Friend PAW, that is a fantastic coincidence. Speaking about the "LOST EUROPEAN" in the USA, my, still today favourite country. I think I wrote once that I made 4 big tours in North-America.
I always rented a Mustang Convertible, also always in September, and avoiding Interstates. Without a roof, it looks as if you walk, smelling the forests, able to look in every direction, without bending to see something, and having the opportunity to drive through small to midsize towns, all having Motels, at least a McDonald's or Burgerking, but as European, spoiled by nice food, I also noticed that in only a few years, the food has improved a lot. My favourites: the all you can eat restaurants. I was shocked in one of these places, seeing a little fellow, maybe 10 years old, eating 5 FIVE, pizza's, and when finished, we were sitting next to that soft ice machine, he went 8 times to take soft ice, a huge portion, and about the Coke he drunk. For me being a Medical Doctor THIS IS A FORM OF CHILD ABUSE. That family was noisy, no discipline, it's an image burned in my brain or what's left of it. There are more and more of this places, you pay 10-15$, and you have salads, juicy steaks, "grilled to the perfection", sometimes a surf and turf. My favourite dining places are still the RED LOBSTER chain. Compared to Europe, we have only a few dining chains. And in the eat what you can, the steaks are sometimes not on the menu, or too much grilled. We are all the same, but there is definitely still a big difference. About dining, there are fantastic restaurants, and as European, having France as neighbour, New Orleans beats everything. But dining there is, even in Top restaurants, different. If you put your knife down, to scratch your back, well your plate has gone: rush, rush and rush.
- CANADA: Part 1 = Montreal-Quebec-Toronto & part 2: British Columbia, Alberta
- USA: from Seattle to Los Angeles, along the Westcoast, that's why I mentioned Carmel, the place
to be, a small, very sweet and lovely town, BUT quit expensive.
- USA: Route 66 tour, I prefer the BLUES TOUR: starting in Chicago, over St Louis, and direction South, straight to Nashville, and to GRUHN, were I used that trick to bring that Martin D-45V, having two serial numbers, and a document from a friend that he sold me that guitar in Belgiuml. Of course we went to MEMPHIS, over New Orleans (4 days) and to Houston. In Canada, we also discovered the "famous pawnshops", to see that most of them start to know the prices.
- USA: Las Vegas - Reno - Salt Lake City - Colorado (Dinosaur + Aspen), taking the scenic route to Colorado Springs, and across New Mexico to Rosswell. From there, Tombstone - Mexico, just across the border, and back North through Arizona - Sedona - Hoover Dam. THERE I FELT REAL BAD, I WAS TIRED, BURNED OUT AND I DIDN'T WANT TO RETURN, HOOVER DAM is the place where I took the decision to stop working. So back to Vegas, and back home. The rest is history.
But asap, I love to come back, and I will. I love the people, big cities are different and don't stand for what the USA has to offer, so give me TENNESSEE.
Thanks for answering, because thinking about this, is still too painful, especially the HOOVER DAM
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