{"id":11627,"date":"2017-03-16T09:00:16","date_gmt":"2017-03-16T09:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eazycityblog.com\/fr\/?p=11627"},"modified":"2017-10-10T15:54:58","modified_gmt":"2017-10-10T15:54:58","slug":"the-cultural-shock-first-things-you-notice-when-you-travel-in-the-usa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eazycityblog.com\/fr\/the-cultural-shock-first-things-you-notice-when-you-travel-in-the-usa\/","title":{"rendered":"The \u00ab\u00a0cultural shock\u00a0\u00bb! First things you notice when you travel in the USA"},"content":{"rendered":"

Has it ever happened to you that you travel to another country and are surprised by some things, some things you would only see on TV or imagine in your mind? Well, when you <\/span>travel in the USA<\/span><\/a>, you’ll realise that this is one of those places in the world with the strangest things… and believe me, you will be really amazed!<\/span><\/p>\n

Personally, I had never been outside Europe, so I had only a few ideas about what I could expect once I arrived in the U.S.<\/span><\/p>\n


\nThe food
\n<\/b>The first thing I noticed once I arrived to the US was the food. American people make food from everything, there’s no food that does not exist in America! For example, we have different kinds of salad dressings in our country, but here in the <\/span>United States<\/b>, you have an entire aisle dedicated to them! And the fruit? Each apple is individually wrapped. There are even some fruits\/vegetables that you will never find in your country, like \u201c<\/span>spaghetti squash<\/span><\/i>\u201d. It’s a kind of pumpkin that you cook in the oven (cut in half) and once it’s ready, you take out the inside and the result is the vegetable version of our spaghetti. Unbelievable! Not to mention there are countless brands of cereals, cookies, soft drinks and spreads like the famous marshmallow cream, and so on. My first time in the supermarket was like: \u201cAlright, where do I start?\u201d and I spent an hour inside just looking around curiously.<\/span><\/p>\n

Some important details you can see on most foods are: \u201c<\/span>NO GMO<\/span><\/i>\u201d and \u201c<\/span>ORGANIC<\/span><\/i>\u201d. But the strangest thing is that the food seems to be without an expiry date. You can leave the milk open for weeks and it still smells okay.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\nFinally, another thing that I observed was that people use the microwave a lot, from defrosting to making omelettes and cooking ravioli<\/i>. In fact, when you buy something, on each box there are instructions to cook in the oven, in the pan or in the microwave as well (which they choose to do a lot). With that in mind, I kind of got the impression that American people are a bit lazy when it comes to cooking their own meals.
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\nDriving
\n<\/b>Driving in the U.S. is possible if you have an <\/span>international driving license<\/b> which most states accept so that means you don\u2019t need to get the local one. But be careful! Even if you don\u2019t need to study to get the local driving license, you still have to know that some rules are differents from other countries. Here are some of the most important obvious rules: <\/span><\/p>\n