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steve2470

(37,457 posts) Thu Jan 28, 2016, 11:13 AM Jan 2016

22 Things People Never Expected While Traveling Abroad

http://www.dose.com/theworld/24393/22-Things-People-Never-Expected-While-Traveling-Abroad

"I lived in Japan for a year. The satellite radio at my school had a channel called 'Rokki' that played the Rocky theme song on a loop 24/7."

I got laughed at by a taxi driver in Romania for putting my seatbelt on

Germany, how dare you charge for ketchup?

What makes it even more astonishing is the complete lack of trash cans. A few years ago I was being touristy in Tokyo. I saw two trash cans in total. Two. For an entire city.
And yet the place is fucking spotless.

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22 Things People Never Expected While Traveling Abroad (Original Post) steve2470 Jan 2016 OP

The parking deck in Zurich... Phentex Jan 2016 #1

Jacksonville, FL airport has them. Lochloosa Jan 2016 #2

Good to know! Phentex Jan 2016 #3

Those are all over Europe and they are great liberal N proud Jan 2016 #4

Phentex

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1. The parking deck in Zurich...

Reply to steve2470 (Original post)

Thu Jan 28, 2016, 11:23 AM

Jan 2016

there are little lights on the parking spots so you can see a green empty one without having to drive around and around. I don't know where else they do this but I thought it was brilliant!