical and practical exams and tests - that is from 2 months to a year.

When my cousin moved to florida from the UK, the first thing he mentioned was the food. In his words "Everything is full of shit" From the meat, bread and even fruit &veg. It's all pumped full if sugars, flavouring, colouring, preservatives and hormones. He showed me a pic of some burger King halloween burger, and the bun looked luminous lol

The part about the windows actually surprised me. As a European, I've known these my whole life. My entire house has these kind of windows. :)

Hi, I'm from Bulgaria - a small country in Eastern Europe. When I got my driver's license many years ago (I was 19 years old) the process was as follows - 1 month of driving school, you literally sit for hours like in school and learn the rules of the road. And about 1 month of driving in a special training car with an instructor next to you. No mum and dad taught me to drive - if they are bad drivers then you learn their mistakes etc. Now, on the day of the exam, you hold theory first. If they cut you off, you don't appear for the second part of the exam. If you pass the theory, you go to the driving test - a practical test. They take you through the worst intersections in the city, give you the smallest streets to maneuver, U-turns, parallel parking, elevation, etc. If you make a mistake - that's it, you don't get a driver's license. Now the rules are much more difficult and the process is much more complicated than it was for me. Just to note that the instructors are private certified instructors, but the examiners work for the police. On the day of the exam, you don't know which examiner will come.

I would recommend a trip to Ireland. I'm Swedish myself and have very much enjoyed myself there. My recommendation: Rent a car, buy a bed and breakfast guide and drive around. When you call a B&B don't be discouraged if they don't have room, just ask them if they have the number to other B&B's in the area - it hasn't failed me once. You can skip the famous Temple Bar district in Dublin though because it's almost only tourists even behind the bar (if you are there in tourist season at any rate).

My mother is 82. She and her friends go out about midnight and come back about 3, or 4. Is a university city, people from all over the world coming. They walk for example from nobody streets until the center full with students, sitting in parks taking an ice cream around nobody else, sometimes someone walking or there are elderly walking or sitting too, some couples and some groups of young people and mid age.. that is in Europe normal life style. Some places are extremely hot in summer the only way is waiting until 10, 11, 12 p.m. or 1 a.m. Remember in Europe we love go out and walk, alone or with others, even meet new people, just social interaction with people that you don't know is normal. 😘🇪🇦👍💖

I live in Switzerland and we have those tilting windows too. However, to save energy when the heaters are running (especially now), it's recommended to fully open the windows to air the rooms for a short period of time and then close them.

Oh, we are definitely taught The Police are our friends in Australia and generally they're pretty good at defusing a situation. Be honest, upfront and respectful, they'll treat you the same way.

I have eaten high quality food in Boston. In fact, that's all I ate while there. But I was given to understand that they have quality food, which is less common, and then all the bad stuff which most people buy. The difference is that here in Europe, there are serious standards on what can be produced and imported. So unless there has been some contraband food creeping up some markets, all EU food is exceptionally good compared to most other places

I'm a Belgian who lived in TX and currently working in NC, and even though I love A LOT about the US, the food is a big problem for me. I kinda looked into it and as always it comes down to money. In the US the rules for food production are a lot less strict than in in the EU. In the US the responsibility of food is put on the people that prepare the food, while in the EU the stricter rules apply to the food production. Food poisoning is something I don't encounter in Europe nearly as much as I do in the US, but in Belgium we eat both raw pork and raw beef without problem. That's something that's just impossible int he US unless you know the cow or the pig on a first name basis. Another thing that bothers me is how space is wasted int he US, you've got such an amazing country, and stripmalls is what you chose to do with it... Things I love are all the different subcultures and hobby scenes that aren't somewhat limited by language and large enough to be interesting. Also the Nationa Parks and public land is something I always miss when I'm home in Belgium, where I can't even think of a piece of nature where I can't hear cars in the distance.

05:00 "fresh" milk can actually last like 3weeks (unopened) but u need to add a couple steps to the processing. its called esl (extended shelf life) and we use it here in europe too.

