What are some examples you’ve seen of foreigners enjoying “the American experience”

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1. https://www.battlefieldvegas.com/

2. Christmas events have a real resonance with some foreign tourists.

3. In college my friend group was highly involved in the international student scene and we had lots of international student friends in Oklahoma. So naturally we went to the gun range a lot which was a uniquely American experience for most.

4. My husband works at a Belgian company, and his Belgian and French colleagues LOVE American hamburgers when they come here for business (they do roast us for having mediocre mussels though lol)

5. I’ve worked at a lot of restaurants that were tourist destinations and the tourist definitely always got a kick out of eating chicken tenders and fries from America lol A few British people tried grits. They swore to hell and back that there is absolutely no way that we cooked the grits the right way because of how disgusting they taste. I started telling British people that they won’t like it and then they said no no let me give it a go and then every time they are telling me that the chef must be preparing it the wrong way because it is so disgusting

6. Chinese tourists very excited to be at Mt Rushmore.

   Japanese tourists very excited at a Time Square candy store.

   Italian tourists star struck seeing Sylvester Stallon in person shopping.

7. I worked at a hostel in Las Vegas. The American experience was usually going to gun ranges, strip clubs, all-you-can-eat buffets, or Vegas Headliners like Celine Dion, Britney Spears, David Copperfield, Penn and Teller, Cirque du Soleil, etc.

   And on the more mundane side, taking hostel guests to Walmart was as impressive to people as the major casinos. Everyone was amazed at how huge the store was, plus the fact that you could buy guns at the same place you buy your groceries blew their mind.

   Even going to fast food places like In-N-Out was a religious experience for people who had only seen it in movies.

   Our hostel had beer pong, and people loved the red Solo cups, and some people said they imported them afterwards so that they could have American nights in their country.

   Overall, it’s really fun to see people enjoying parts of your country you take for granted or don’t think so much about. It helps to enjoy it and be even more proud of it.

8. Foreign students particularly liked $1 beer Thursdays in my town, from the little red Solo cups.

   And Halloween.

9. When they visit Skid Row, they finally experienced the hood.

10. I once helped translate between a Japanese couple and a crawdad cart guy at a blues festival, which I think equally delighted all parties involved

11. I brought my polish girlfriend home for Christmas and took her shooting in the woods with some friends. She said it was really fun, so I think that counts.

12. My Japanese cousin (in his 20’s at the time) visited me in college and he got a huge kick out of the general night life of a big public state school.

    We had Fat Sandwiches (think he got the Fat B*tch) and he kept commenting how ridiculous yet good it was. Late into a night of drinking, we asked him if he wanted to play a game called “Power Hour”. Explained to him the simple rules, we take a shot of beer every minute for an hour, to which he brushed it off as “too easy!”.

    40 minutes later, he’s angrily demanding that he do the pouring because there is no way a minute has passed between drinks and cursing us all off in Japanese.

    Ran straight to puke as soon as the hour was up, and passed out on the couch as we were setting up a beerpong tournament.

    Felt terrible for him though. He had a 13+ hour flight back to Tokyo the next morning. I can’t imagine being that hungover on a flight.

13. Inviting my Italian friend to my wedding last year and she thoroughly enjoyed how Americans like to party. She had a good ole time.