Once, we had a person from the US staying at our house because she had no place to stay until she found a flat and she told us after 2 days to stop preparing crazy meals for her. We told her that we actually didn't and that this was how we ate every day and she was amazed at how good anything tasted and the quality (I'm in France btw).

From Europe I can't imagine how is it not possible to just walk to a nearby grocery store whenever you need lol. I would go crazy if I had to drive every single time I want to do anything

About the body odor, here is my experience as a European who has lived in multiple European countries as also lived in the US and has had the reverse cultural shock. This is my personal observation on the matter: - In comparison with US citizens I've observed that we use way less cosmetic products. Multiple times I've had the opposite experience with US citizens where I felt that they smell like fresh paint, and extremely chemical. - The other one is that they body odor is more a thing at the end of the day in Europe for me. In the US I used to drive with my AC on, park in front of the place I was going and walk back, my average steps were around 6.000 without exercise, in Europe a normal day for me is around 15.000 steps just to do my normal day to day trips. That was a comparison of my life in Austin, TX with car and Edinburgh without car, because I didn't need it.

A picture is worth a thousand words, but a trip to another culture is worth a million.

Yes, even here in Germany there are traffic lights for bikes. But if you want to see how it's done properly, you should pay a visit to our neighbors on the left. Greetings to the Netherlands. 🇳🇱❤️🇩🇪

I know it’s hard to get over to Europe from the US but the next time you should pick one place and stay there for a week or two. You get a far better feel for a country or region and you can relax. Americans tend to try and cram in as many countries and cities as possible and half the trip is travelling. It’s exhausting and you get no kore than an impression of a place rather than get to know it.

If you were impressed by the bicycle culture of Denmark, you really should include the Netherlands on your next trip, it will blow your mind :)

There is a saying that “Travel broadens the Mind”, how true that is. So glad you enjoyed your trip to Europe.

I am very surprised to hear what you said about bakeries! We have so, so many bakeries in Germany. Even the smallest village has at least one, and you will find very good bread and pastries there.

The security check boarding the flight to the US is "special" for flights to the US, and AFAIK only happens when flying to the US. I believe this is a US TSA mandated check (and popped up after 9-11). It is sort of a "welcome to the US" ordeal.

Hi Heidi, about the body odors: the reason maybe very simple. In fact, biking and walking makes you sweat, whereas driving your car doesn’t, right ? Also, body odors are normal, perfumes and deodorants simple are not. I was born in Germany, spent my senior high school year in California, and now have been living in France for more than 30 years. And the one thing that really shocked me in the US was the ignorance most people had about the rest of the world. So it’s really great to see people like you guys travel abroad and being open to learn first hand about other cultures. Please keep on doing so.

I once flew from Paris to Houston. After the flight I was absolutely appalled at the way people had strewn about newspapers, blankets, empty rappers, drinking cups and pillows. It was a pigsty. The stewardess told me that was normal! Well not where I come from. I also went to the Imax theater in San Antonio to see a movie about the Alamo. There were 3 other people there with me. They just kicked over their popcorn bucket and left it all on the floor expecting other people to clean up their mess. Maybe I am old fashioned or something, but who does that??

I'm really surprised you couldn't find bread in France and Germany. Germany in particular has quite a lot of different types of breads, and France is typically full of bakery's. In fact the French are obsessive about bread needing to be fresh, to the point that many will go out and buy bread every morning.

What people eat affects their body odour. I think you noticed it because you are not used to the body odour of people eating different stuff than those you eat back home.

I’m glad you found your trip to Europe enjoyable. I hope we can improve all the positive things you mentioned and fix what still doesn’t work, so to make Europe even better for everyone to live and to visit. I’m also glad you had the chance to travel to a different place. Travelling outside of our own country is a very refreshing and important experience that everyone should try to make.

I hope you had a good experience in Denmark. I stopped flying to USA many years ago. I got tired of waiting two - three hours for passport control and customs on arrival. There are so many other beautiful places in the world.

I think the diffrence with stores could also expand to our fridges. As a Polish person, I have like 5 to 6 convience stores in 5min walk and 1 big market. My shoping habits is to buy food usually for 1 or 2 days maximum. I don't usually have a lot a food in fridge that could become ineible and would be thrown away. Bread must be fresh. Great you enjoyed this trip, me also want to visit US one day and see how people live there.