You are so symphatic, open minded, want to now things araund the world. I love the positive feeling after watching Your videos. Greatings from Estonia

Being born in NZ, living in Australia and having traveled to Europe, the food quality, way of life and general livability standards are fairly similar with obvious cultural differences and nuances between them, but by comparison to the U.S it's vastly different and worlds apart. The biggest difference regardless of the the circumstance is massive, e.g food, healthcare, education, justice system, housing, workplace, social welfare etc etc, is the U.S will exploit humane sensibility and indivduals rights in favour of revenue collecting for corporations whereas that's highly illegal elsewhere and for very good reason..

There is a family of Americans living in Romania that has a RU-vid channel, and they also pointed out the windows here in Romania and how good this system is... I couldn't understand, I grew up with those windows, I thought everybody has them, it's hard to believe there is a "thermal" windows (like multiple layered windows) without this dual opening system.

Hi from Finland. I'm an insomniac and when I can't sleep I go for walks. I walk around the parks and streets alone all night and I've never felt scared or that I'm in danger. And I'm a woman and I live in Helsinki, the biggest city in the country. Also, we have basically no muggings or at least I've never heard of anyone who got mugged or robbed... but a friend of mine was once pickpocketed about 15 years ago.....

In the Netherlands they sell fresh milk. That you can keep for only a few days. But they also sell long lasting milk. It’s a simple proces they do with it without chemicals. So nothing to worry about

I would feel so restricted if I couldn't go for a walk whenever I feel like it. In winter it's dark here most of the day (Northern Finland) so if I couldn't walk in the dark I would have to stay cooped up inside and would go crazy. I love my freedom to roam ❤.

There is know way i could live in America. Blessed to be Australian.

Macdonalds fries in USA have about a dozen ingredients including colouring. Chips in UK have 3. Potatoes, oil, salt.

It's so weird to hear it from your perspective :O I know that gun violence and robbery are big issues there, but as a Hungarian (btw, we consider the UK as a slightly unsafe area :D) I and my friend went out to parties a lot in our teenage years, basically as kids, and always went home at around dawn, but never ever came to our mind that we have to be afraid of violence. Of course, there were, drunk people who are always finding some reason to fight over something, but someone attacking us or robbing us, really few times happenes in my hometown, and in general in my country.

The Scandinavian countries do so many things right. I'd love to spend some time there.

I am not from the US, but I have been there plenty enough to say that the diference in the quality of food is huge. Not only the culture of take out and fast food is everywhere, but even if I would search for ingredients to cook at home and pay several times more than in Europe, I would still come back home with several kilos extra. Its very hard to explain unless you experience it yourself, most people tend to defend what they know. I guess the only way to confirm is to go out, travel and try.

My sister lives on the West Coast of Ireland (County Kerry). If you have drunk a lot too much, the police will actually drive you home - and even once came the next morning to drive her to her car to pick it up. It is so rural there that the police are very relaxed about drink/drive.

Gotta say dude, you seem like such a likable, chill person, being real and not acting up for the views. Glad you chose to make vids like these. Best wishes.

Greetings from Italy! The first clip, about meat it's quite true. Here in EU the regulations about meat quality are very strict and I've discovered that a lot of USA meat based products are not importable in EU because of some additives in it. Italy in EU is one of the most restrictive country for the food regulations! We are messy for a lot of things and for sure we are not so virtuous if compared with other countries such Germany or Netherlands but for sure we are dead serious about food and wine. Food is sacred. This cause some goofy stuff like the price of McDonald's! Here the meat is so safe that you can eat a rare hamburger if you want but this safety have a price so a Big mac cost 7 or 8 dollars! An American guy who studied here for an exchange say to me that he spend the journey eat everything, every day he go around trying new food and drinking quite a lot (he was 20 and be free to drink for him was a new thing) and at the end he lost 20 pounds... He told me that the Americans are not fat are just swollen for the shitty food they eat. The second clip, about the milk, is just because the USA milk is generally pastorized and the uk is fresh. The long conservation milk can least for 3 months the fresh one 5 days...

