The Road Trip is a great type of holiday and there are not that many places in the world where this is easily done. Could you imagine doing a road trip across China? It would not be that easy. In addition it is culturally very different from Europe but much more accessible because of language. The politics, social commentary are easily understood and that allows for a more comprehensive experience. I have intermittently put a lot of energy into improving my Japanese and to lesser extent Chinese (Mandarin) but I have to face the fact that I am never going to be able to sit down and watch a Japanese Fox News and understand the all that is going on. That is why going to the US for me is more fun.

Actually the food is often not that great outside of the major conglomerations.
I will leave it at that before the feather D finds me again