I'm so happy you had a really nice time here in Europe. Travel is important to grow as a human and to build empathy and curiosity.

The body odour thing (while quite different across Europe) is IMHO part of the larger pattern where many hygiene "standards" in the US are very much consumerism driven (I get this imagery of "picture-perfect fifties suburbia" where many US "hygienisms" may be rooted, possibly even earlier?). By extension of the concept, I've observed the (for a European cosmopolitan) extreme sensitivity of Americans toward e.g. using the same spoon or drinking from the same bottle with a close family member, or by yet further extension also the perceived extreme prudishness of Americans toward things that are considered just natural in Europe, like nakedness, anything "naturally bodily", etc. In the drive to minimise our ecological footprint, it has become even more acute to become more critical of many of those wasteful habits that satisfy "over-hygienic" standards (including but not limited to overusing cosmetics, too much showering, overusing air-conditioning, avoiding walking/cycling to reduce sweating, etc.)

I'm from Spain, lived in the US for five years (two different states). One of the things I found harder there was the lack of grocery-shopping convenience; but of course, one of my reverse culture shocks was "damnit! It's 5am and I can't go do my shopping!" The first time my mother came to visit me in my current home, she complained that "there aren't any stores close by!" I pointed out that what she's used to, having a supermarket, a butcher's and a greengrocer's you can walk to without crossing the street as well as another supermarket, two minimarkets (large convenience stores size-alike), two greengrocers and a fishmonger for which you need to cross one street _is not Spain's normal_ and that I was so terribly sorry that I only had four supermarkets (one of them what we call a hipermercado, the size of the larger US supermarkets), three butchers, two greengrocers and six takeaway places all within four blocks, which isn't exactly a food desert 🤣

Think about how we Europeans feel going through TSA/immigration entering the US not being a citizen or permanent resident. I remember my first time in the US and the 10 min interview about Everything with the TSA agent. That was horrific 😏

I can totally relate to your grocery store experience. I'm from Europe and from time to time I go to a conference in the US. It is located in some hotel complex and it is really hard to get to a grocery store from there to buy some apples or whatever. You really have to call an Uber to get there and of course also to get back. Being used to just walking to a grocery store close by, this is annoying.

I don't know in which areas do you stay exactly, but this with the bakery stores sounds a little weird. And here's a thought: In many places in Europe, bakery stores don't sell only bread, and they don't put it in the windows (maybe because we conseder this as something basic), and they put sweets and biscuits and other bakery stuffs in the windows. So... are you sure you didn't find enough bakery stores, or you passed by? 🙄

I am so glad that you and your partner finally made it to Europe. Can't wait to see the detailed videos! 🤘🏼

So happy to see that you went!❤❤❤ Can't wait to hear of your experiences in each country

It’s good to hear you had a good experience visiting Europe. I understand the reasoning behind only going for 2.5 weeks, since getting vacation time in the US, can be a bit more tricky than most places in Europe. I hope you can stay longer next time, and you are more than welcomed in Denmark again, so we can show even more of the country to you 😊

Delighted to hear you had a wonderful time on your first trip outside the US to Europe!😊 Looking forward to watching your videos about each country you visited and how you travelled from one country to the next!

Yes the food in Europe is healthier but also that factor you mentioned: A grocery store or bakery or butcher’s store is always conveniently nearby. You buy food right before you eat. or the evening before. That means you eat FRESH food everyday. It’s detail but it’s huge for your health. Here in usa, we have to drive to get groceries. So we stuff our fridge or freezer once a week usually with food full of preservatives which is in no way fresh. Even the most elemental foods like bread or milk. We don’t eat fresh food every day in America.

The way people behave towards you depends very much on how you behave towards them. So if you met mostly nice people you probably did things the right way.

In Spain and I think that in the rest of Europe it is also like that, in the vast majority of occasions when a pedestrian is hit by a car, the driver is civilly liable for the injuries caused to the pedestrian, criminal liability is another story. . Driving a vehicle carries with it a responsibility that includes taking into account even the negligence of pedestrians. In Europe the pedestrians are especially protected since we are all pedestrians when we go to school, to the store, to the bar, to the park, to buy bread...

