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[-] clif@lemmy.world 13 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

This is actually pretty similar to what some coworkers visiting from EU wanted to do.

They were here on a two week work trip and I asked them what they were doing for their weekend. It was something like "We rented a car and are going to go to New Orleans, then to Nashville, up to New York City, over to the Grand canyon, and maybe San Francisco if we have time before we head back to the office"

I had to explain that the state we were in was larger than their country and they couldn't cover that much ground in two days even if they only drove and didn't stop once.

We had a good laugh and then just did a hike on Saturday :)

Edit : "in Europe 100km is a long distance and in the US 100 years is a long time". Forget where I heard that but it seems accurate

[-] bier@feddit.nl 6 points 6 hours ago

I once saw a post from an American guy visiting family in Germany. They borrowed him a car so he could visit other family about 400KM away.

The family that owned the car spend an entire day getting it checked out by a mechanic, making sure all the fluids where fine, getting the tire pressure just right, etc.

He thought it was pretty funny because he drove double that distance every week just to go to work.

[-] biotin7@sopuli.xyz 8 points 8 hours ago

Why would you even go there ? Go to Canada

[-] Formfiller@lemmy.world 8 points 11 hours ago

[-] moseschrute@lemmy.world 3 points 11 hours ago

LGTM!

[-] AquaTofana@lemmy.world 40 points 23 hours ago

Conversely, I, as an American who had the opportunity to spend a few months in Germany, was surprised at how close all the countries were.

Great culture in all the places I went (Brussels and Prague were my two standout favorites!) Traveling was hella cheap. The food was fire everywhere I went. The architecture was INCREDIBLE. And the knowledge that you could go to the hospital for less than $100 was nuts. Don't even get me started on how legitimately cool it is to sit in a 1000 year old pub.

I didn't want to come back. I nearly cried when I got the return flight info.

It still shocks me to tell people "Yeah, I lived in Germany for a bit and some weekends we would fuck off to France."

[-] echodot@feddit.uk 17 points 21 hours ago

The borders of European countries are great because there's all this security infrastructure that they've built but then they don't use any of it. There's always just a bunch of ballads and you have to drive around little security checkpoints but there's never anyone around.

My personal favourite is Geneva which is kind of just an extended bit of Switzerland because the city was already there, but really by any logical sense it should be in France. So they deal with that by basically just ignoring it, and people just pop to and fro all the time.

[-] untorquer@lemmy.world 12 points 18 hours ago

There are often crossings where the infrastructure is a road-side sign. Interstate crossings at state borders are often more significant.

[-] QuinnyCoded@sh.itjust.works 18 points 21 hours ago

it's actually not as bad as I thought it would be

[-] DomeGuy@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours ago

Remember that mapping programs only give "travel time", not "total trip time." that 19 hour drive from NY to FL is 19 hours in the car, on the highway. Realistically, that's a 2-3 day trip.

FL to NV is, likewise, 37 hours on the highway. So, same as your office job for a week, but instead of working you're just driving in a car.

[-] burntbacon@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 50 minutes ago

With a little elbow grease and knowing where cops might be, you could work those numbers down. ;)

I have to have the road trip conversation with friends before we do anything. It's like, do we want to make this leisurely and the drive is fun, because that's going to need an itinerary and planned stops, or is the destination all that matters? Because I can make that 37 hour drive in about 38, give or take. Most of the time, I'd prefer it that way. Roadside destinations and 'gotta stop here' restaurants are always pretty lame, in my experience.

[-] DomeGuy@lemmy.world 1 points 36 minutes ago

Ah, to be young and childless and have sufficient privilege where staying awake for a day and a half doesn't mess you up for the whole week

[-] Benaaasaaas@group.lt 12 points 15 hours ago

It only assumes 120 km/h average speed for 55h

[-] QueenHawlSera@sh.itjust.works 67 points 1 day ago

I sadly see this all the time unironically. Met a German family who arrived in North Carolina with plans to go to Disney Land. Not World. Land

"Isn't California just on the other side of the country?"

Yeah it is

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[-] thatradomguy@lemmy.world 34 points 1 day ago

Their transportation:

Onion fast bus satire image showcasing buses with noses giving impression of something other than a bus photo

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