{"id":1227,"date":"2019-02-21T16:26:59","date_gmt":"2019-02-21T15:26:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/icanbeme.space\/?p=1227"},"modified":"2022-08-30T17:48:55","modified_gmt":"2022-08-30T15:48:55","slug":"travels-usa-roadtrip-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icanbeme.space\/index.php\/2019\/02\/21\/travels-usa-roadtrip-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Travels: USA Roadtrip 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

USA Roadtrip 2019: <\/strong>
Prologue & Epilogue<\/strong> <\/h2>\n\n\n
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Google Maps Timeline: 12th-27th January 2019<\/em>
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My boyfriend, Enrique<\/a>, and his colleagues Audrey, Idriss and Max from O\u2019Sol<\/a> attended the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Afterwards I and Idriss\u2019 friend, Khalid, joined them for a road trip from 12th to 27th January 2019. It was my first time in the US, and I expected beautiful nature, delicious unhealthy food, XXXL-sized everything, a lot of noise, and – I\u2019ll admit it – superficial yet friendly people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All of my expectations were met, as you will find out in the posts about this trip, apart from the noise and the people. It turned out that cars in the US were generally newer and quieter than European cars. I was stunned by the silence, especially in Las Vegas<\/a>. I found US Americans to be very friendly, not in a fake, but in a welcoming way. I really enjoyed my interactions and talks with them, as they always put me in a good mood. Living there would be different of course, and maybe then I would have more difficulty with Americans generally not opening up as easily as Central Europeans, but as a tourist I truly enjoyed people\u2019s ways of behaving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We also encountered some rather strange things I hadn\u2019t seen before. For example, that cars in many states only need to have one number plate, either at the back or the front. It was interesting how it always caught my attention, because of how used I am to cars having number plates, both, at the back and at the front. On the road we discovered commercials that didn\u2019t advertise food or other products as you might expect, but rather advertised lawyers, hand-readings or religious messages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n