Lovely to hear your experiences and to hear you had a good time over here💐

So interesting to listen to your video (I'm living in Germany) and hear your perspective. It's always good to change perspective. When I was several times in Florida, I also discovered a 'new world' Much love 💕 Matthias 👋

Buy the coffee beans, grind it at home. Usually that type of coffe is better

Starting to travel was the most rewarding thing I have ever done in my life and literally changed it for the better. I really hope that everybody gets the opportunity to experience it as much as they can.

Hey Heidi, greetings from CPH Denmark, great to hear about your overall experiences from your trip. Looking forward to watch videos of the individual places you've been to as well.

Our honeymoon (both german) was going to the US from Boston to Cape Cod to New York (by rented car) to Washington DC (by train / AMTrack) during the fall of 2015/2016. People were friendly (especially service / staff) and going to cape cod (with the fall coloring all the leafs) and new york (the big apple) afterwards was a huge contrast. But not in a bad way. I will never forget how I felt, when "the whole world / all ethnicities" had passed me after walking some blocks in new york. It actually felt good and wholesome - like the idea of a meltling pot country but materialized/come to life. I loved seeing the care that was taken for people with special needs / disabilities and liked that people seemed to be more releaxed / less jugdged. Therefore I am happy that your experience was good and can only give that positive feedback back to the US.

With respect to the neighbourhood shops, I believe the difference is that US planning laws often separate residential from commercial. Which is why you will only really see a mix in the older big cities. Your suburbs are residential only by design. Many places in Europe pride ourselves on having walkable cities. There’s also that jaywalking isn’t really a thing here. That was created by US motor manufacturers in the early days of motoring, when there was negative press around cars hitting pedestrians.

happy to hear that you had a good time in Europe, hope we'll have you back here in the future. Regards from Luxembourg

One of the things you learn in Europ(exept the UK) is that time isn't money, but a precious gift to spend with your family and friends.

You’ve answered the question of why (certainly in the UK) we have smaller refrigerators, because the shops are more accessible

Hey Heidi, great to hear you did it. There were several prominent authors, all said it slightly differently, but it all boils down to: once you leave your own country and experience others, your eyes will be opened, and you can never go back to being blind/ignorant/less cognizant again. You choose the word that's most appropriate/least insulting. It truly is a life altering experience. Not necessarily monumental, but important nonetheless. Only when looking back at your own pre-traveling self will you notice the difference. Edit: now that I've watched your video I can tell you that a) I've been grinning through the video the whole time, and b) been nodding my head nearly constantly in recognition and affirmation when you told your story. B.O.: potentially less use of overpowering perfumes/deodorant as well as more activity during the summer without AC. Like somebody else said below also the proximity of people due to a smaller or even non-existent personal space in general in Europe. That's the downside of the compactness here. Everyone gets used to smaller personal space.😅😂

Dkad to hear you guys had a good experience

Glad you had a nice time 👍🏼 I live here and always find something new and fascinating. Always a new town or food or some historical site. Come back soon ✌🏼

You've built a great channel and community with it, you really can make content for HOURS about your vacation trip haha

So sorry to hear about your experience at the airport. I'm sure the security had to ask these questions if anything raised their suspicions, but I totally understand that that is something you simply do not forget.

Great video. As a dane I am looking forward to the Copenhagen video. Btw you can find a lot of bakeries in Copenhagen. They are not expensive because of tourism. They are in general just crazy expensive. Thanks for visiting my small country. I hope you will revisit one day

I am glad you enjoyed your stay :)

It’s extremely hot now in southern Europe, heatwave after heatwave, forest fires, drought due to climate change, and men there tend to be more hairy as well aka the Mediterranean: Spain, France, Italy, Greece etc. Body hair means more smell. And what do people do when hot? They sweat. And what you eat also impacts this, especially if spicy foods. As a Norwegian I find people from Africa and south Asia to smell more, due to what they eat. And this is all due to what you’re accustomed/used to. If from that specific culture you wouldn’t notice this compared to someone who isn’t. That’s it. Doesn’t necessarily mean they smell “bad”. It’s just you who isn’t used to smelling it.