I was in the UK forces during “the Cold War era (70s and 8s) I first had experience of these windows in 74 so they have obviously been available for decades, another innovation with windows was the wooden roller blinds. All the German villages you drove through at night were almost completely dark apart from street lighting. The blinds were operated from the inside so complete thermal Barrie and complete security once they were down.

I was once on hols in Maryland. I was taking the bus from NYC to Baltimore and was to get off at the "Secure" Park and Ride outside Baltimore, where my uncle was going to pick me up. We were early, so the bus rider decided to wait driving off as he was absolutely sure that as a white young woman it was NOT safe for me to wait the 30 min for my ride. That was a bit of a shock for me, as it was meant to be a 'secure' car park. 😮😊

If your first guys tried food from Finland imagine if he tries food from Spain, Italy , Portgual or Greece he will never want to leave from there :P

Where I live in Poland I really appreciate the safety factor here. I am an American and left the US for Poland in 2013 when I was 58 years old. Even late at night I feel safe going home on the tram. I did not feel safe at night in many parts of the US.

For the windows, it's very common here in france since about 20 years. The system is also applied on some doors, for terrace access. Bad point : it exist some security trouble for cat. Some of them try to get out when the window is inclined. The head and front legs pass, but the back get stuck by the hip. If the cat stay for a too long period, free hours, the cat will be parallelized.

I'm with you 100% on the lane discipline...it's simple,travel on the right unless overtaking. Unless yr UK or Aussie etc but it's still the same,travel in the slow lane unless overtaking.

Food quality and safety standards are one of the main reasons why EU and US will likely never have a full trade deal.

Here in Poland, you can start your "journey" to get a driving license when you have 3 months left to your 18th birthday. You have to take a ~30-hour (it's a "school" hour in this case - 45 min = 1 hour) theoretical course that'll teach you the rules, some basic first aid etc., that usually ends with an internal exam in your driving school of choice. When you pass the exam, you are allowed to take actual practical driving lessons. You are required to take at least 30 hours (actual hours this time) of these lessons. The cars are are prepared for driving lessons - they have a second set of pedals on the instructor's side so they can stop the car if you're about to do something dangerous. After you finish the practical lessons you can take a state exam which is split into 2 parts - theoretical, where you answer questions such as "are you allowed to turn right in this situation? " and a practical parts where you have to first demonstrate some maneuvers such as starting to drive up a hill. Then there's an approximately 30min-1hour drive during which the examiner goes through a checklist of possible situations such as "stopping at a red light", "parking parallel to the road" etc., you can't make a single "big" mistake such as not giving someone the right of way when you should (if you make a more minor mistake that doesn't pose a threat to you or other users of the road, you can still pass the exam, but the examiner will want to see how you do in the same situation the next time). The courses and exams are on manual cars by default, you can take your course and exam with an automatic, but then your license will allow you to drive automatic only. As for pricing it's around 3000 PLN for the course here in Warsaw (so ~650 USD). The exams are relatively cheap at 30 PLN for the theoretical one and 140 PLN for the practical part. You can skip the theoretical part of the course if you pass the state theoretical exam before you enroll in your driving school of choice.

In 2019 a American friend of mine came to visit me and my family here in the South West of the UK. The one thing that surprised him was that people that where Unemployed and people that had Jobs all lived on the same street / road, there was no segregation like he had grown up with in small town Ohio. Another thing he was amazed about and thought was a good idea, is the fact that Children and Dogs are allowed in our Pubs (bars) whilst in the US its not allowed in most states and towns. I took him and my kids, my wife and my nephew (all the children where under twelve years old at that time) to our local pub and had a good time as a family. He said it saves money on getting child carers / baby sitters whilst the parents went out for a drink.

One time around 10 or 11 pm my boyfriend's car broke down and police car stopped to ask if we needed help. They offered to take me home, while my boyfriend stayed and waited for his friend to come and help out with the car. That was really nice thing to do and it wasn't even the first time that police officers took me home when in need.

