Here are a few suprises I noticed when I went on holidays to America
- They don’t use electric kettles. They use the microwave or stove top kettle. Apparently they don’t have enough current for electric kettles.
- Takeaway coffee is not good. They love it, but I guess we may be snobs. Dunkin donuts and Starbucks are the worst. And don’t even ask for a cappuccino, it will disappoint, no matter where.
- Pets on planes. Yep you can take your dog on a plane, just pop it in a cute doggy box and slide it under your seat. On 3 of my internal flights I saw puppies. I wish we could do that in Australia.
- People are friendly. The further you venture out to the big cities people love a chat. They are curious and lovely to talk to.
- America for a visit costs a lot. It may have been cheaper in the past, but now things cost the same dollar amount, but when you factor in the currency conversion, things are really expensive.
- Shelf price is not what you pay. Expect to pay more. You won’t know the price till they ring it up
- I love how pretty much each state you go to is different countryside wise, and each state has a slightly different accent. Boston and Portland ME so very different to the rest of the country.
- There are people always asking for money, usually shaking an empty cup outside of all convenience stores.
- Things are great while out exploring in the cities, until you turn down the wrong street. This happened in Brooklyn, I was walking and it was starting to look a little dodgy, to the point I was starting to feel unsafe. Police officers spotted me and told me to turn around right now. I didn’t question them and did as directed.
They are a few things I noticed on my holiday travels, sorry vacation travels, often corrected by the Americans.
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