Dutchman here! Glad to hear you enjoyed your time in Europe. Yes, their are so many different countries/cultures/lifestiles to choose from, so please come again and enjoy other countries as well. I certainly understand you avoiding the well-trodden touristic cities/sites. That way you see/experience the real European lifestyle and cultures. One of the youtube channels I can advise is "Walters World". He is a really experienced travel advisor and can tell you the pros and cons of almost any country in Europe. Love to hear more of your trips.

Great to see someone understanding the car-dependency they've been brought up in, and just how nice it is to be somewhere with other options. Now you'll have to start watching Not Just Bikes and Oh the Urbanity, and Shifter and StrongTowns. Once you've seen it you can't unsee it.

Glad you liked it! I like you took some time off on the journey, with the long mornings and lazy days. IMHO, an average (Central European) gets a two week vacation in the summer, books 10 days (not to be rushed with the packing and unpacking), 1 day sightseeing in the place he's in, 2 days to the close local worthy beach/nice view/castle/hike. 2 trips to the 2 closest towns sightseeing, and other 5 days in-between that staying close to the base, visiting local beaches/restaurants/caffes/parks/whatever and just chilling. I think that ratio is a real vacation. Some itineraries I see look more like a job than vacation...

I totally get what you mean about the grocery store, I am Canadian, but my family is from Europe so I spent all my summers in Europe. The thing is, why it all makes sense to have so many things in walking distance in Europe is a mixture of many things that tie in together. A big one being the food, in North America we are dependent on hormones, pesticides etc. to get food/fruit available all year round, In most Europe they eat what is in season, this eradicates the dependency on preservatives. So these local stores, are within walking distance to allow access to fresh food to be purchased easily as most people do not buy weeks of food in Europe (like in North America) it is common for them to purchase a day or two worth of food...... btw Also the reason you see smaller refrigerators- not "American-Size". A great way to tell how we differ from Europe is, our bread is packed with many ingredients to last for a few days if not longer in the fridge, in Europe we would walk to the bakery daily to get our bread "for the day", otherwise the next day it is hard as a rock, due to it being so fresh. The other key thing is, I could eat 3x what I eat in a day in Canada but not gain any weight, another item proving that the additives are impacting hormone and weight management in North America. Also many people have less Allergens to foods in Europe. To show the detail and attention that Europe puts into food standards, take a look at ingredients listed on food items, almost 3 quarters of the ingredients added in North America is BANNED in the EU. In relation to the body odor, I get what you mean, TBH I find us supersensitive to Natural Body Odors in North America, Understanding that the heat levels, and the amount of physical movement in Europe is 3x anyone in North America (not talking about exercising, movement to "live ADL's"). I am so chill about that when in Europe, we are generally talking about odors related to sweating, NOT unbathed or "dirty" odors. So I find it absolutely normal and not offensive at all. Glad you got to visit some beautiful countries. Travel is the opportunity to connect w/ different people, cultures a true education of life. One of the main reasons I live in Canada, you walk through so many neighbourhoods and I swear you know which part of the city you are in by the smells of the food being cooked in that neighbourhood. It is a luxury to get authentic cultural cuisine that has not been Canadianized (or Americanized). But I do miss Europe!!!

Hi Heidi ! I really hope you enjoyed your trip to Europe. I just saw your Videos on YT a few days before, but realizing youre quite open minded, i think you are on a good way to experience the differencies between the US and Europe. Although me as a German I am not finished getting all different cultres assimilated until now, i wont stop getting it until I'm done. What european people dont like is ignorant people. So feel real Welcome back in Europe

So glad you enjoyed your time in Europe. Please come back soon to visit more countries. Always welcome in the U.K. ❤

Europe is by far, the best region of the world in my opinion. Not only the food, but the living quality, education, transports, climate, and most of all culture. Europe is made of many many countries and regions with its own culture, language, history and traditions. That’s the real richness of this fabulous continent.

