when talking to americans who've visited europe especially, there are a number of complaints that seem constant.
13- I had to walk around with a canadian flag on my backpack just so I wouldnt get harassed
12- who would have thought that putting chocolate on toast would taste so good.
11- mmmmmm real cane suger is awesome!!! so much better then corn-syrup in everything.
10- uh I order a glass of water...whats this fizzy shiate you brought me??!!
9- I thought authentic italian food would be better then it is stateside, but its just a bunch of sauce yuck!!
8- Darn british and their WC signs, I can never find a restroom when I need it.
7- whats with this 4oz non-refillable glass of coke, I want my 62oz bottomless glass
6- I horribly afraid of getting to the outside lane of a roundabout.
5- OMG all italians look like supermodels compared to germans.
4- you damn uptight germans, just give us directions, we know you speak english, stop saying you dont!
3- british food...its ummm...special...and expensive...
2- I ended up going to mcdonalds way to much because it was the cheapest/best food I could find...and I would never tough Mcdonalds with a ten foot pole if I were stateside.
1- damnit havent you euros heard of ICEWATER!!!! you take these trays and put them in some place cold to make ice...then you put it in water to make it taste good. you dont drink warm fizzy water...WTF is wrong with you all. ( this is the first thing americans want when they come back).
as you can see, most of the complaints revolve around food Americans tend to rather like the old world folks when we go over there, then whenever we talk to people stateside we go " oh you havent been?" like some elitist rich prick.
remember this is not a "lets bash americans thread" its the complaints you hear from your fellow countrymen when they travel abroad.