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Related: Culture Forums, Support Forums22 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.
And yet the place is fucking spotless.
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22 Things People Never Expected While Traveling Abroad (Original Post)
steve2470
Jan 2016
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Phentex
(16,334 posts)1. The parking deck in Zurich...
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!
Lochloosa
(16,066 posts)2. Jacksonville, FL airport has them.
They are great.
Phentex
(16,334 posts)3. Good to know!
Maybe it'll catch on everywhere. I think how much time it could save people from waiting for someone to pull out.
liberal N proud
(60,336 posts)4. Those are all over Europe and they are great
They are starting to put them in some places in the US.
Cleveland airport has them as well.