Originally Posted by matthandy

I find your comments about American's funny, as you are one yourself. It would seem that most people don't like travelling with their own countrymen. I for one don't like being around a huge group of loud Brits. Shudder.

To me, it seems like many Americans just simply haven't travelled very far outside of the bubble that is the US and are genuinely amazed about what they find when they do step outside. I think that this ignorance is a little bit charming, but I wish that some you guys calmed it down a bit, why do you have to shout at each other and at everyone else? The word 'discrete' seems to be missing from the dictionary

I was at the Trevi Fountain in Rome in 2005 and whilst everyone was taking it all in, two American chaps were loudly exclaiming at each other, "Man did you know that this fountain is over 200 years old", the other, "No way man, are you sh***ing me??!!", this conversation could be heard several feet away. All of the European tourists just stared and rolled their eyes.