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I've only been abroad one time, and there were little gecko/lizard things everywhere, climbing up walls and scurrying across roads, and nobody cared. I was constantly fascinated but to the locals they're just kinda there.
Bonus question to anyone who visited the UK - was there anything that fascinated you but I'd be taking for granted?
Pic unrelated.
Cheesesteak sandwiches (Philadelphia area). It's just blocks of low-quality frozen meat fried up on a grill with some onions and cheeze-whiz (or provolone if you're not insane). The bread is good but god damn. I used to live across the street from one of the more famous steak places in center city and the line outside was almost always more than an hour long, even in rain and snow. It just made no sense. WE HAVE FUCKING MUSEUMS AND SHIT!!!
I wonder if the people in that line would have been so keen to get their horsemeat sandwich if they'd walked through the neighborhood at 6 am and seen the clear plastic bags filled with sandwich rolls just dumped on the sidewalk in front of each restaurant (yes, that is how Amoroso's delivers them). I went for a run early one morning and when I came back somebody had ripped open one of the bags and placed a roll under the windshield wipers of every car on South Street.
I'm lucky enough that I see these little guys on a regular basis.
The first time I went to London, the size of the Ravens caught me off guard. I couldn't get enough of seeing those things. We only really see Grackles in South Texas that regularly and they're half the size, so I'm sure I was the weird bird guy that day to many people.
I've eaten armadillo (yes, it tastes like chicken). This was before I found out they can apparently spread leprosy to humans.
same, but I already knew
Kinda the opposite of the question, but I'm a USian and I was super excited when I saw some European countries have public bathroom doors that didn't have tiny slot that you could see through while I was pooping.
What the fuck are we doing over here? Besides the letting fascists take over thing.
What in your country/area is totally normal but visitors get excited for?
This is so mundane fried chicken for me, just comfort food in the Philippines, but no thanks to some influencers, tourists flock to this specific fast food restaurant expecting it to be some culinary treasure.
Lived in the UK for a while - Squirrels, and the fact that the church in the town we lived in was built before ANY humans set foot in New Zealand
It's not very common to see squirrels in Japan but they're all over the place in the states. I was hiking in the woods with a group and one of the Japanese people spotted a squirrel and told everyone so they could have a look. Where I'm from maybe you'd point out a deer or rabbit or something (although those are pretty common too), but it's pretty much impossible to not see a squirrel or chipmunk if you go outside.
Damn, that's an old church, I know there are a few still standing from around the Norman conquest
to be fair it wasn't the complete church, it was rebuilt in part in the mid 1700s
it looks like the church is mostly intact from the very early 1300's (first vicar 1309) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Cuthbert%27s_Church,_Darlington.
NZ was first settled about (current data) 1320-1350 (the earliest date that I've seen is about 1280)
Still, something that old, is always special to behold
Not my country, but something that fascinated me in Greece. Greece is a land of honey...and marble rock. Beautiful, swirling, sparkly rock in all different shades. It is so terribly abundant that they use marble in place of concrete.
To the Greeks, it is normal to use marble literally everywhere. They disrespect the beautiful stone, turning it into a curb on the street & slathering it in yellow paint. I saw a yellow curb that was cracked open - exposing the glittering marble rock inside. I found it so funny & sad that I took a picture. We love marble, we think it's so decadent & fancy, it's flooring in the finest hotels, businesses, and homes. These people just use marble everywhere; it's just a rock to them. 😆
It really puts things into perspective.
Marble is expensive in places where there isn't already a lot of it simply because it's HEAVY.
But it also isn't used in the fancy rich places simply because it's expensive, it's also because it's beautiful.
Hot air balloons. I see them in the sky most mornings when I go for a walk, weather permitting.
Where are you located? I thought hot air balloons are really rare these days, like less than 200 in the world
Or am I thinking of blimps?
I live in the US northeast coast in a touristy area. People have been surprised to see: white beach sand, seashells, docks, boats, seagulls, deer, opossums. I could go on. I get most people don’t live coastal, so none of these reactions surprised me except the white sand one. Apparently a lot of lakes in the mainland just have dirt at their shores. Never would’ve guessed.
People that live in former glacial areas don't realize the difference if you don't. They made a lot of sand and lakes.
I'm down the shore right now, and holiday weekends especially bring out folks who may not come often, and one thing that certainly grinds my gears is seeing someone feeding seagulls, or parents watching their kids doing it and not stopping them. I have a fairly strict don't feed wildlife anywhere, ever, policy, but seagulls especially are an issue. Like, they're like this because asshats have fed them for so long, and now I need to guard my sandwich.
The Autobahn.
The Redlight district. Every city has/had them and for us it's just normal. As a kid I had to pass some of those windows to get to school.
Norwegian fjords. I live here, and to me it's mundane landscape.
Czech beer....
I really loved Staropramen when I was there but apparently that's like the Bud Light of the Czech Republic.
