That is because, in the USA, Pizza is made with imported mozzarella. In Italy, they try to get by with domestic mozzarella.
Who's never traveled outside of the United States?
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They really to me are two different things different styles different tastes. I’ve never had a pizza as good as Napoli anywhere but again that’s just me
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No, it's not just you.
One thing about traveling is I'll try to learn about 8 words/phrases in the local language and see how far that can take me. I'm pretty sure that my mother never left the USA. She said there was plenty to see in the USA. Not that she saw any of it. She was a homebody and scared of traveling. I like going places but do not enjoy the airplanes. Those 15 hour flights to Asia are rough. My work pays for business class so it's a lot nicer in a lay flat pod.
How is the world now that it should stop people from traveling outside the US ?
This is something people from Europe especially don't fathom about the US. They really have no idea how big it is.
I was surprised to find out that almost 1/2 of Americans have a passport. I expected it to be closer to 1/4 to 1/3.
Much of what we call Italian food in the USA does not widely exist in Italy. Italian immigrants started coming to the USA in large numbers in the 19th century, and innovated new dishes and recipes not found in Italy.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian-American_cuisine
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian-American_cuisine
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It is a good idea to travel outside of the U.S. to see/ experience other terrain and cultures. Suggestion is for the trip to be well thought out and planned. One can travel to another terrain/ culture but never experience the reason one traveled OCONUS. One might want to do stuff they can't do in the U.S.
Concur going to Caribbean islands no big deal. Going to eastern Europe, France (rural), Italy (rural)New Zealand, Japan, Australia, I could go on and on with a list of great OCONUS destinations.
With the above said, I do travel OCONUS regularly and currently I am in SE Asia. Not a single day goes by I don't wish I was back in the USA.
Concur going to Caribbean islands no big deal. Going to eastern Europe, France (rural), Italy (rural)New Zealand, Japan, Australia, I could go on and on with a list of great OCONUS destinations.
With the above said, I do travel OCONUS regularly and currently I am in SE Asia. Not a single day goes by I don't wish I was back in the USA.
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I would consider those locations as OCONUS and although technically U.S., they would qualify to meet the intent of the OP.
I have been to all the above locations and would not consider any of the locations as being "is the juice worth the squeeze" locations.
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Outside Continental United States
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Much of Germany, especially Munich is now a colony of Turkey.When I first went to Europe 30 years ago or so, it was very different from here.
Last time I went (Germany only last trip) it was really not very different. I mean different brands, but its clean, modern, fast food slop everywhere, all the younger people speak English - and just naturally start speaking English to you, I think maybe its the common language amongst Europeans at this point. I am sure there are some out of the way places that are more traditional, but not the big cities.
Calle Ocho in Miami is more foreign than much of Europe at this point.
To go to Germany can be awesome. Have to get the countryside, explore the churches, etc. My favorite location for a vacation in Germany is Dresden. My least favorite and would never go is Berlin.
You could try the fast food of other countries... There is a huge variety of ways to combine fat, salt and sugar, into something delicious!
Also healthcare almost anywhere in the world is much much cheaper than the US. Still get travel and health insurance of course, but for the minor stuff, in our experience its not even worth calling the insurance company... Putting 5 stitches in my sons chin on Cook Islands was free, they didn't want to bother with the paper work for something so minor, so we put $50 into their donation box. An appointment and medication for my wife's minor shingles episode was ~$160 in Australia....
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One test to decide if the OCONUS location is a match for you is the retirement test of that location.
If having as many children as possible is the parent's retirement plan- that may or may not be a location that matches for you. Me, I personally would avoid nations with a very high birth rate.
If having as many children as possible is the parent's retirement plan- that may or may not be a location that matches for you. Me, I personally would avoid nations with a very high birth rate.
The Minster church in Ulm is spectacular and not as tourist packed as others.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulm_Minster
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And right now they have a new Nikola Tesla exhibit inside the Niagara Parks Power Station (which was an operating station from 1905-2006 and then reopened as an attraction in 2021 that still has some of the equipment inside) One of the stories that I tell is that when Tesla was 12 years old he saw a lithograph of the falls and he turned to his uncle and said “one day I will put a giant wheel under Niagara Falls and make electricity from it”
Tesla was an electrical genius, but a poor businessman. He died broke living in a New York hotel room, where Westinghouse paid his hotel bill.
Spent a week in Ireland on vacation in '22 and would love to go back. Mostly Dublin, but also Cork and Skibereen, epicenter of the Irish Potato Famine. Lots to do in Dublin and lots of fun people.
A Canadian here.
I’ve been to the majority of American states, all Canadian provinces and 2 of our 3 territories. Travel in North America is interesting and there are indeed differences.
But to find “different” you want to get off the continent. There is nothing like the travel shock you will experience the first time you see something completely unexpected. I’m thinking of looking out the window of our B&B our first morning in Edinburgh, Scotland many years ago on our first foreign trip. We saw a couple of guys carrying bags of coal into a house. Who would have expected to ever see that? We often talk about that scene – unfortunately you only get to experience travel shock once.
We used to go to some interesting place, rent a car and go wherever whimsy took us for a few weeks. We’ve seen some great places and met some very nice people doing that. That’s a great way to travel when you’re young.
We rented a farm house in southern France. No-one in that small community spoke English (not even the staff at the travel information place) but they were very helpful as we blundered about in our terrible French. As my wife said – “It was so comfortable.” (a bat under the shutters, geckos in the roof, and a scorpion in the kitchen notwithstanding).
We’ve just returned from a river cruise in Europe. It was very luxurious, nice to have everything organized for us, and we saw a lot. But it was also a very expensive way to travel.
Travelling broadens the mind. There are great people everywhere. There is great (and not such great) food everywhere. And things to see that are beyond your imagination.
PS I’ve never been concerned about our safety on any of our travels. The world is a pretty safe place. And health care is relatively inexpensive everywhere, except in the USA.
I’ve been to the majority of American states, all Canadian provinces and 2 of our 3 territories. Travel in North America is interesting and there are indeed differences.
But to find “different” you want to get off the continent. There is nothing like the travel shock you will experience the first time you see something completely unexpected. I’m thinking of looking out the window of our B&B our first morning in Edinburgh, Scotland many years ago on our first foreign trip. We saw a couple of guys carrying bags of coal into a house. Who would have expected to ever see that? We often talk about that scene – unfortunately you only get to experience travel shock once.
We used to go to some interesting place, rent a car and go wherever whimsy took us for a few weeks. We’ve seen some great places and met some very nice people doing that. That’s a great way to travel when you’re young.
We rented a farm house in southern France. No-one in that small community spoke English (not even the staff at the travel information place) but they were very helpful as we blundered about in our terrible French. As my wife said – “It was so comfortable.” (a bat under the shutters, geckos in the roof, and a scorpion in the kitchen notwithstanding).
We’ve just returned from a river cruise in Europe. It was very luxurious, nice to have everything organized for us, and we saw a lot. But it was also a very expensive way to travel.
Travelling broadens the mind. There are great people everywhere. There is great (and not such great) food everywhere. And things to see that are beyond your imagination.
PS I’ve never been concerned about our safety on any of our travels. The world is a pretty safe place. And health care is relatively inexpensive everywhere, except in the USA.
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You have a nice part time job, plus it’s great exercise.If you ever come to Niagara Falls I’ll give you one of my walking tours and tell you all the fun stories and facts about the falls
