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So this Italian man I met on the plane ride home from Germany had a few questions for me that he had after he visited America for business last year…. I had to try not to laugh when he was asking me them (if you lived over here you’d think this was more funny because we complain about the lack of ice, the small cars, and how nothing is ever opened all the time)

But this is what he had to say:

Question ONE:

Cute Italian Man: “So I’m sitting in a resturant with my friend and I ordered a coke. First off. Why is everything in America so big? I order a hamburger… it’s big. I order a coke… it’s big?”

Me: “I don’t know. That’s just how it is. ha”

CIM: “So she brings me a coke WITH ICE!! (makes a weird face) and I was already cold so I didn’t want the ice. I didn’t want to be rude so I was just going to drink it fast. So I started drinking it and I put it down on the table. I turned to talk to my friend and when I turned back around it was FILLED UP!!!!!! (makes this surprised face)”

Me: (trying not to laugh so hard because in Europe nothing has free refills and they charge you so much for even a glass of water)

CIM: “Why? Why did she fill up my glass again? I didn’t even ask her to!”

Me: “Well… ha.. umm… because we have free refills on cokes”

CIM: “I mean- Did I have to pay twice? In Italy if you order a coke you get one coke. If you want another one you have to buy another one?”

I then went out to explain that coke had free refills… he then proceeded to ask me if PEPSI also had free refills. I was trying so hard not to laugh.

Question TWO:

He started talking again about how everything in America is so big…

CIM: “Over in America you have automatic cars! I had never driven one of those before. I was driving and I forgot that I was not in a manual car and I went to shift the gears and I pressed the break and my car stopped and the person behind me crashed into my car… why don’t you have manual cars too?”

Me: “We do. We have both.”

CIM: “But what I really don’t understand about your cars is why are they so BIG!?”

Me: “haha yeah. The cars over in Europe are definitely smaller.”

CIM: “My rental car was so big I didn’t even know what to do.”

Me: “What kind of car did you have?” (thinking he was going to say a SUV of some sort)

CIM: “An Impala”

..... apparently to Europeans the Impala is a HUGE car. HAHAHA!!!

Ciao <3 Julie!