Love the way it was the "smaller" things that excited you , that is kinda charming. And when it comes to security at the Airport, that was for your sake, trying to look out for you (and take it as a strange kind of compliment) , The body odour I think is just random. But nice you enjoyed it , the trip that is :) And by the way alone in Copenhagen there is around or more than 20 bakeries and more than than 700 in the whole country that is one for every 7800 person. So impressive you missed them :) :)

Hey Heidi. Glad you had a good holiday and thank you for your description of Denmark. It might be perceived as a smug navel-gazing, but I am interested in how people from other countries perceive Denmark. It is ONE way to learn something about ourselves. Looking forward to your video about Denmark, - my beloved homeland :-)

I am very happy you finally came and had a good time. My suggestion for next time you come is to pick one place, somewhere you know you liked the first time, not too touristy, and plan a whole week in a rental, to explore a bit more in depth. This tends to be cheaper because if you have a rental and stay put for a week you can save on moving from place to place and also just eat off the groceries and cook your meals. By staying you may try to live as though you were a European for a few days. Obviously, you will still be on holiday, so no work etc. But it can be a really rewarding experience to just visit local things (like stying in Padua, visiting the lical stuff, taking short distance trains to Venice and Treviso, for instance) and keep a slower pace for a few days, while really getting to know "your neighborhood". Re BO. Well, we just also consider it normal in Summer. I am not talking about days old stale sweat. But the fact that at the end of a hot Summer day you may not be super fresh is considered normal. Indeed I am going to have a shower shortly because I had a superhot day of walking across Turin yesterday, then just fainted in bed when I got home, so I badly need to freshen up. Generally speaking we prefer being less fresh at the end of the day, but not reek of excessive perfume to start with. Finally, girl, they interviewed you at the airport because you honestly look 17. You have some good genes going on.

glad u had a nice time. i had my friend visit fromthe uk (im in denmark) and some days we just walked around the city and did nothing much, just enjoying our time.

I'm glad you guys have been here, I live not far away from Padua and Venice and yes I can confirm Venice is a very tourist city! Hope you'll come back again in future, thre are a lot of "authentic" places to visit here!

Hope you had a wonderful experience.

Hi, thank you for the video and "hello" from Germany. You mentioned having been to Germany and I can't comprehend how you could have not had access to a bakery very easily....they are everywhere (!) around here. Come to Mainz and we would be honoured to introduce you to German bread ;-) Lovely that you had the opportunity to visit Europe!

Greetings from Denmark. I'm glad you had a good time here and in the other countries too. I'm definitely going to check out your video about Denmark too.

Thanks for sharing your experience. Very interesting to hear. For a European (Dutchie), four countries in 2,5 weeks sounds crazy 🤯. I can't imagine all the impressions to process in such a short time. Most people here either stay in one place and do daytrips, or 'trek' through one country. It helps of course a lot of us get to have multiple vacations a year so we feel less rushed.

When you talk about grocery stores, I would say that not having a grocery store near an apartment that you would like to sell, for example, it would dramatically lower your price. Having at least a small shop in the neighbourhood is something you absolutely need to be able to live. It is just considered a necessity, same as public transportation. About the body odour, it might be just summer and a lot of tourists in one place... or maybe you just happened to be next to smelly people. But I have a feeling you are just not used to ever standing close to other people in America. Your personal space is always bigger, so you don't really get to smell other people.

Lovely video. Thank you for visiting Europe. You should taste bread from Finland you will love it. Hope to see you and your family back again soon.❤

I´m looking forward to your videos of Europe!

Bakeries you find mostly in the part of town, where the people live. In City centers you have to be lucky, to find one. In our "suburbans" you have more luck. Be safe. Elmar from Germany

I was in Padua a week ago for the first time and its a wonderful place. The best part is a bicycle culture in that city, but for the infrastructure you shouldve went to Florence instead of Venice. As for the nature, if you travel to the random lakes in Italy, you would never get disappointed.

Very nice you made it to Europe. I can understand you tried to pack in as many places/countries as possible, but 2.5 weeks (if I understood correctly) for 4 countries are very ambitious. I think that's more of a frame to get a glimpse of just one country, such as France, Germany or Italy. Anyways, I am very curious about your videos and what you have experienced. You should definitely come back for longer. :)

I'm glad for you that you could visit parts of Europe... it's seems that you'll need to come back to see other parts, when you'll can. There's so many to see, and taste.

