Comments on: Living Inside the Newspaper http://misstravelgirl.com/?p=78 Rachel's Travel Journey Thu, 20 Mar 2014 21:25:08 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.40 By: Candy http://misstravelgirl.com/?p=78#comment-97 Sat, 08 Nov 2008 17:51:59 +0000 http://Duringthefirstfewdaysofthetrip,IpassedbyseveralpostershangingonthewalldepictingimageshatingourpresidentoftheUnitedStatesandmottossaying“NoBushNoWar”and“PushBushOut”. Iwasundertheimpressionthatthesesignswerefor#comment-97 Wow! That was a harrowing experience! Yeah! George Bush started this stupid war! I never liked the war to begin with. And to see that foreigners are holding all Americans responsible sucks. That is so very interesting. My in-laws travel to Europe two times a year and they go to England and France a lot. They never said anything….hmmm, I do wonder if they did not want to worry any of us. Just like now, your family and friends are probably like “OMG! Rachel!” LOL You go girl! for being so brave.

Nice to know the foreigners are nicer now…great time to travel now, I guess.

Anyway, thanks for posting this link in Jodi’s post, been a while since I was here! Great pictures too!

]]> By: Miss Travel Girl: Rachel's Travel Blog http://misstravelgirl.com/?p=78#comment-94 Wed, 05 Nov 2008 20:36:58 +0000 http://Duringthefirstfewdaysofthetrip,IpassedbyseveralpostershangingonthewalldepictingimageshatingourpresidentoftheUnitedStatesandmottossaying“NoBushNoWar”and“PushBushOut”. Iwasundertheimpressionthatthesesignswerefor#comment-94 [...] Last summer, when I was in Rome, I experienced a massive riot depicting hatred towards Bush who happened to be in Rome on that day to meet the pope.  Almost all streets in Rome were blocked.  Gas poured everywhere.  There were screams. Read the whole story here. [...]

]]> By: Miss Travel Girl: Rachel's Travel Blog http://misstravelgirl.com/?p=78#comment-12 Sun, 13 Jul 2008 07:50:11 +0000 http://Duringthefirstfewdaysofthetrip,IpassedbyseveralpostershangingonthewalldepictingimageshatingourpresidentoftheUnitedStatesandmottossaying“NoBushNoWar”and“PushBushOut”. Iwasundertheimpressionthatthesesignswerefor#comment-12 [...] I have not only been judged by other people due to my deafness and my Judaism throughout my life, but also, I have been judged due to being American. Huh? Ya. That’s what many of you are probably thinking. How can I be living in US and be judged because I’m American? Well, of course, it’s not when I’m living in US. It’s when I’m living abroad. I’ve encountered anti-Americanism when I’m on foreign lands. “It’s 16 euros!” A cashier grumbles loudly with a lovely monstorous face.  I asked the cashier how much a souvenir that I was looking at cost.  My eyes popped out, and I dashed out of the store.  One of my friends from my travel group was waiting outside of the store, and I told him what happened.  “It’s because we’re Americans.”  UGH!  This event occurred five years ago in Paris on my first trip to France.  Two years later, I was in Paris once again, and I was sitting with a group of friends at a cafe.  I wasn’t hungry.  The waiter asked me what I wanted, and I said, “Ca va bien.  Je ne commande rien, mais merci de m’avoir demandé.”  I told him that I’m good and that I didn’t want anything, but I thanked him for asking me.  He screamed at me and told me to leave.  What was his problem?  Anti-Americanism?  Last summer, I faced an unfortunate event in Florence.  To make the long story short – a waiter gave my friend a HARD and DRIED chicken.  Another friend got a RAW chicken.  It was PINK as it could be!  Both of them expressed their concerns to the waitor, and he refused to fix it.  We asked for a bottle of water, and he never gave us one.  We saw him lighting candles on other tables when people came in, but never lit the candles on our table.  We all agreed not to give him tip.  As soon as we left the restaurant, the waiter immediately followed us out and BEGGED us for tip.  What the heck?  Last December, a work camp leader in France disliked me. Hmm…why does Anti-Americanism exist?  I think I know why…  Take a look here: [...]

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