How Europeans Know You're American

Stars and Stripes and Lion-Head Belt Buckles Forever

Stars and Stripes and Lion-Head Belt Buckles Forever

Many of the nations in Europe share a special relationship with the United States, a relationship of an almost familial intensity that can whipsaw back and forth from staunch allegiance and mutual respect, to rivalry and bickering, and back again on the slightest pretense or provocation. No wonder, then, that Europeans can spot American tourists in a heartbeat. If only there were a way that well-intentioned Yankees could somehow come to appreciate why it's so difficult to blend in on their trips to the Old World ...