I know you're a tourist because ....
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you have no idea how to behave on the underground.
training shoes, white socks and knee-length shorts (or blue jeans in winter)
(the not jaywalking one is quite cute tho..)0 -
you wear your bathing suit when going shopping in town
your trainers are bright white, half the time so are your pants, through which I can see far more than anyone ever should.
your shoulders and back and painfully bright red0 -
You come in a group of at least 3. You have a backpack, preferably on your tummy. You are loud. You don't queue. You don't say sorry when you actually hit people who happen to walk too close to you. You are excited. You have a map and have to make a plan for the expedition, although you are actually on Oxford Street.0
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You wear white pants
You wear a hoodie with a local university logo
You wear hats inside a building (ok those last two were specifically for USA tourists)
You have no idea how to get on the bus
You don't understand what to do when going through security, thus holding the line0 -
I see you at all my other support groups.
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You put soy sauce on your rice. You do not bow. You are loud and obnoxious. You pay no attention to detail.
Bowed too much. Locals giggled.
They giggle when you try to fit in.
As a tall redhead, I never once tried. It seemed futile. It was quite possible to see me a half kilometer away, even in a crowd.0 -
you are red as a lobster in Florida.. its a sure tell tale that you aren't from here0
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You're wearing white tube socks in sport sandals...
You have a camera on a lanyard around your neck...
You own a fanny pack (regardless of whether you're wearing it..you actually OWN one)...
Everything everywhere is both confusing and intriguing to you...0 -
Your skin is scarlet and you're wearing a cervical colour because you thought you'd try surfing, forgot the sunscreen and got dumped on a sandbank
You keep checking under the toilet seat for spiders
You go for a road trip in the outback and have to be rescued because you forgot extra fuel and water
If you are German then you are probably going to die a horrible death, possibly between the teeth of a crocodile because for some reason it's always German tourists who come a cropper0 -
Your skin is scarlet and you're wearing a cervical colour because you thought you'd try surfing, forgot the sunscreen and got dumped on a sandbank
You keep checking under the toilet seat for spiders
You go for a road trip in the outback and have to be rescued because you forgot extra fuel and water
If you are German then you are probably going to die a horrible death, possibly between the teeth of a crocodile because for some reason it's always German tourists who come a cropper
I went up north, and one of the first (and apparently dumbest) questions I asked was "why are all the warning signs in German?"0 -
Your skin is scarlet and you're wearing a cervical colour because you thought you'd try surfing, forgot the sunscreen and got dumped on a sandbank
You keep checking under the toilet seat for spiders
You go for a road trip in the outback and have to be rescued because you forgot extra fuel and water
If you are German then you are probably going to die a horrible death, possibly between the teeth of a crocodile because for some reason it's always German tourists who come a cropper
I went up north, and one of the first (and apparently dumbest) questions I asked was "why are all the warning signs in German?"
I really don't know why it happens to them because sometimes it's down to bad luck rather than stupidity. Poor buggers0 -
Saudade.
You have no understanding of this word or cannot feel it. Then you are but a tourist - it doesn't matter if you are laughing at all the guide book toting, white sock and sandal wearing, fanny packed (no giggity) foreigners asking for directions to Disney - rather than a fellow traveler.
Oh, .... And... You don't understand:
You wake up at Seatac, SFO, LAX. You wake up at O'Hare, Dallas-Fort Worth, BWI. Pacific, mountain, central. Lose an hour, gain an hour. This is your life, and it's ending one minute at a time. You wake up at Air Harbor International. If you wake up at a different time, in a different place, could you wake up as a different person?0 -
You're searching for your great-grandfather's grave (in the wrong district).
You're stopped on the bridge taking photos and grumphing when people actually try and walk past.
You're wearing a kilt that stops above the knee with no sporran. And sandals.
You pronounce the capital city 'Eeedinbowrow'
You embarrass yourself continually by trying to read the Gaelic versions of the place names (no, we don't know how to say them either).
You ask when the next tour is at the castle (which is still a functioning court and is not open to the public).
You're wearing a plastic poncho and/or a tartan rug wrapped around you. While walking on the street.0 -
Your skin is scarlet and you're wearing a cervical colour because you thought you'd try surfing, forgot the sunscreen and got dumped on a sandbank
You keep checking under the toilet seat for spiders
You go for a road trip in the outback and have to be rescued because you forgot extra fuel and water
If you are German then you are probably going to die a horrible death, possibly between the teeth of a crocodile because for some reason it's always German tourists who come a cropper
I went up north, and one of the first (and apparently dumbest) questions I asked was "why are all the warning signs in German?"
I really don't know why it happens to them because sometimes it's down to bad luck rather than stupidity. Poor buggers
Maybe German taste better? Just a thought.0 -
Saudade.
You have no understanding of this word or cannot feel it. Then you are but a tourist - it doesn't matter if you are laughing at all the guide book toting, white sock and sandal wearing, fanny packed (no giggity) foreigners asking for directions to Disney - rather than a fellow traveler.
Oh, .... And... You don't understand:
You wake up at Seatac, SFO, LAX. You wake up at O'Hare, Dallas-Fort Worth, BWI. Pacific, mountain, central. Lose an hour, gain an hour. This is your life, and it's ending one minute at a time. You wake up at Air Harbor International. If you wake up at a different time, in a different place, could you wake up as a different person?
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You complain to your resort manager because there are too many Arabs staying at the resort
You look confused when you see a woman in niqab walking arm in arm with a woman in hot pants and a tube-top.
You feed the cats when at an outdoor restaurant.
You close your eyes and hold your breath every time you get in a taxi.
You insist upon having toilet paper.0 -
You look UP!!! NO ONE looks up in NYC unless you are a tourist0
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- You walk around half naked visiting churches and you wonder why people look at you in a strange way;
- You order cappuccino after an heavy dinner;
- You get sunburnt after a day of city visiting, walking around with red and achy shoulders;
- You walk with white socks in sandals0 -
You think it's acceptable to walk through Kmart, Walgreens, or even just down the street in bathing suits and bikinis. No...just no.
You refer to the island St. John as "St. Johns." There is no "s" on the end of it.
You ask what is the native language here. English, it's just spoken with an accent is all.0 -
You ask for directions to the Hockey Hall of Fame
You ask for directions to the "Space Needle Thing".
You actually think that you can get around downtown in a car.0
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