Tourists Are Sharing The Small But Mind-Blowing Cultural Differences They Noticed While Traveling Abroad That Changed How They Viewed Their Home Country

We asked BuzzFeed readers from astir the satellite to stock the subtle but important things that blew their minds erstwhile they traveled to different state for the archetypal time. From nutrient to taste customs, present are 24 things they shared:

Wanna articulation the discussion? Drop the tiny differences you noticed portion traveling overseas successful the comments below, and your submission conscionable mightiness extremity up successful a aboriginal BuzzFeed station similar this one!

1. "That bathrooms everyplace but the USA person doors that wholly adjacent with nary gaps successful partitions. So overmuch nicer!"

2. "That not each civilization does lines oregon queues. When I visited Rome years ago, I noticed radical conscionable gathered astir places wherever determination would usually beryllium a line. It wasn’t assertive either, they just…took turns."

—erinc4030feda9

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3. "How fucking backward and technologically stunted we (the US) are successful the sanction of capitalism. We could person truthful overmuch chill stuff: high-speed obstruction (Japan), sidewalks with trampolines to promote radical to spell extracurricular (Scandinavia), monolithic obstruction networks (Europe), nutritionally dense lunches for students (Europe)…and we take to fucking nonstop billionaire posers to space. We perfectly suck."

4. "European here. When my household temporarily moved to the US 20 years ago, we had our archetypal brushwood with distant controlled store doors. The archetypal clip we got to unfastened our store similar that, we beauteous overmuch reacted similar we conscionable opened up heaven's gate."

—sassyflower80

5. "I was a overseas speech pupil successful 1985 successful London. I was shocked erstwhile a chap Uni pupil asked maine for a rubber. I didn't cognize it meant eraser successful England."

6. "I spent a fewer months successful Europe arsenic a teen and was struck by however the US is simply a comparatively young country."

—PsycWench

7. "Greece is my favourite destination, but my archetypal travel determination I thought I mightiness dice connected the spot from 2nd manus smoke. It was connected different level. And truthful weird to acquisition coming from the US wherever the smoking laws (and popularity) are overmuch different."

8. "On my archetypal travel to the US, I realized successful the archetypal store I needed to magically adhd connected the taxation successful my head. Why can't you conscionable person the listed terms inclusive of it!?"

—Lizzieee6969

9. "Italian vino didn’t springiness maine a migraine similar American vino does!"

10. "Efficiency and cleanliness. Also, a deficiency of 'stuff' – unnecessary items that you're told you request to bask life."

—givemeallthebooksandtea

11. "Bidets! I privation they were much communal successful the US. I bought 1 for each toilet successful my house, and a question one. I tin nary longer recognize however anyone feels cleanable conscionable utilizing paper."

12. "I volition commencement by saying I was shocked by the size of their elevators! Luggage and 1 idiosyncratic could lone acceptable in, my person took the stairs. The different portion is however down the US is successful examination to different European countries. These countries instrumentality the clip to admit beingness extracurricular of the workplace. Family, friends, and beingness experiences are priorities. I returned precise envious of that mentality."

—skimbee96

13. "Walled cities. My archetypal clip being successful 1 was successful Lucca, Italy. We hadn’t planned connected going there, but it was truthful beauteous and interesting."

14. "In Europe, it’s truthful casual to get around. Public proscription is amazing."

—kerwoodderby

15. "Honestly, arsenic an American woman, feeling SAFE portion taking aboriginal greeting runs. No 1 EVER bothered me, and I NEVER felt scared. Cannot retrieve a azygous tally successful America I person taken and not felt tense astatine immoderate point. Sad, but true. I said what I said."

16. "Smoking successful Japan. My edifice had an enclosed country disconnected of the lobby to support you from smoking connected the thoroughfare corner. The bureau I was successful besides had a smoking country successful the basement."

—hcsencsi

17. "The prime of the food. KFC successful Asia is the champion chickenhearted I’ve ever had. I had to halt myself from going determination aft the 3rd time successful a row."

18. "The mediocre excuse for a toilet I recovered successful Nice, France. You pressed a fastener for a metallic barroom to rise to enactment arsenic the seat. Someone evidently didn’t recognize that, took a crap connected the floor, and I stepped successful it. Dog crap connected your footwear is 1 thing. Human crap conscionable hits differently. I’m inactive disturbed 15 years later."

—mellowunicorn40

19. "That successful astir different countries, commencement power (the Pill) tin beryllium bought successful a cause store, conscionable similar that. Here successful Germany, you person to spot your gynecologist anytime you request a caller battalion truthful she tin springiness you a prescription. Sooo annoying with this knowledge."

20. "Went to Turkey and the roads were truthful small, and truthful were the cars. Also, the manner determination was awesome. People weren’t addicted to their phones. They were retired sitting connected the curbs till 2 a.m."

—Papillon

21. "How immaculately cleanable Switzerland was, everywhere. It was amazing."

22. "Paying for ketchup packets astatine a accelerated nutrient edifice successful the UK. It was similar 5 pence (this was astir 1995-1996). I was 11 and inactive shocked."

—pazna213

23. "Seeing bison 😃. Those fluffy cows successful Yellowstone were awesome! I kept a harmless distance, but I person ne'er wanted to favored unsafe wildlife more. 😄"

24. And finally, "All the walking. My American legs were truthful bushed from a time of walking. It made maine recognize that I’ve ne'er lived successful a walkable city, and that says a batch astir the US."

—lailaratkins

Now it's your turn! Have you traveled to different country? Was determination thing tiny but important that shocked you oregon changed your position connected your location country? Tell america astir it successful the comments below!

Note: Submissions person been edited for magnitude and/or clarity.