How does American food manifest in other countries?

[Orwell]

@obfusciatrist

Back in the early '90s we had distant family from Germany come and visit us in Vancouver, Washington. They had five things they wanted to see while in the United States:

1. Disneyland
2. The Statue of Liberty
3. The Grand Canyon
4. Willie Nelson
5. Cowboys and/or Indians

They truly had no sense of how large this country is. It was my first exposure to the fact that Europeans aren’t inherently more worldly than Americans (it was their first time leaving Germany).

So we took them to Disneyland (though they were aghast that it took two days of driving to get there) and a local Indian cultural site (which they weren’t entirely pleased with since PNW Indian cultures were not what they were thinking of).

Things haven’t changed much. I just met a German exchange student last week. He told his host family he wanted to take weekend trips to see NYC, Florida, the Grand Canyon and Hollywood. His host dad explained that all but one of those are farther than anywhere in Europe would be from his home, and not possible except for major, long vacations.