I am on the south coast of the UK. We have loads of Chinese places locally. To be honest, it's tough to find a bad Chinese. Oh and home delivery is free, and you normally get it in about 20 minutes. 👌

Back in the late 60's and the 70's, when my wife and I lived in W Germany, we had those windows in our Married Quarter. After finally arriving back in the UK and buting our first house in 1984, one of the first things we did was to have double-glazing installed throughout with those very same type of double operation windows plus similarly operating patio doors! A real benefit in warm weather, if you haven't got air-con.

I enjoy your videos and comments also topics

IN Germany we have shelf stable cows milk, which doesn't go off for month without fridges. It has nothing to do with chemical preservation, but how the milk is treated after milking the cow

I lived in the UK for four years and the food there is so much better, fresh wise. Their milk is delicious and their butter melts at room temp. Here in Canada it is still too firm to spread on bread that tears it. British sausage rolls and cheese and onion rolls blew me away! Yum!! ❤️🇨🇦

It was normal being a teenager having a few drinks to much , and looking like a drunk longhaired hippy, that a cop would give you a ride home in the early morning. Those were the day's ! 🤩

The window opening thing is the same all over Europe.

14:35 Getting your license in germany takes a few weeks at most, not "2 years". In fact, if you let the time between your last lesson and the final exam grow too long you need to take extra refresher-classes. Of course it takes a little longer if you combine licenses, since the mandatory classes get more if you add motorbike, car, commercial truck, trailer together.

northern territory of bloody australia had/has no open road speed limit. Freaked me out when I was sitting on 100mph and a cop flew past me like I was stopped!

She hates rain but spent six months in Galway - by CHOICE ??? ! ! ! !

So, I am oryginally from Poland and I had experience with good and bad policemen. Rude and cocky mostly times, but always it ends good for me (I was never the one who course the problems). But there is never problem to ask about something. Few years ago I was living in GB (Leicester, Newport, Cardiff) and there I haven't seen any policeman with gun... 😮 And now I am living in Belgium and I have only good experience with "Polite" even I messed up (not for purpose - rather lack of low knowledge) with something. They are always polite, willing to help and explain.

Location isn’t an issue here in Japan for fresh food. Because of an ancient history of eating raw fish, they have explored ways to keep it fresh for so long. Now, their flash-freezing technology is top notch. Flash-freezing freshly caught fish in an instant without breaking down cells. So when they thaw, you can see there’s no liquid drip coming out of the fish (which is caused by cells breaking down.) So you can eat freshly-caught fish as sashimi regardless of whether you live by the water or not. Been eating sushi and sashimi for two decades here and I’ve never once gotten sick. And yeah, salmon is supposed to be pink. 😂 They hold patents to this even in the US and Europe, so you’ve probably seen it at work somewhere. They use it for meat and fresh produce all over the world, like avocados in Mexico.

All my windows are like that. I have a son (15 YO) studying in Ireland and he travel the country totally safe, same here (in Spain).

to the milk thing (german perspective): since a couple of years the standard milk you can buy here lasts also up to two weeks (not opened). before it was around 4 days.

The window shown is pretty standart in Czechia. Even my nonagenarian grandparents have them at their house and they pretty much live in middle of nowhere with closest city about 22 km far away. They are very practical and in summer keeps the insect outside.

As a German hearing that driving 75-80mph as „fast“ waters my eyes 🥲 I would consider 130-150mph as speedy here but dunno maybe it’s just me

Ireland is another place I'd like to work abroad. My brother-in-law was in Dublin for a few years and the laid-back culture extends to the workplace. I thought we were pretty relaxed in Australia, but Ireland wins! The pubs are great too. I didn't like Guinness until I had it from fresh pipes!

Ireland is beautiful! I have been there ones on holiday, it is stunning! Gr from the Netherlands.