I'm glad you enjoyed it !! :) Nice video

Really fun to see your reactions to the world! Living in Copenhagen with my whole family, I would be happy to show you around next time. Let us know:) Hope you had a chance to at least visit Tivoli, Bakker, The Royal Castle, Rosenberg or Kronborg. (By the way: The potato-thing is kind of true, sorry for us 😊)

I’m Australian. For a few years in the 90s I had an export job, selling Australian office equipment into Asia, Europe and the USA I travelled extensively throughout Asia,Europe and the USA Like you, I revelled in the differences. Wherever I went I tried to avoid tourist spots and go where the locals go. Especially eating One of the striking surprises for me about that whole experience was that in all that travelling, there were only two places I couldn’t make myself understood in English. Those two places were downtown Los Angeles and M street in Washington DC IN LA, the area my hotel was in was a problem because I didn’t understand any Spanish. I don’t know whether the locals (including the hotel management and staff) were just winding me up but I had to walk out of the hotel and down the street to a pharmacy to be understood. In Washington DC all the African Americans spoke a variation of English that was incomprehensible to me, and they would answer my question in ways I was none the wiser for asking.

Really liked it. And i hate listen to people. Looking forward to more insight. Happy you whent to Europe and i see the change in the eyes. Insight

Well done for taking this first step. There was a time when I used to travel to Europe once a year then twice a year because I felt so good. Sure, my plans were laid out in advance and I'd book everything via Expedia but that helped me get over my fear of being in a foreign place. I took steps to move to France to learn French back in 2005 and I came back in 2010 to live permanently. Anyways, keep on travelling and having fun.

Hi I'm glad you enjoyed your first time outside the usa and hope you get the chance to spend time in one place and get the chance to chill out and unwind which is what holidays are ment for.

Happy you enjoyed it. Watching your videos I'd like to add that checking 4 countries in 2,5 weeks is quite a lot. Usually I (and many people I know) tend to spent 2 weeks in one country alone easily and still want to stay longer, plus the occasional weekend getaway to a city. There are many touristy places all over Europe, but you can still go there and buy stuff there, not all are rip offs. With the Bakeries, due to inflation and the high prices for everything a lot of small bakeries had to close down in many countries, but you should still see them everywhere, oftentimes around subway or train stations. Grocery stores ... within 6 Minutes of walking I get to about 8 different grocery stores here in Vienna. Now about the odor thing: Yes, we Europeans smell :) North Americans (including Canadians, since I stayed there half a year) were quite interested in that topic. Where you guys often shower twice a day, many Europeans do not shower every day depending on their work and such.

Nice to see that you have great time 👍

Looking forward to hear how each place was :)

Yay to you for taking the trip! It is so crucial to make experiences firsthand, so you would understand what "the others" are talking about. And, yes, most Europeans would just consider US Americans to be loud and noisy. But you have to be there, understand it, actually hear the difference. And this is just one example. And overall, food quality in the EU should be better. If not, werwould have seriously screwed up. 😅 And, yes, the zone building in US cities demands for a car. Definitely NOT the European way. I live in walking distance of several groceries stores and restaurants here in Berlin. And I wouldn't want it to be any other way. Because this adds to your quality of life.

No bakeries!! In Germany, there is a bakery on almost every road. It is part of daily life to wake up and go to the bakery first to get fresh bread or rolls for breakfast.

I'm very glad you had a nice time. Please come back! ❤️

I'm glad you did the relaxing too, and not just seeing new places. I've find the best way to enjoy a new city is to walk around, sit on benches, enjoy a cup of coffee, have an ice cream.. Hopefully next time you'll find your way to Finland! Let me know and I'll fix a cabin for you to stay in Lapland.

Dear, body odor is not a thing we cherish, But when you travel home from a night shift and your deodorant fails you, that´s what happens. Our deodorants might not be as strong as in the US, because we don´t like chemicals in it that harms you. We have stict laws for a lot of things, like what belongs in food od cosmetics. We have in Europe scientists constantly testing things in laboratories BEFORE they are allowed on the market. As I was informed, it is the other way round in the US.

