American loves
Aaron and I will have a college friend stay with us for a few days while he attends a conference in DC. Our friend has been living with his wife in Aberdeen, Scotland for the past year and a half. Icant say when he visited the States last, but as I've prepared for his stay, I've been thinking about the things that I would want to see/do/eat/revisit if I were in his shoes - visiting America for just a few days having lived overseas for over a year. What would I miss? I haven't come to too many conclusions, but a few things came to mind right away.
a) I'd want to go to Wendy's and get a spicy chicken sandwich and a frosty.
b) I'd need some good pizza. I imagine Scottish pizza isn't that exciting. Mellow Mushroom sure would be good.
c) I'd want to drive a really big car - something embarrassingly large and shiny. And I'd want to drive fast on the highway.
d) I might want to read a junky People magazine.
e) Shopping at some outlets might be fun. Outlets seem like an American thing.
f) Since I live up here, it would be neat to take a night stroll by all of the monuments in DC while they're nice and lit up. I bet it would be an inspiring reminder of what America is.
This is, of course, a list of things that are actually do-able within a few days. Nothing like "see the grand canyon" or "hike the Appalachian Trail". There's lots of other stuff I'd do in that case. What would you want to do if you just had a few days in the US having been overseas for a year?
a) I'd want to go to Wendy's and get a spicy chicken sandwich and a frosty.
b) I'd need some good pizza. I imagine Scottish pizza isn't that exciting. Mellow Mushroom sure would be good.
c) I'd want to drive a really big car - something embarrassingly large and shiny. And I'd want to drive fast on the highway.
d) I might want to read a junky People magazine.
e) Shopping at some outlets might be fun. Outlets seem like an American thing.
f) Since I live up here, it would be neat to take a night stroll by all of the monuments in DC while they're nice and lit up. I bet it would be an inspiring reminder of what America is.
This is, of course, a list of things that are actually do-able within a few days. Nothing like "see the grand canyon" or "hike the Appalachian Trail". There's lots of other stuff I'd do in that case. What would you want to do if you just had a few days in the US having been overseas for a year?










