That's for many countries too! Make sure you learn about the water in the country you are traveling!

Greet shopkeepers in ANY country!!!!!

Also don't do this anywhere else, like the "Reeper Bahn" in Hamburg

I haven't been anywhere in Europe where they bring the bill without asking for it! Is this American thing?

I hope they bring some cheese too😊

Opposite story here: I was in Italy with my husband couple of years back ( we are American). And I ordered latte (glass of milk, because I can't drink coffee and just wanted milk with my brioche bun) and my husband ordered cappuccino, to my surprise they brought me a latte( as a coffee drink. They thought that I wanted American version of latte and not a glass of milk.

Common con.

This is true of anywhere I've been, but the Germans are by far the nicest about mistakes, in my experience. Italy is probably second?... Even my 20 basic phrases are a huge help, since one is "I'm sorry, I don't speak your language"!

Why isn't this everywhere?

Firstly, that photo wasn't in London. It appears to be somewhere in Asia. Second, I live in London and I use the Tube extensively every day. I don't know of any escalators that don't have steps in them. Third, we do not take this bloody silly 'rukle' at all seriously as we have never even heard of it and fourth, we Brits are generally polite by nature and if we are in a hurry and need to get past a simple "Excuse me" is all that would be required.

Same in NYC , people here will push you out of the way if you stand on the wrong side.

Please note that this is for the tube ONLY. Do so anywhere else and people will be making "Londoner" jokes and likely insults under their breath. In other places with a wide enough escalator, this is reversed. In most places you stand only, not walk. Walking on the escalator means barging past people and that is rude.

The same goes for escalators in Stockholm, Sweden, but stand to the left, as we have right-hand traffic over here. Not so much in Gothenburg, Sweden, people are not as stressed out here perhaps. My husband and I live in a small town in Sweden, that only has a few short escalators, and no-one minds this rule. A well-dressed man came up behind us on the escalator, and coughed. We just assumed he had a cold, and stod side-by-side as we always do. If he had asked us, we had of course moved aside. When he reached the top, he hurried away, looking angrily at us. There are no buses, trains or trams that way, only a parking area and a grocery store.

That's in Hong Kong

its the same in Paris too

no, it's the other way around in London. People stand on the left and walk on the right. Pic is of somewhere in Asia.

This applies to Finland as well. We always stay on the right, faster people can pass.

Supposed to be the same in the US but some folks are just dense.

ummmm When I lived in London for 13 years and got the Tube we stood on the left on the escalator; when did it change?

Yet they drive on the left? Makes no sense.

We keep to the left in Australia!!

It goes the way of the traffic. in Australia it is keep Left.

This is also in Germany

Again, this is common in most of Europe.

I bet you leave your house only to go in London. First time ever?

Same in Canada

Goes for Scandinavia as well.

It's the same in Greece as well.

This is the rule everywhere I have ever been. FYI, I've been more than three places.

Same in Hungary

Genius

And why the difference is not explained?

The fluffy kind still tastes pretty amazing

Also in many countries this is illegal but they keep doing it!

Also, Dutch people can sense bicycles coming, even if they can't hear them. This is an evolutionary trait, which means Dutch people can cross a road without too many problems, even if there are millions of bikes on that road. Do not try to emulate them. You don't have the genes. (;))

Why dont they just have a bidet? This is the area where modern plumbing was invented and they made tiny waste lines?

A lot of European cities have a lot of cobblestones - they're old. I don't understand why anyone wears high heels in general, but definitely not if you plan on walking any distance. I choose comfort every time

Agree with using the ATM inside. While in Barcelona, a friends ATM card was 'swiped"' and they were able to take $1300.00 from her account. It was an 'outside' ATM.

Also worth noting that the posh up market looking fish and chip shops are going to absolutely rip you off, find a dated, greasy looking place that looks like its been there years, it'll be half the price and twice as good

Travel as light as possible. If you can, bring a larger backpack, it's so much easier to travel. Most hotels have soaps, shampoos and hair dryers; even coin operated washer and dryers.

Personally i use Google maps and in some countries it's very well informed so it's telling you what time is the next bus or when they stop! Not in every country though

No no no. I am parisian and the best crepes are the ones you get from actual creperies (restaurants specialized in crepes). There are lots of them in Montparnasse area. Paris doesn't have street food culture. The street food in Paris are for tourists, sorry!

OK. This totally depends on who you're with. I play a word game tourney on a team mainly consisting of Yorkshire folk. We tell LOTS of American Revolution jokes. Nothing insensitive. The war was over 200 years ago, for heaven's sake! I had relatives die too, but time moves on.