When I go my licence here in Australia 23 years ago, after passing the theory test, I had an instructor take me through a "log book" which had a set of tasks that you needed to do to make sure you were safe enough to drive on your own. From adjusting the mirrors and the seat to the right position for you and checking out the car to make sure it was roadworthy to then actually driving. You had to go through reverse parallel parking and stuff and it culminated on doing a 'country' drive away from the metropolitan area. After finishing the log book there was one final drive with the instructor where you had to demonstrate everything you had learned without any instruction whatsoever apart him them saying okay let's go into the hills or stop just here so we can parallel park (though that was normally a case of having to do it between actual cars instead of the traffic cones) As I was 24 at the time I then was only only on my "P plates" or provisional license for 6 months before having a full license. Now though I believe when you get your learners permit you have to stay on it for 12 months (6 mths if you are over 25) and then sit a competency test. Your "p plates" has t2o components, P1 and P2. P1 is for a further year with strict conditions (e.g. cannot drive between midnight and 5am and not allowed to have more the one person in the car between 16-20 yrs unless they are immediate family or you have a fully licenced driver alongside you in the front passenger seat, 0 alcohol or illicit drugs in your system and not allowed to drive a high powered vehicle unless over 25) Then you go to P2 ( which removes the conditions for driving after midnight and also the passengers. You are also now allowed to use hands free or bluetooth mobile devices.) You can then only get your full license after reaching 20yrs of age or completed 3yrs on your P1 and P2 licence (1yr P1, 2yrs P2) So all up to go from first sitting your theory test for your learner's permit to getting your full licence here in South Australia you are looking at 4 years total even though you can drive by yourself after the first year. Costs vary depending on how many times you have to sit your theory test and the different rates for the instructors you use and how often you use them.

"Linksspurschleicher" and "Mittelspurschleicher" as they are called in Germany (Left and Middle Lane Hogs) usually get a point in Flensburg + 80 €s in fines. Also, it is not clever to pull to the left lane at like 130 km/h because cars with up to 200 km/h can appear from behind, and they are usually faster than 150 km/h. They will usually flash the lights at you + they'll honk. Causing an accident this way is a 100 % fault for the car changing lanes and will probably result in the loss of the driving license. By the way, it is also kinda illegal to stay in the left lane in Germany as it is supposed to be used only for overtaking. After overtaking and having built up enough distance between you and the overtaken vehicle you are supposed to get back in the middle lane. The distance rules count towards the front and the rear! This system is called "Rechtsfahrgebot" to make sure everybody stays to the right. Overtaking on the right lane is also forbidden unless it is an exit off the Autobahn.

german highways are also always under construction. and yes about 2/3 of it is without speedlimits. but id say stick to 130-180 km/h for a normal ride. no need to go any faster really

To be fair, I did a 2 week holiday in the US which was all over California, then Vegas and did not find a problem with the meat and I have eaten all over the world. BUT I was mostly going to nicer restaurants, mum and pop type places or high end, that maybe were more likely to be sourcing higher quality or locally farmed meats. What I did notice though is: 1. Chain restaurant food was insanely heavy, I never experienced that before. 2. The portion sizes are way too big, like double of other countries. I hear Americans saying they order both an appetizer and an entrée (main) and I don't understand how it is possible, and I am huge. My wife and I soon learned to just order 1 appetizer and 1 entrée between us. 3. American Chinese food is TERRIBLE

7:58 - About feeling safe going home from the pub. The more eyes you have on you, the safer you feel. So I think one related factor could be the ammount of foot traffic that exist in Europe compared to North America. As Europeans usually walk, bike, and move between public transports you get more eyes on the street. Compare this with North Americans who more often are hidden inside cars. Even if you were seen by an equal number of people on both continents; you yourself would feel safer in Europe because there you would see more eyes.

People driving in the overtaking lane is a world wide issue. It’s against the law in Australia to sit in the fast lane, but it’s never policed.

Yes the licencing system in Europe is way tougher and expensive. I don't drive a car but do have a motorcycle licence. That was a very long and expensive process. Apparently in the US the bike test is basically the equivalent of our CBT. That's even if you have to take one, I've heard in some places it's basically filling out a form. No 125cc learning over there.

I'm from ireland (close to galway and lived in galway for a while, from connemara). I'd encourage you to come ASAP. It's a fairly laid back spot

A point. even if it just two lanes each direction, the left lane is ONLY for passing, it is NOT a fast lane.

No joke, I had some friends from Texas visit the UK the week before last. They stayed a week. Now they are looking for jobs here and planning to emigrate.

