Americans in Europe |
They wear shorts and flip-flops. They would like ice cubes in their drinks. And they want to know why there’s no air-conditioning — and how to dry their clothes without a dryer. |
With U.S. tourists returning in high numbers to Europe, some Americans are butting up against European etiquette and norms. |
Savvy travelers seeking to blend in with the locals have increasingly turned to social media, particularly TikTok, for advice and commiseration. Much of the guidance will sound familiar to seasoned travelers — including one piece of standard advice for Americans: “Be less loud.” |
Related: As sun loungers that rent for up to $130 pop up across Greece’s islands, local people have decided they won’t take it lying down. |
OS AMERICANOS A QUERER SER PORCOS POR TODO O LADO
European sensibilities are clashing with the whims of American tourists  August 16, 2023 |
Iced
Coffee and Flip-Flops as Europe Broils? Not So Fast, Americans.
As large numbers of U.S.
tourists visit Europe during a record hot summer, their efforts to stay cool
are running up against cultural norms.
With this summer’s heat waves
in Europe, Americans wearing shorts and ordering ice water may butt up against
etiquette and norms in some areas. Credit...Thanassis Stavrakis/Associated Press
Aug. 15, 2023
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On a scorching June day on the
Amalfi Coast of Italy, Chloe Madison and her boyfriend, Colin Pinello, stopped
to have lunch in Positano, a glamorous town overlooking the Mediterranean Sea.
With their refreshing caprese
pasta plates and Aperol spritzes, they had one thought on their minds: ice
water. But they knew that asking for it would be too American. While the
Europeans around them seemed unfazed by the temperatures, she said, they felt
parched.
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‘No
Space for Us’: Greeks Fight Beach Takeover by Pricey Sun Chairs
As lounge chairs that rent for
up to $130 pop up across the islands, local people have decided they won’t take
it lying down.
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Protesters demonstrating to
“reclaim the beach” in July at Marcello and Krios beach on the island of Paros,
Greece.Credit...Ronit Nesher/Reuters
Reporting from Paros, Greece
Aug. 15, 2023
It is peak tourist season in
Greece, and on the pristine Monastiri beach on the northern tip of Paros
island, a phalanx of lounge chairs with red umbrellas covers the sand. At 70
euros for a pair of front-row seats near the crystalline waters, less than half
were taken on a recent day, as Greeks and tourists alike who did not want to
pay instead sheltered from the sun under nearby trees.
“In some cases they covered
100 percent of the beach,” said Nicolas Stephanou, 70, a local resident. “We
feel we’re being pushed off the island,” he added, explaining that people are
made to feel unwelcome unless they use the services of the beach bars that own
the chairs.
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Niki Kitsantonis is a freelance correspondent for The Times
based in Athens. She has been writing about Greece for 20 years, including more
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