A hell of a lot more after investing in that country. Shops, restaurants, banks are all open longer. Throughout my stays I have often found myself baffle mystified and just straight up confused at some of the American ways.
So I now present to you what I have walked away with. Secon despite the “maaates” and the mayhem, most voters rate. I think of Little Britain.
I like your country. Sometimes I imagine what it would have been like today, if the British Government, before the American Revolution, had decided to be pragmatic and accomodating with respect to the taxation and other issues at the time,. Beautiful country mostly friendly and helpful people.
Lots of interesting experiences to be had. Basically prefer to visit the US rather then Europe or Asia. However I I’m not comfortable with the society - if that’s the right word - the underlying tensions, education system. Another allied English speaking nation in a different part of the world who are like us in some ways, but still completely different countries.
Boy, is that a huge misconception.
The culture shock is very, very real, but many of us don’t realize how foreign America may be to many tourists! The American people are witnessing an election campaign like no other. But what do spectators on the other side of the Atlantic think ? Given the choice of either Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump, Europeans were asked which candidate they had more confidence in to lead world affairs. There was a clear winner, as the chart below shows. Of course being the major power in our region and our reliance on America since WWII means our politicians pander to the USA.
But the public opinion of America is not particularly positive - bad politicians, bad politics, strongarming tactics, poor wages, poor health care system, lack of gun laws but then we hear of. The cookie melts and gets all ooey-gooey as the hot drink passes through it. It’s a hoax, made for us to believe that Britain moved over their criminals to someplace. In reality, all these criminals were loaded off the ships into the waters. The signs were there the whole time: in what country is the only thing more poisonous than the snakes the spiders?
Strong, active membership of the EU contributes to this. No knowledge first han maybe a German can answer that one. Australia is not real. For perspective, the United States is white.
If you’re used to living amongst diversity, well, Down Under might be a slight culture shock. We decided not to be. It does not have the same undercurrent of religion.
You may think you could hop on a quick flight from one side of the country to the other, but the reality is that a flight from Brisbane to Perth will take over five hours, or three days to drive. However, each state is so vast that there is plenty to do.
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