I recognize the Chinese one from multiple foreign experiences. Chinese food looks and tastes very different in different countries. I can't wait to try Chinese food in China and find out what it's supposed to be like :)

I was 19 and drunk while hitchhiking in 4 in the morning to my home town that is 10 miles away....police found me there and offered to let me sleep it of in the back of their car....once I was ready for driving their drove me home as they didnt wanted me to get sick in their car.....no tickit no warning....that was 2009 in Croatia

So, about the milk. It's about the pasteurisation process. When one "ultra pasteurise" milk it is heated to several hundred degrees Celsius for a second, this is what gives it such a long shelf life. (different manufacturers might have different processes). /bye :)

It's been a long time since I last visited the US, but I remember beeing disappointed by the most food items over there. I've been a very picky eater all my live, so this was no surprise for me at first. It happened many times before and will always happen again. But the amount of food that looked very good and tasted very different really surprised me. A donut is that much greasier and sweeter than a Kreppel, the chocolate looked good but tasted horribly and had no "Schmelz". The milk tasted like water with chalk in it, and the eggs had a fishy cardboard taste. I still like a lot of american foods, but some of the most basic things are just horrible.

It's the beauty of Australia 🇦🇺 even alot of people growing their own vegetables as don't trust commercially grown because they pump it full of stuff to make it last longer in holding fridges before public get it so can sell longer period of time and they can inflate prices as never a glut and as time goes on and still have products can charge more as out of seasons We are lucky 95% of our food is fresh a couple days old after handling transportation They also taste different because picked earlier to las for transportation and ripen in fridges with chem

Re safety: I felt completely safe in my neighbourhood. A suburb. Houses in a tightly packed grid. I had a female friend come over for gaming by herself by bus. When we were done, I walked with her to the bus stop, and waited with her til her bus came. She hadn’t asked me to. I just thought it was a nice gesture. What I didn’t know, was she’d been mugged waiting at a bus stop. In a residential neighbourhood. She never felt safe after that. One of my roommates (a woman) knew. And told me after I came home. In the same neighbourhood, I was biking home from work. As I had done for years. I was almost home, about 8 houses away, in the back lane, when a small dog came barking out of a yard, chasing me. I ignored it. And dismounted when I got to my garage. To my surprise it came around the corner of the tall fence and was right there. I used my bike as a barrier, to prevent a bite. I kept moving the bike to prevent new lines of attack. I called out to the owner to call his dog off. After a while with no change, I realized I was going to have to deal with this dog myself. So I bounced the bike towards the dog. It backed up a bit. The owner ambled down the lane towards us, called the dog 3 times. The 3rd time it backed up and rejoined it’s master. No word of apology from the guy. It made me realize my own safety is always an issue. Anywhere I am on the planet. At home. Commuting. At work. Shopping. Exercising. Whatever. It’s even more of an issue for women. Their generally smaller, weaker, slower. So. I needed to presente less threat. I’m over 6’ tall. Male. So. To strangers, I can be perceived as dangerous. Something to be aware of.

Subway bread has been reclassified as pastry and taxed as such, in the EU because it contains 7 times the normal levels of sugar allowed

Ireland s awesome.

Honestly I believe America Is kind of crap. I would much rather live somewhere like Italy, Germany or Japan. Our society today in America is so divided and I think it is very unstable at the moment. So yeah, that's my reasoning.

LOL that's so funny that you are surprised by this double purpose windows :D never thought it's a novel somewhere, it's so common in Europe

I once caught the wrong bus in Chicago... after like 20min I noticed all the buildings were suddenly shabby, and most people were off the bus. I thought, Do I just stay and come out the other side - or will it be even worse? I thought that most bus routes have the same one returning back on the other side of the road. So I got off, crossed road and luckily only had to wait like 2min for a bus going back towards downtown. 9pm at night, but a little scary. Can't imagine that in Australia (esp Brisbane).

