The top photo is a posed one of my granddaughter eating snails in France. The lower photo is what most Italians use instead of toilet paper in Italy.
When you go overseas you find out that the American way of doing things is not the universal way of doing things. It is like trying to find ice for a drink in England - they have more now - but it was difficult to find on early trips to the UK.
Now, you can complain about things or accept them or stay home. I thinks lots of people stay home because they are somewhat afraid of the different, the unusual or the outright strange. Just think how it must feel when someone from Australia comes to New York in December expecting summer weather. You know, there are just some things that are different.
Things I have learned to appreciate: blood pudding, tapas, afternoon tea, women who do not shave their armpits (sort of), and having mushrooms and cheese for breakfast.
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