Cat Man Do

San Juan, CR: McDonalds. I blame it on the 6 and 9 year olds short hunger cycle.

Rome: McDonalds. I blame it on the 12 and 15 year olds' short hunger cycle.

Tijuana: Thrifty's ice cream. Nostalgia.

IceTrojan

Interesting... do they have a standalone store? We can still get Thrify's ice cream here in California Rite-Aids.

Firewind

Rome: Across the piazza from the Pantheon for the bottled water bottle that could then be refilled at public fountains for the purpose ad infinitum, during "the summer from hell," 2003.

And Thrifty: Wowwwwwww... Haven't thought of them in decades, from back in the days of the big-arched (quonset-shaped) Purity Stores. (Quonset ... Come on, spell-check, stick with me!)

EAR111pt2

Yes, guilty as charged. I ate at a McDonald's in Greenock and Edinburgh in Scotland. My uncle did security work for them about 15 years ago, so got to eat there during a couple of sightseeing trips. I did eat at a BK in Calgary, however I will not count that as overseas.
Does the UK variant of BK known as Wimpy's count? If so, guilty as well.

weltfrieden

I spent two months in 3 Asian cities a few years ago.

I had breakfast at local McDonald's every single day during the two months.
It was kind of stupid because my hotel had a decent FREE hot breakfast for
guests.

Was that wrong?

Proudelitist

I don't even eat fast food here.

greg99

I guess, then, that your user name is "anti" and not "pro"?

Greg

manda99

When I first visited Europe, I was in college and my little brother was 17. He was afraid of all food and we were poor, and we road-tripped across Europe for 3 weeks jumping from McDonald's to McDonald's. We ate at the same McDonald's in Paris for something like 6 meals in a row. I think I ate every single item off the McDonald's menu during that trip.

At one McDonald's in a small town in France (no clue where, somewhere on the highway between Paris and Zurich) no one who worked there knew any English and we knew almost no French. Between calling out management and gesturing and pointing, we got our order across. The very excited manager carefully prepared our order, and then spun around with the tray and a very loud VOILA!! It was probably the only McDonald's meal that I've ever seen presented with pride.

So that trip was a nightmare, but since then, I get a huge kick out of a trying McDonald's every place we go. Mostly just for the McFlurries - they use different candies! It's fun for me. I like to order the items they offer there than they don't have here.

Pup7

Yes. In the UK, every time we go visit my in-laws. There's nothing like their bacon sandwich for breakfast and I have a soft spot for the proper, fried, and ultimately classic version of the apple pie. Either I or my husband walk up the block and grab breakfast about every other day we're there. Other than that little indulgence, no.

I digress. I lived in Riyadh for three years and literally had the best McDonald's ever there. The employees were friendly and always smiling and the food was always hot and decently prepared. I couldn't go there without my husband but we would have a Big Mac about once a month.

tartempion

Tried a few Mc Don't's in Bangkok (airport and elsewhere)and Burger King's - horrible, same goes for Udon Thani's Pizza Company.
There is a place called Los Amigos, Fridays they have an "all you can eat pizza" evening at 150 Thai Baht (5 usd) went there twice this January 2016, first time was excellent, second time I won't be back any time.

5khours

I would guess at least 5000 times (seriously).

miamiflyer8

I've had McDonalds and Burger King in multiple places in Europe. In Chile and Argentina as well.

onobond

Doing my best to avoid, both in the US and rest of the world

travellingwineO

+1,000

LoveHateRelationship

I like to try McDonalds around the world. I recently had the Greekmac in Athens and the Ebi Filet-O in Japan. Having said that, I'm not going to have a big mac outside of North America.