I Poland getting a license is also a process: - you need to get check by a doctor and do psychological evaluation - then you need to get from gov permission providing all exams and records - after all that you can start training which is 30 hours driving with instructor and 30 hours theoretical lessons... you need to pass it and if you fail repeat whole thing - now you're ready to participate in national exams, where you must pass theoretical exam - then you can participate in practical exam and it has separate parts like car knowledge stuff, driving in special zone, doing manoeuvrers and driving in the city... It's expensive and if you fail (any part of theoretical or practical part) next one will cost more - and done... congrats you can legally drive a car. EASY (￣y▽,￣)╭

The problem with America and its relationship with food is that a) you seem to value quantity over quality and b) the standards you apply to food favours food producers over food consumers. Even if you could do something about the latter , the former is so embedded in your culture I don't think you can turn back from that now , some mistakes you just have to live with.

Re motorways in UK, and it's getting worse, you get huge lorries in the inside lane doing 35-40mph, slightly smaller lorries doing 40-45mph in the centre lane and everyone else having to use the fast lane, including vans that only do 50 mph - our main motorways are often moving slower than some of the A roads! (I drive on the M1 every day, and get this!)

Normal window in Denmark :D Oh yes, we get a lot of our beef from Australia, it is AMAZING! Served Australian beef tenderloin for 25 people to my sons communion - it was fantastic!! They did deliver the new Queen Mary of Denmark too (thanks, for Mary! we love her!!)

My son was in Europe last summer. His dream was to rent a fabulous car and drive the autobahn. He loved it but found the rental a bit expensive. He also attended a race track in Germany where you can drive an F1 . Yeah! He loved it. ❤️

Food in Australia did start heading down the same road as the USA in regards to major supermarket chains insisting from farmers that the produce be uniform in size, shape and colour for both ease of transportation and visual appeal; as well as have long shelf life meaning picked unripe and ripened artificially or in transit, and Aussies started getting accustomed to it to the point of expecting it. However, the tables are turning as more and more Australians are rejecting such tasteless food products, realising that just because it looks "perfect" doesn't mean it's any good, and so many stores are going back to more locally sourced natural fruit and veg. Unfortunately, in some parts it's still a problem because a lot of people still want to eat things that aren't in season, and with our vast distances, transportation is a major problem for genuinely fresh food, thus the mass commercialised unripe long-life fruits and veg that taste like crap but are uniform in shape, size and colour still have a huge market here. But in most places now it's easy enough to get "real" food, so it's not as extreme a problem as it is in the USA.

When it comes to food , think the EU has a stricter legislation on what is ok and what isn't.

The biggest reason a driver licence is expensive in europe, is because you have to get lessons from a professional instructor, in a adapted car. Not from a parent or family member in a regular car. It doesn't make sense to me. If a youngster fail to hit the brakes, for example, the dad, or anyone else, can not prevent that from happening. So aren't there, in the USA more accidents while learning? But anyway. You will just only pay for the tests. Here you pay for every lesson. (Maybe once a week 30 minutes will cost you 50/60 euro. You'll need 20/30 lessons. The cost of exams not incl. That's + 300. They do offer packagedeals. About 1100 euro's incl exams. But should you fail, re exam will cost you extra. And there's a huge waitinglist for exams here in the Netherlands, due to covid. 3 months is no exeption. And I was wondering. Most people in Europe learn to drive manual, standard. That takes more practice i'd think.

Very interesting clip, as an Aussie there have been stories in the past about meat processors "gluing" meat together to make bigger or better cuts. Crazy to hear there are worse practices in a developed country.

as an Australian i am so proud of my country i wouldn't leave to go overseas to live the lifestyle is fantastic you can walk down the main street without being harassed people are friendly *WE DRIVE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROAD* lol and i am happy to be born and bread living in this great country of ours

I live in Germany and the way that windows opens, we had a full patio back door which did the same. Pretty cool. Here in uk I’ve not seen them as much

yep, the driving tests portion is 100% correct, the thing I most heard in driving school, if you're switching lanes or in an intersection without any signs or traffic lights (which there are many of) drive in a way that no other driver has to touch a brake because of you, and on the highway hell yeah, if you see someone in your windshield gaining on you, you move immediately

“We don’t digest corn..” errrrr…. Yes we do. It’s been a staple food for many populations for ages. In its whole unprocessed form it is perfectly good for humans.