I have exactly the opposite experience with bakeries. These are everywhere in Czech Republic, but when I was in USA, I literally didn't find any. Interesting.

chilling in Cities is fabulous even mor if you 'dive' into the town meaning having contact with locals chatting or doing things. It's the best way not only to see but to feel a city ;)

Nice video !

Oh wow you did 4 countries in 2.5 weeks? crazy, I don't think Europeans would ever travel like that, 2 weeks for one country is so little. I'm so glad for you though that you could experience this, travelling gives you so much more than money can buy. It changes you and your view of the world forever. I think the thing that happened at the airport is very unusual, I have been to many countries and airports in Europe and this has never ever happened to me. Maybe you looked similar to someone they were looking for?

Body odor is a toppic that could fill whole encyclopedias 🤔 First you have to seperate do they just smell or do they actually stink? The smell itself can actually work like an aphrodisiac. Test it, hug your hubby and smell him right behind his ears after workout. Its just important the sweat is fresh and not 3 days old. On the other hand the majority of people in Europe just prefer the convienience. We shower once a day, use just some deo under the arm pits and thats it! No eau de cologne, no aftershave, or other kinds of perfume is needed on an everyday base. If you over do it people even may start to trash talk:" XYZ smells again like a 7floor Brothel!" ... and since nobody here uses AC, sweat management becomes especially handy during summer because of the evaporative cooling caused by the thin layer of sweat on your skin.

To buy bakery we generally go to the bakery, and in that case a long line is generally a good sign, especialy during the day when there are not just many people buying their bread after work.

Haha, so nice. Welcome to Finland! 🤘🤘🤘

Bakeries are quite often not located in city centers, because rents would be too hight there. They tend to be more often in residential areas or public trasport hubs. Next time use Google maps to find some. Especially in Germany and France you shouldn't have had problems finding some.

Well, the TSA is a nice example how NOT to to let a visitor feel welcome :D On the other hand, we had an exchange student here from the US, and he really asked us when we planned to immigrate to the US as he was under the impression that EVERYONE wanted to live in the US. Well, I explained the many reasons why I rather stay in Europe. After his exchange period he did understand and was amazed how different the US is and in many ways not in the best way to be different, so I asked him, when he planned to move here :D

Glad you enjoyed your stay in Europe. In Denmark there are a lot of bakeries. BUT it depends on what kind of a bakery you want. The authentic bakery shops, where there are mostly only cake and bread are not so many, that depends on the city you are in. Most cities have at least 1 local bakery though. BUT there are a bakery department in every "Føtex", "Super Brugsen", "Lidl" and Kvickly which are a kind of convenience stores.

Bread and such can usually be found from market halls, regardless of where you are. Rents can be high in areas with high foot traffic so pure bakeries that serve bread aren't necessarily that common, depending on your location. But market halls are usually where you can find all sorts of food related goods regardless where you are.

Quite nice to hear a first-time experience of an American in Europe. Here in Paris France there is really a bakery in every street, I think you were a bit unlucky on that point. The body odor thing is probably true. Driving with AC and more deodorants in the US reduce body odor a lot probably. Also my experience is, that you are usually more aware of smells in far foreign countries. Previously I thought body odor had some link to bad hygiene and health risk, but since Covid I found that the two things are quite uncorrelated. Smell is more a taste.

About the body odour. Is hygene a bigger thing in the us in general? Im an architect and whenever i work with americans they want so many bathrooms. Often one per bedroom. In Sweden the standard is one bathroom per family and one extra smaller guest toilet. Or Perhaps we just dont care as much? 😂 So HAPPY you loved your Europe experience!! Cant wait to see your videos! ❤

Venice is quite a cool and chill place after 6 pm when most of the day tourists left the city

Nice to hear, you could relax on your vacation. Stressing about a schedule for activities in your vacation sounds really stressful, and I can assure you, Europeans for the most part just take their vacations to get a rest from all the work. A lot of people either don't leave home and just take a lazy 3-4 week break or they go to the same place every year, so they are already kinda settled in and can just relax and escape their 9-5 life at home.